Water Resources Development Act of 2018
On June 6, the House passed its version of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018. The Senate is expected to vote on its version of the bill the week of July 9. Thanks to the work of many WPN members, both the House and Senate bills are relatively free of language that would undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and other bedrock environmental laws. Both bills also make some progress on advancing the use of natural infrastructure (healthy rivers, wetlands, coats, and floodplains) for Corps projects, and lay the groundwork for improving the Corps' benefit-cost analyses.
Stay tuned for a summary of some of the key provisions in both bills.
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