Taxpayers for Common Sense submitted a letter to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to express concerns regarding two provisions of the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA) that jeopardize the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) ability to deliver fiscally responsible projects that address critical national interests. Specifically, Section 121 of the House bill, which adds water supply as a primary mission, and Section 109 of the Senate bill, which reduces the non-federal cost-share for inland navigation projects to just 25 percent, threaten the effectiveness of the USACE.

With the USACE already facing a massive construction backlog taxpayers cannot afford to expand the agency’s primary missions or further reduce non-federal cost-share responsibilities. In the letter, TCS also provided recommendations.

You can download the letter here or read it below.