date:May 26, 2014
The Senate on May 22, by a 91-7 vote, passed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (W.R.R.D.A.). The House of Representatives passed the legislation on May 20 by a vote of 412 to 4. The measure was sent to President Barack Obama to be signed into law.
The act includes provisions that will free up significant funding within the Inland Waterways Trust Fund for additional waterways infrastructure projects, increase the level of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund dollars that will be spent on p