Claim: The Water Resources Development Act of 2007 in the United States, was was held up in the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (chairman was Barbara Boxer) because of the development of a substitute bill intended to fix several problems apparent in the original like the earmark disclosure table was printed in tiny type and was reproduced as a single image, making a computerized search impossible.
Evidence: , formerly ) is a United States law that reauthorized the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), and authorized flood control, navigation, and environmental projects and studies by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. When the bill was introduced in the United States Senate, it was held up in the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works because of the development of a substitute bill intended to fix several problems apparent in the original. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) 2007–2015 One such problem was that the earmark disclosure table was printed in tiny type and was reproduced as a single image, making a computerized search impossible.