WAVE4 Act
Latest action · Mar 30, 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 29, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Waterways Are Vital for the Economy, Energy, Efficiency, and Environment Act of 2012 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. Prohibits expenditures from the Fund for: (1) construction or rehabilitation of dams, or (2) rehabilitation expenditures equal to or exceeding $100 million.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 29, 2012 to Nov 27, 2012; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Original | Mar 29, 2012 |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Original | Mar 29, 2012 |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Original | Mar 29, 2012 |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Original | Mar 29, 2012 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Mar 29, 2012 |
| R-IL | Timothy V. Johnson | Original | Mar 29, 2012 |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Apr 18, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Apr 18, 2012 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Apr 18, 2012 | |
| R-IL | Adam Kinzinger | Apr 25, 2012 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Apr 25, 2012 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Apr 25, 2012 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Apr 27, 2012 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | May 16, 2012 | |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Jun 18, 2012 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Jun 18, 2012 | |
| R-IL | Randy Hultgren | Jun 20, 2012 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Jun 27, 2012 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Jun 27, 2012 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Jul 17, 2012 | |
| R-IL | Judy Biggert | Jul 24, 2012 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Jul 24, 2012 | |
| R-AL | Jo Bonner | Aug 2, 2012 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Sep 10, 2012 | |
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | Sep 10, 2012 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Nov 27, 2012 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 29, 2012 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Mar 30, 2012 | |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Mar 30, 2012 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 29, 2012 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Mar 30, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Mar 29, 2012Introduced in House
- Mar 29, 2012Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1807.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 112-977 | WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT: GROWING THE ECONOMY AND PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY106 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | Sep 20, 2012 |
| Serial No. 112-82 | HOW RELIABILITY OF THE INLAND WATERWAY SYSTEM IMPACTS ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS95 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Apr 18, 2012 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for funding for construction and major rehabilitation for projects located on inland and intracoastal waterways of the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- WAVE4 Act
- Waterways Are Vital for the Economy, Energy, Efficiency, and Environment Act of 2012
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2012Introduced in House
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