HR 1149 113th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Government trust funds Navigation, waterways, harbors Transportation programs funding User charges and fees

WAVE4 Act

Introduced: November 12, 2013 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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Apr 11, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Mar 15, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Mar 14, 2013

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Mar 14, 2013

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Waterways Are Vital for the Economy, Energy, Efficiency, and Environment Act of 2013 or WAVE4 Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to require certain delivery process reforms for qualifying construction and major rehabilitation projects for navigation infrastructure of inland and intracoastal waterways.

Directs the Secretary, working in conjunction with the Inland Waterways Users Board, to submit to Congress a 20-year program for making capital investments on inland and intracoastal waterways. Authorizes such program to be based on the 20-year capital investment strategy contained in the Inland Marine Transportation System (IMTS) Capital Projects Business Model, Final Report published on April 13, 2010, as approved by the Board.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit expenditures from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund to 50% of the total cost of the construction or rehabilitation project. Makes Fund amounts unavailable for: (1) construction or rehabilitation of dams, or (2) rehabilitation expenditures that do not equal or exceed $100 million.

What's happening now April 11, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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Committees of jurisdiction 4

Trade Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Ways and Means Committee
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
House of Representatives
Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives