2005 Legislative News

ASCE Legislative Update: ASCE Lobbying and 2006 Priorities . (December 20, 2005)

ASCE Urges Congress to Establish Federal Levee Safety Program. (December 16, 2005)

Larry Roth testifies before the Committee on Environment and Public Works on Behalf of the American Society of Civil Engineers on the Failure of the Gulf Coast Levees During Hurricane Katrina. (November 17, 2005)

COPRI member Robert A. Dalrymple, Ph.D., P.E. testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on behalf of ASCE regarding "Hurricane and Flood Protection and Water Resource Planning for a Rebuilt Gulf Coast" in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. (October 20, 2005)

New Katrina Legislation Introduced in Senate (October 14, 2005)

Coastal States Receive Restoration Money in Energy Bill (August 15, 2005)

House Passes $10 Billion Water Resources Bill(July 15, 2005)

House Committee Clears $10 Billion Water Resources Bill(June 24, 2005)

ASCE Comments on Inland Waterways Trust Fund, Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, and Beach Nourishment Program to Congress(April 22, 2005)

Water Resources Legislation Passes Senate Committee(April 15, 2005)

WRDA Bill Introduced in Senate(April 8, 2005)

House Science Committee Holds Hearing on Tsunami Risk (February 2, 2005)

Ocean Policy on Agenda for New Congress (January 12, 2005)

Stevens would create new climate change, oceans subcommittees (January 12, 2005)