About S612

WIIN Act

Policy Area: Water Resources Development

Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX)

Latest Action (2016-12-16): Became Public Law No: 114-322.

Summary

Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act or the WIIN Act TITLE I–WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT Water Resources Development Act of 2016 Subtitle A–General Provisions (Sec. 1101) This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to enter cooperative agreements with youth service and conservation corps organizations for services on Corps projects. (Sec. 1102) The Corps of Engineers must use its existing channel depths and dimensions authority under the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1915 to carry out navigation safety activities at harbor or inland harbor projects eligible for Corps operation and maintenance under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (WRDA 1986), including at entrances, bends, sidings, and turning places necessary for the free movement of boats. (Sec. 1103) The bill makes permanent a requirement under WRDA 1986 that the Corps of Engineers use at least 10% (currently, exactly 10%) of the difference between the funds made available for a fiscal year to pay operations and maintenance costs of harbors and inland harbors and the funds that were available for such costs for FY2012 as priority funding for emerging harbor projects that transit less than 1 million tons of cargo annually. (Sec. 1104) The Corps of Engineers must report on its inventory and assessment of the structural condition of all federal breakwaters and jetties protecting harbors and inland harbors. (Sec. 1105) The Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (WRDA 2007) is

Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations, Advisory bodies, Air quality, Alabama, Alaska, Alaska Natives and Hawaiians, Alternative and renewable resources, Aquatic ecology

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