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| https://sablan.house.gov/army-corps%E2%80%99-insular-waiver-increased | Army Corps insular waiver increased | 2020-12-15 | 2020 | 2020-12 | Democrat | Senate | MP | Gregorio Sablan | S001177 | sablan.house.gov | legacy | Army Corps' insular waiver increased Dec 14, 2020 Cost-share waivers for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects in the Marianas will keep pace with inflation under a provision in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020, which passed the House by unanimous consent. The original Marianas waiver was set in 1986 at $200,000, but I was able to increase that to $455,000 in WRDA 2014, arguing the waiver needed to account for inflation. The inflation adjustment was renewed in WRDA 2018 bringing the waiver to $484,000. Now, WRDA 2020 mandates an annual adjustment, so the Marianas, other insular areas, and Native American Tribes would get an adjusted waiver of the local cost-share amount every year. WRDA authorizes the Army Corps to carry out water resources development projects and studies, and provides policy direction for the Corps' civil works missions including navigation, flood and storm damage reduction, shoreline protection, and ecosystem restoration. WRDA 2020 now heads to the Senate for a final vote before going to the President's desk to be signed into law. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |