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S. Rept. 118-227 1 (2024-09-23)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxagpb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 118TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session SENATE 118-227 THOMAS R. CARPER WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2024 SEPTEMBER 23, 2024.-Ordered to be printed Mr. CARPER, from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 4367] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was referred the bill (S. 4367) to provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other pur- poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment, in the nature of a substitute, and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass. PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The objective of S. 4367 is to meet the nation's water resources needs, including for navigation, flood and coastal storm risk man- agement, and ecosystem restoration. This legislation authorizes critical projects and studies, extends programs, and focuses on im- proving implementation of all prior Water Resources Development Acts. GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND The Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA 2024, S. 4367) addresses the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). The bill supports the nation's global economic competitiveness and environmental resil- ience by authorizing the Corps to undertake projects, programs, and initiatives in their Civil Works program relating to navigation, ecosystem restoration, flood and coastal storm risk management, hydropower, recreation, emergency management, and water supply. 49-010