House Releases Water Appropriations Bill, Would Fund HMTF at $1.1 Billion
The House Appropriations Committee unveiled on June 9 fiscal year 2015 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies appropriations legislation that would direct $1.1 billion to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund in order to advance U.S. “export ability,” the committee…
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said in a press release. The draft bill will be considered in subcommittee on June 10. The bill funds total navigation projects and studies at $2.3 billion, the committee said. President Barack Obama is soon expected to sign into law the Water Resources Reform and Development Act, legislation that would require full use of the trust fund for harbor maintenance and dredging by 2025, with annual increases in use over the next 10 years (see 14052313).