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House Rules Committee Adds More Amendments to WRDA Debate
Last night, the House Rules Committee made additional amendments in order for
H.R. 5303
, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). Amendments addressing issues like the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) and Flint's drinking water contamination will likely be considered on the House floor. Regionally, the following amendments are included in the new rule:
- Rep. David Joyce (OH) - Amends the Clean Water Act to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative;
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Rep. Dan Kildee (MI) - Authorizes the Secretary to provide additional assistance under section 219 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 for certain communities for the repair or replacement of public and private infrastructure in any State for which the President has declared an emergency under the Stafford Act as a result of the presence of chemical, physical, or biological constituents, including lead or other contaminants in the eligible system;
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Rep. Reid Ribble (WI) - Provides that in carrying out the design, construction, maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation of water resources development projects, including flood risk reduction, coastal resiliency, and ecosystem restoration projects, the Secretary shall ensure that appropriate consideration is given to the use of natural and nature-based features;
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Rep. Grace Meng (NY) - Allows the Army Corps of Engineers to pursue projects and technologies that prevent and mitigate flood damages associated with ice jams (chunks of ice floating on a river that catch on an obstruction such as a bridge piling, rocks, logs, etc., pile up to form an ice dam, and cause flooding upstream from the blockage, and then possibly downstream again when the ice finally releases);
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Rep. Gwen Moore (WI) - Calls for the Army Corps to conduct a review of its tribal consultation policies and regulations. Provides that the Army Corps shall provide for public meetings with Indian tribes and other stakeholders and provide a report to Congress on the results of the review;
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Rep. Mike Quigley (IL) - Expedites the completion of the project for flood control, Chicagoland Underflow Plan, Illinois, phase 2; and
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Rep. Bill Huizenga (MI) - Makes permanent a set aside of Army Corps priority funding for the Great Lakes.
For more information, contact
Matthew McKenna
, Director of the Great Lakes Washington Program or
Jared Mott
, Senior Policy Analyst for the Mississippi River at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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