NWC NEWS ALERT: USACE Moves Forward with Listening Sessions on PR&G  (June 3, 2022) Good morning NWC members! I wanted to make sure you saw this provision that we mentioned yesterday in the Federal Spotlight. USACE is moving forward with listening sessions on Civil Works priorities, including those on Principles, Requirements and Guidelines and other issues. NWC does plan to [...]

NWC Update WRDA 2022/2022 Legislative Summit (May 4, 2022) Good afternoon NWC members, It is a busy week in our Nation’s capital. Congress is back in session and first out of the gate is the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA 2022) which was marked up today in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (more below). Additionally, NWC [...]

NWC Hot-Off-The-Presses News April 29, 2022 Senate releases draft text for WRDA 2022—EPW action next week Good morning NWC members, We’ve been hearing about it and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released their draft Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA 22) text this morning with an expected markup next Wednesday in the committee. According to committee staff, [...]

On Friday, January 31, NWC hosted a packed “WRDA 101” briefing for U.S. House of Representatives (House) staff, in partnership with the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Speaking to a record number of attendees, our expert panel gave their insights about the mission of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), how the Corps studies water resources projects and the [...]

USACE Issues Updated 408 Guidance The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued Engineer Circular 1165-2-220, updating the process and criteria used to review requests to alter civil works projects.  Section 408, named for its U.S. Code citation at 33 USC 408, was enacted as section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899.   As expressed by the Corps [...]

WRDA 16 Signed Into Law In one of the last acts by the 114th Congress, both the House and Senate overwhelmingly passed the comprehensive Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act, which includes the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, and the President signed the bill into law.  In addition to the WRDA provisions, the WIIN Act includes authorizations [...]

Congress Working Towards WRDA 16 Efforts to pass a water resources bill in 2016 are moving full steam ahead, with a flurry of activity in both the House and Senate.  Both the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee have introduced their versions of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, known as “WRDA [...]

WRRDA 14 Section 7001 Annual Report – Request for Proposals The Corps of Engineers has published a notice in the Federal Register seeking proposals for its report to Congress on future water resources development. Proposals must be submitted to the Corps by September 19, 2016. According to the Corps’ notice, the proposals, for potential Congressional authorization in a future WRDA, [...]

NWC Submits Comments on WRRDA Webinars The National Waterways Conference submitted comments to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in response to a series of webinars held by the Corps to receive input from its water resources partners and stakeholders to consider as it develops guidance to implement the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (WRRDA). The first [...]

On June 10, 2014, President Obama signed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 into law.  The final conference report -- the first comprehensive water resources legislation since 2007 -- was adopted in an overwhelming fashion by both the Senate and the House of Representatives.  The National Waterways Conference commends Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara [...]

Water Supply Storage and Reallocation Policies Related to Corps Projects As the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepares to undertake a rulemaking, the following principles serve to guide the implementation of reservoir reallocations and other water supply storage policies. Section 6 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (33 U.S.C. § 708) and the Water Supply Act of 1958, as amended, (43 U.S.C. § 390b), [...]

Colloquy among Senators Cornyn, Vitter and Boxer Download the entire PDF (PDF - 282kb)

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R.3080), to provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend [...]