Water Resources Appropriations Season is Here!
On this episode of the WaterLog Podcast, hosts Dan Ginolfi and Howard Marlowe break down this year’s Appropriations Season and how federal coastal program investment is looking thus far.
Flooding – Energy & Water, EPA, Flood Insurance
Energy & Water, Interior & EPA Appropriators are looking at raising overall budget caps to allow the increases in spending that legislators are pushing for. Both Interior-EPA and the Energy & Water bills are expected to have significant (~4%) increases from FY19 based on the House bills. Energy & Water FY19 – $44.6 FY20 –…
House Passes Supplemental $2.8 Billion for Corps of Engineers, OMB & Sand Shortage
The House has passed a supplemental bill – HR 2157: $19.1 Billion dollars – A 12% increase from $17 billion in 2018 – What will next year’s be? We can only hope for fewer wildfires and fewer hurricanes, but there is a lot Congress can do to prepare for future expenditures (which we consider inevitable)…
It’s Appropriation Season!!!
Here’s what to look for when Congress acts on Corps FY20 Appropriations: We expect the House Subcommittee on Energy & Water Development Appropriations to meet later this month to come up with the House version of the Corps’ budget for the next fiscal year. The President proposed an average 31% reduction across all business lines…
New Episode of the WaterLog Podcast
This month on the WaterLog Podcast we dive into the Disaster Supplemental, discuss the Democrats’ big infrastructure plans, and the new WRDA18 guidance and much more…
It’s not all just Cherry Blossoms
Co-hosts Howard Marlowe and Dan Ginolfi bring us the latest coastal news and analysis from inside the Beltway. This month, we dive into the Disaster Supplemental, discuss the Democrats big infrastructure plans, and the new WRDA guidelines.
House Infrastructure Bill, New WRDA18 Guidance, Michael was a Cat 5, FEMA Grants
Website Update **We have updated our Guide to the Corps on our website.** The House Supplemental Appropriations bill is still in committee, HR 2157, but the bill is now registered as a companion bill to the Senate’s version S 572. Nancy Pelosi wants an infrastructure bill that is ‘at least #1 trillion’ She…
House Tries Again with Disaster Supplemental + What is a Sand Motor?
Today Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced a new supplemental disaster appropriations bill: The previous version, HR 268, stalled in the Senate over complications with funding Puerto Rico and other issues. The new bill, HR 2157, does support Puerto Rico, but it also includes $3 billion to address urgent needs resulting from…
New WaterLog Podcast – Trump’s Budget Cuts + A Little More
You can find details about the things we talked about today in our latest post on www.waterlog.net. Latest Podcast from WaterLog: Disaster Aid: The Senate will be back in session Monday afternoon trying to settle what has become a bitter partisan dispute over more disaster aid for recent catastrophic weather events. At the heart of…
Trump Budget Breakdown & More
On this episode of the WaterLog Podcast, co-hosts Howard Marlowe and Dan Ginolfi examine whether Trump’s ‘Better Budget for America’ is really a better budget, considering almost zero attention is given to the coasts and 50% of our population lives there. They also take up NFIP reform and new data on the value of coastal…