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By a vote of 361-54, the House on Nov. 6 reached the two-thirds majority required to override President Bush’s Nov. 2 veto of HR 1495, which authorizes $23.2 billion over 15 years for more than 900 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water projects?EUR??,,????'??+flood control, coastal protection, water supply, environmental restoration, storm recovery and navigation. The Senate followed suit (79-14), and the bill is now law. President Bush vetoed the measure because of its $23 billion price tag, which he deemed “both unnecessary and unaffordable.” Thirty-five Republicans voted to override Bush?EUR??,,????'???s veto of the water projects bill. The law directs the Secretary of the Army and the chief of engineers to prepare a compilation of U.S. laws related to water resources development enacted after November 8, 1966 and before January 1, 2008. Just to give an idea of the scope of this legislation, the law authorizes projects for navigation, ecosystem or environmental restoration, and hurricane, flood, or storm damage reduction in Alaska, Ariz., Ark., Calif., Colo., Fla., Ill., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Md., Minn., Miss., Mo., N.J., N.M., N.Y., Ohio, Penn., S.C., Texas, Va. and Wash.! The legislation also directs the Secretary of the Army to conduct studies for projects for flood damage reduction in Ala., Ala., Ariz., Ark., Calif., Ga., Ind., La., Mass., Mich., Minn., N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Penn., S.C., Tenn., Texas and Wyo., plus emergency stream bank protection in Ark., Calif., Fla., La., Md., Minn., Mo., N.Y., Tenn., Texas and Vermont. There?EUR??,,????'???s more, but you get the idea! This bill impacts about every state.
By a vote of 361-54, the House on Nov. 6 reached the two-thirds majority required to override President Bush’s Nov. 2 veto of HR 1495, which authorizes $23.2 billion over 15 years for more than 900 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water projects?EUR??,,????'??+flood control, coastal protection, water supply, environmental restoration, storm recovery and navigation. The Senate followed suit (79-14), and the bill is now law.
President Bush vetoed the measure because of its $23 billion price tag, which he deemed “both unnecessary and unaffordable.” Thirty-five Republicans voted to override Bush?EUR??,,????'???s veto of the water projects bill.
The law directs the Secretary of the Army and the chief of engineers to prepare a compilation of U.S. laws related to water resources development enacted after November 8, 1966 and before January 1, 2008.
Just to give an idea of the scope of this legislation, the law authorizes projects for navigation, ecosystem or environmental restoration, and hurricane, flood, or storm damage reduction in Alaska, Ariz., Ark., Calif., Colo., Fla., Ill., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Md., Minn., Miss., Mo., N.J., N.M., N.Y., Ohio, Penn., S.C., Texas, Va. and Wash.!
The legislation also directs the Secretary of the Army to conduct studies for projects for flood damage reduction in Ala., Ala., Ariz., Ark., Calif., Ga., Ind., La., Mass., Mich., Minn., N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Penn., S.C., Tenn., Texas and Wyo., plus emergency stream bank protection in Ark., Calif., Fla., La., Md., Minn., Mo., N.Y., Tenn., Texas and Vermont.
There?EUR??,,????'???s more, but you get the idea! This bill impacts about every state.
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
Hardscape Oasis in Litchfield Park
Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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