The National Flood Insurance Program will lapse tomorrow, Tuesday, July 31st. But what actually happens if the program expires? Currently, the program provides over 5 million policies totaling roughly $1.28 trillion in coverage, and there is no ‘sunset provision’ involved if the program lapses. The NFIP has been extended more than 25 times since 2008,…
Today, Members of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation participated in a roundtable discussion on a recently released report ‘Impact of the U.S. Jones Act on Puerto Rico.’ The report provides data-based comparative analyses of the real impacts of the Jones Act that have not been reported before. The findings demonstrate that the…
A new CRS report on the FY19 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act is out, highlighting another one of the president’s budget cuts – the Corps of Engineers. We know this number is low-balled by the Administration and will be bumped back up by Congress, but it’s still a shame that the Man with the…
We can expect some homers tonight at the Home Run Derby, which is in DC this year! We are looking for some home runs in this years Water Resources Development Act of 2018. A new committee report has been issued – click here to view it and check out any of the sections I mentioned…
Senator Cassidy (R-LA) has included a NFIP extension provision into the minibus appropriations act HR 5895 (Note: the bill text has not been updated since June 25th). This is the second effort to grant an extension to the NFIP since the topic appeared in the Farm Bill HR 2. The extension will provide 6-months coverage…
You may have noticed we’re moving locations from our old site, www.aldenst.com/waterlog, to our new site www.waterlog.net . Please help us by letting us know if you encounter any broken links, content errors or have any general feedback. Thanks! There are two new additions to the our site: A ‘Legislator Lookup’ widget, courtesy of GovPredict,…
The Corps Supplemental funding is OUT! See it here on the Corps Budget page. We are digging into the details. Stay tuned!
A new bill, HR 6300, gives the Obama Administration Executive Order 13547 the full power of law. Executive Order 13547 – Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes adopts the recommendations of the Ocean Policy Task Force and implement them under the guidance of the National Ocean Council. The recommendations provided by…
The Senate has passed HR 5895 – Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019 As you can see from the title, this is a bundled appropriations bill – called a ‘minibus’ – that together account for three of the 12 appropriations Acts Congress is supposed to pass before…
Two Water Resource bills are working their way through Congress, the House’s version H.R.8 (Water Resources Development Act of 2018) and the Senate’s S.2800 (America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018). These are abbreviated WRDA18 and AWIA18, respectively. Both bills were introduced and marked up in committee during the week of May 28th. Before we discuss…