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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-347
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2022
JUNE 7, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. DEFAZIO, from the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 7776]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 7776) 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, reports favorably
thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as
amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose of Legislation ............................................................................................. 56
Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 56
Hearings ................................................................................................................... 68
Legislative H istory and Consideration .................................................................. 70
Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 74
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 80
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 80
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estim ate .......................................................... 81
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 81
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 81
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 81
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 81
Preemption Clarification ......................................................................................... 81
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 81
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 82
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 82
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the Water Resources Development
Act of 2022.
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