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Coalition Letter to House Appropriators Supporting Increased Corps Funding
1. March 12, 2015
The Honorable Hal Rogers
Chairman
House Committee on Appropriations
H-307, U.S. Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Mike Simpson
Chairman
Subcommittee on Energy & Water
Development Appropriations
2362B Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Nita Lowey
Ranking Member
House Committee on Appropriations
1016 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Marcy Kaptur
Ranking Member
Subcommittee on Energy & Water
Development Appropriations
1016 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Chairmen Rogers and Simpson and Ranking Members Lowey and Kaptur:
The undersigned navigation stakeholders request you provide the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE) navigation program funding of $2.755 billion for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016. We appreciate your
efforts to increase USACE navigation program funding in your annual Energy and Water Development
and Related Agencies (E&W) Appropriations Acts.
2014 was a landmark year for Congress with passage of the Water Resources Reform and Development
Act (WRRDA) and the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 (TIPA). WRRDA established targets for
incremental increases in Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) appropriations leading to full use of
Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT) revenues by FY 2025. WRRDA also authorized navigation channel
improvements to build America’s 21st century maritime infrastructure, streamlined the planning study
process and established donor equity. TIPA provided stakeholder-sought increases to the tax providing
the Inland Waterways Trust Fund (IWTF) with additional revenues for capital investments in inland
navigation infrastructure.
Our $2.755 billion request is an increase of $407 million above the FY 2015 Cromnibus appropriated
amount. This level of funding will:
• Hit the HMT target in WRRDA for fiscal year 2016 of $1.25 billion dollars
• Fully use increased IWTF revenues on lock construction and major rehabilitations
• Fund WRRDA-authorized navigation channel improvements projects
• Increase inland navigation operation and maintenance funding to implement Capital Project
Business Model risk based navigation lock maintenance
• Enable existing USACE navigation planning studies to achieve WRRDA’s three year completion
schedule and begin new navigation studies
• Fund HMT donor and energy transfer port work authorized in WRRDA Section 2106
We appreciate your leadership in recognizing the nexus between water resources development and
economic prosperity. The recent west coast freight movement disruption vividly shows the adverse
economic impacts that can occur when efficient movement and handling of maritime cargo is lost.
We must maintain our navigation channels and inland waterways for safe and efficient freight movement
to avoid similar impacts nationwide over the long term.
2. Federal investments in navigation-related infrastructure are an essential and effective utilization of limited
resources, paying dividends through increased trade and international competitiveness, sustainable job
creation and more than $200 billion annually in Federal, state and local tax revenues. We would like to
work with you and members of the Subcommittee and full Committee to include $2.755 billion for
USACE navigation in the FY 2016 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill that will provide
a robust navigation construction program, increased navigation channel availability and navigation lock
reliability along with timely completion of navigation studies to achieve safe and efficient 21st century
freight movement.
Sincerely,
American Association of Port Authorities
Waterways Council, Inc.
Realize America’s Maritime Promise
American Great Lakes Ports Association
Big River Coalition
California Marine Affairs and Navigation
Conference
Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association
Gulf Ports Association of the Americas
Lake Carriers Association
North Atlantic Ports Association
Pacific Northwest Waterways Association
American Road and Transportation Builders
Association
American Waterways Operators
Associated General Contractors
Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO
National Waterways Conference
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Associated Branch Pilots of the Port of New
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Associated Federal Pilots and Docking Masters
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Crescent River Port Pilots Association
Louisiana Maritime Association
Mississippi Valley Trade & Transport Council
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Port of New Orleans
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St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District
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National Association of Maritime Organizations
Connecticut Maritime Association
West Gulf Maritime Association
Columbia River Steamship Operators’
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U.S. Great Lakes Shipping Association
Association of Ship Brokers and Agents, Inc.
Maritime Association of South Carolina
Maritime Association of the Port of New
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Jacksonville Marine Transportation Exchange
The Propeller Club of New Orleans
World Trade Center of New Orleans
World Trade Center Mississippi River Alliance
Ports Association of Louisiana
Louisiana Maritime International Chamber of
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