Senate panel aims to push $9.3 billion water infrastructure bill

Published April 26, 2016 4:04pm ET



A $9.3 billion water infrastructure development bill could end up making it to the Senate floor by the end of the week, according to Senate aides.

Introduced Tuesday morning, the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 would authorize 25 Army Corps of Engineers projects in 17 states that already have funding approved. Those 25 projects would total $4.5 billion and include projects that would improve ports, rebuild levees for flood control, increase hurricane protection in Louisiana, and build ecosystem restoration projects in bodies of water across the country.

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