Waterway Safety Improvement Act of 2015 2015-07-29 Introduced in House Waterway Safety Improvement Act of 2015

This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to authorize the Department of the Army to make modifications to deep-draft, high-commercial-use channels, including bends and entrances, as necessary to ensure safe navigation and efficient operations of such channels without regard to provisions of such Act regarding the maximum cost of water resources development and conservation projects.

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