Source: Mary Kennedy, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 8/3/20


Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) legislation passed on July 29 provides authority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to implement water resources development projects. Since 2014, Congress has enacted three consecutive WRDA bills on a biennial basis. On July 15, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unanimously approved WRDA 2020, and in May the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed its version of the legislation -- the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 (S. 3591). In a news release issued immediately after the vote...

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