A bill to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to permanently extend the authority of the Secretary of the Army to accept and expend funds from certain entities to process permits.

Bill: 115-s-2585
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN]
Introduced: 2018-03-21
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Department of Defense

Water resources funding
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-03-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to permanently extend the authority of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to accept and expend funds from a nonfederal public entity, public-utility company, natural gas company, or railroad carrier to expedite the evaluation of a permit related to a project or activity for a public purpose under the jurisdiction of the Corps.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2585 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 21, 2018 Mr. Donnelly (for himself and Mr. Portman ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to permanently extend the authority of the Secretary of the Army to accept and expend funds from certain entities to process permits.

1. Funding to process permits Section 214(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 ( 33 U.S.C. 2352(a) ) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (3); and (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.