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The Biden administration announced its much-anticipated final rule to establish a durable definition of “waters of the United States.”

WRDA 2020 Winds its Way to Passage Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. © Christopher Boswell / Adobe Stock In early October, Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) reported in its newsletter Capitol Currents that the future of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 hung in the balance, with many unknowns for its chances of being signed into law during the Lame Duck session of Congress that just concluded in late December. But despite twists and turns and a roller coaster ride, WRDA was, indeed, passed by Congress on December 21 as part of the FY21 Omnibus Appropriations that included a $900 b...

December 31, 2020 By Jim Myers Washington, D.C.—The U.S. House easily voted to override President Donald Trump’s stunning veto of a major defense bill that backers promote as a boost to the nation’s maritime industry. Following the bipartisan House vote of 322 to 87, the Senate seemed ready to not only hand Trump the first veto defeat of his presidency but rescue a record of passing a National Defense Authorization Act every year for six decades. “For the brave men and women of the United States armed forces, failure is n...