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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
Calendar No. 361
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 117-124
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2022
JUNE 22, 2022.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. CARPER, from the Committee on Environment and Public
Works, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 4136]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works reports an
original bill (S. 4136) 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 pur-
poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with-
out amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
The objective of S. 4136 is to authorize the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (Corps) to assist in meeting the nation's water resources
needs, including navigation, flood and coastal storm risk manage-
ment, and ecosystem restoration. The legislation also provides the
Corps with the authority to increase water supply and storage and
fight invasive species, while facilitating critical environmental in-
frastructure.
GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND
The Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA 2022) pri-
marily addresses the Civil Works program of the Corps. The bill
supports the nation's global economic competitiveness and environ-
mental resilience by authorizing the Corps to undertake projects,
programs, and initiatives in their Civil Works program relating to
navigation, ecosystem restoration, flood and coastal storm risk
management, hydropower, recreation, emergency management, and
water supply.
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