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H.R. 1149: Waterways Are Vital for the Economy, Energy, Efficiency, and Environment Act of 2013

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H.R. 1149: Waterways Are Vital for the Economy, Energy, Efficiency, and Environment Act of 2013

113th Congress · introduced 2013-03-14 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-03-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Waterways Are Vital for the Economy, Energy, Efficiency, and Environment Act of 2013

Plain summary

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.

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Official text

Waterways Are Vital for the Economy, Energy, Efficiency, and Environment Act of 2013

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] · 33 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Sam Graves (R-MO), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Steve Cohen (D-TN)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1149 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113