Missouri Congressman Sam Graves has introduced the Water Resources Development Act for 2020 which includes provisions for his district of north Missouri.
Graves says the bipartisan bill gives the Corps of Engineers “new construction authority for communities facing repetitive flooding events” like his region. The bill authorizes water infrastructure projects which include not only flood control but navigation, ports and locks and dams. It changes the cost share for Inland Waterways Trust Fund projects on the upper Mississippi and Illinois River systems to speed up the funding and completion of projects that update locks and dams on those rivers.
