July 21, 2023 SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MARKS UP FY24 ENERGY & WATER DEVELOPMENT BILL Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Appropriations marked up the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Energy and Water Development (E&WD) Appropriations Act, along with the State and Foreign Operations,…
Read More View PDFJune 23, 2023 HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS PASSES FY24 FUNDING FOR CORPS OF ENGINEERS Last night, the House Committee on Appropriations approved by a vote of 34-24 the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Energy and Water Development (E&W) Appropriations Bill. Included…
Read More View PDFWATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT (WRDA) 2022 PASSES IN SENATE INLAND WATERWAYS 65%/35% COST-SHARE NOW PERMANENT Washington, DC -- Last night, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022 passed in the Senate by a vote of 83-11. It was included as part of the FY23 National Defense…
Read More View PDFFor Immediate Release: Monday January 31, 2022 Jim Gwinner, jgwinner@ls2group.com, 314-791-2774 Mississippi River Mayors and the Waterways Council Applaud Corps’ Infrastructure Spending Plan for Transformative Projects in Middle America Totaling $5.3 billion for the Mississippi River…
Read More View PDFJanuary 19, 2022 U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SPEND PLANS ADVANCE INLAND WATERWAYS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its spend plans outlining the specific inland waterways projects that were allocated funding from the Infrastructure…
Read More View PDFWCI LAUDS HOUSE APPROVAL OF INFRASTRUCTURE BILL LEGISLATION PROVIDES $2.5 BILLION FOR INLAND WATERWAYS CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR REHABILITATION PROJECTS Washington, DC – Last night, by a vote of 228 to 206, the House of Representatives approved the Senate-passed H.R. 3684, Infrastructure…
Read More View PDFJuly 29, 2021 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPROVES FY22 FUNDING FOR CORPS OF ENGINEERS Today, the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Energy & Water Development (E&WD) appropriations, with overall funding for the Corps’ Civil Works Mission…
Read More View PDFJuly 29, 2021 Infrastructure Package Advances Last night, the Senate by a vote of 67 yeas – 32 nays, passed a motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed on the bipartisan infrastructure package; in other words, agreed to move forward with debate for the bipartisan infrastructure…
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