WAVE4 Act
Latest action · Apr 11, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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 14, 2013
- 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 2013 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. Makes Fund amounts unavailable for: (1) construction or rehabilitation of dams, or (2) rehabilitation expenditures that do not equal or exceed $100 million.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2013 to Apr 28, 2014; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-IL | William L. Enyart | Mar 20, 2013 | |
| R-AL | Jo Bonner | Mar 21, 2013 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Mar 21, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Mar 25, 2013 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Mar 25, 2013 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Apr 11, 2013 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Apr 17, 2013 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Apr 18, 2013 | |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Apr 23, 2013 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Apr 26, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Apr 26, 2013 | |
| R-IL | Aaron Schock | May 7, 2013 | |
| R-IL | Randy Hultgren | May 7, 2013 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | May 7, 2013 | |
| R-LA | Rodney Alexander | May 15, 2013 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | May 22, 2013 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jun 4, 2013 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Jun 5, 2013 | |
| R-IL | Adam Kinzinger | Jun 13, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jul 22, 2013 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Sep 27, 2013 | |
| R-AR | Tim Griffin | Oct 22, 2013 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Oct 23, 2013 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Nov 12, 2013 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Apr 28, 2014 |
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 14, 2013 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Mar 15, 2013 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 14, 2013 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Apr 11, 2013 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 11, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Mar 15, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Mar 14, 2013Introduced in House
- Mar 14, 2013Referred 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 H1428.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 113-10 | THE FOUNDATIONS FOR A NEW WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT129 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Apr 16, 2013 |
CRS reports 5
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 5
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43567 | Energy and Water Development: FY2015 Appropriations Archived | Report | Jan 30, 2015 |
| R41430 | Inland Waterways: Recent Proposals and Issues for Congress Archived | Report | Jun 26, 2014 |
| R43121 | Energy and Water Development: FY2014 Appropriations Archived | Report | Feb 25, 2014 |
| R42947 | Water Resource Issues in the 113th Congress: Second Session Archived | Report | Jan 29, 2014 |
| R43101 | Inland Waterways: Financing and Management Options in Federal Studies | Report | Jun 7, 2013 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 407 | RIVER Act | Related bill | Feb 28, 2013 |
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
- Waterways Are Vital for the Economy, Energy, Efficiency, and Environment Act of 2013
- WAVE4 Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 14, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
