Water Resources Development Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Water Resources Development Act - Title I: Water Resources Development - Authorizes the construction, repair, and preservation of specified public works on rivers and harbors for navigation and flood control in: (1) the Middle Atlantic Region, (2) the South Atlantic-Gulf Region, (3) the Ohio Region, (4) the Arkansas-White-Red-Region, (5) the Lower Mississippi River Region, (6) the Texas Gulf Region, and (7) the Columbia-North Pacific Region. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, to undertake a comprehensive review of the use of lands for recreation and fish and wildlife purposes at water resources projects under their jurisdiction. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $750,000, to carry out the purposes of this Act. States that, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act and at least once each year thereafter, the Secretary of the Army shall review and submit to Congress a list of those authorized projects for works of improvement of rivers and harbors and other waterways for navigation, beach erosion, flood control, and other purposes which have been authorized for a period of at least eight years and which he determines, after appropriate review, should no longer be authorized. River Basins Monetary Authorizations Act - Title II: River Basin Monetary Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan of development of each river basin for the projects enumerated under Title I. Provides that the authorizations made under this title shall not exceed $409,200,000.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on February 7, 1973. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on February 7, 1973: Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
GERALD FORD (R-MI) introduced it on February 7, 1973. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on February 7, 1973, 19573 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19573 days ago, on February 7, 1973.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers