Legislative/Regulatory

Washington, D.C.—The House gave final congressional approval to a major defense authorization bill that includes a $1.35 billion package to boost modernization opportunities for ports, maritime infrastructure and… Read More

Washington, D.C.—Key officials touted the success of the current investment in the nation’s navigation program to lawmakers now working on the Water Resources Development Act of 2024. Read More

Washington, D.C.—Key stakeholders urged a Senate committee to use the next Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) to reform Project Partnership Agreements (PPAs) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… Read More

Washington, D.C.—Federal programs important to the waterways industry will be funded through mid-January under an unusual two-step continuing resolution (CR) overwhelmingly approved by both houses of Congress. Passed… Read More

Washington, D.C.—With only days left before another funding deadline, House Republicans conceded they had not yet settled on a workable strategy to avoid a government shutdown on November 17. Read More

Separate fiscal year 2024 spending measures that impact the waterways industry passed both chambers of Congress, but Democrats warn only one enjoys the type of bipartisan support to make it… Read More

Another legislative effort important to the waterways industry was waylaid by the House Republicans’ weeks-long failure to fill the vacant speaker post. The latest casualty was work on the… Read More

Washington, D.C.–A still-paralyzed House entered its third week without a speaker as Republicans twice put forward nominees who did not end up with the gavel. After House Majority… Read More

Washington, D.C.—House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana narrowly won the Republican conference’s nomination for speaker but remained short of the 217 votes needed ultimately to win the gavel. Read More