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U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith voted last week to send the White House the FY2024 Energy and Water Development (EWD) Appropriations Bill, which will direct more than $195.9 million to Mississippi in support of specifically-authorized USACE projects and activities.
“ Mississippians rely on Army Corps works for flood protection, economic activities, and recreation, which makes the Energy and Water Development bill critical to our state. I believe the final negotiated bill will enable the Corps to improve harbors, ports, levees, and water and wastewater infrastructure in our state ,” Hyde-Smith said.
Among the items of interest to Mississippi in the FY2024 EWD Appropriations Bill:
The bill includes language preventing the Army Corps from altering levee owner/operator eligibility for the PL.84-99 program.
Also, this language will allow levee owner/operators to focus on the critical levee maintenance, upkeep, and readiness rather than other unnecessary regulatory burdens.