After its proposal in April, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) has passed in the U.S. House. The bill, passed in the U.S. Senate on September 15, provides funding for water infrastructure projects around rural Alaska.
In the House version of the bill, WRDA is lacking the $1.4 billion dollars the senate version guarantees. That money would focus on three main areas: water infrastructure, subsistence harbors, and an Arctic deep draft port.
After the Senate and House versions of the bill have been passed, negotiators from each side will join together to pass an identical bill. When an identical bill is passed its last stop is the president’s desk. If Obama approves the act, it will be signed into effect.
Edits: (Oct. 4th) reflected that in the House version of the bill there was no promise of funding over five years.
