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黑料不打烊 Presses for Increased Inland Waterways Construction Funding

On April 28, 黑料不打烊聽joined with farm, labor inland waterway user organizations in sending the Senate Finance Committee urging an increase in revenues for inland waterway construction projects. The Inland Waterways Trust Fund鈥攚hich finances lock, dam and other navigational projects鈥攇enerates revenue through a 20-cents-per-gallon of fuel user fee on vessels operating on the inland waterway system. The 300 commercial barge companies that pay that fee support a 6 to 9 cents increase in that fee to support additional construction on the system. The House Ways and Means Committee recently included a provision for a 6-cent increase in the inland waterway user fee as a part of its tax reform package. 黑料不打烊 has been pressing for such an increase throughout the Water Resources Development Act reauthorization and tax reform processes. For more information, please contact Jimmy Christianson at (703) 837-5325 or christiansonj@agc.org.听