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<item congress="115" measure-type="s" measure-number="2585" measure-id="id115s2585" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2018-03-21" update-date="2019-03-20">
<title>A bill to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to permanently extend the authority of the Secretary of the Army to accept and expend funds from certain entities to process permits.</title>
<summary summary-id="id115s2585v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2019-03-20">
<action-date>2018-03-21</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to permanently extend the authority of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to accept and expend funds from a nonfederal public entity, public-utility company, natural gas company, or railroad carrier to expedite the evaluation of a permit related to a project or activity for a public purpose under the jurisdiction of the Corps.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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