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US. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-708
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2018
JUNE 1, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. SHUSTER, from the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 8]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 8) to provide for improvements to the
rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the con-
servation and development of water and related resources, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably there-
on with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended
do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose of the Legislation ....................... ..................... 23
Background and Need for the Legislation .................................. 23
Hearings ............................................................ 27
Legislative History and Consideration .................................... 27
Committee Votes .............................................. ........ 29
Committee Oversight Findings ................................................ 32
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures and Congressional Budget Of-
fice Cost Estimate .................................... ............... 32
Performance Goals and Objectives ............................................. 32
Advisory of Earmarks ....................................................... 32
Duplication of Federal Programs ............................ ............. 32
Disclosure of Directed Rulemakings ...................................... 33
Federal Mandate Statement ............................................. 33
Preemption Clarification .................................................. 33
Advisory Committee Statement ........................... ............... 33
Applicability of Legislative Branch ............................................ 33
Section-by-Section Analysis of Legislation .................. ............... 33
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ......... ............. 40
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
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