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Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2024

The Water Resources Development Act of 2024 is comprehensive legislation that was signed into law as the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA 2024) (P.L. 118-272) on January 4, 2025. 

WRDA addresses water infrastructure needs critical for the Nation’s economic competitiveness and domestic security.  WRDA is strictly authorizing legislation. The funding to implement authorized studies, projects, and activities is provided separetly through the appropriations process.

Points of Contact

For more information, please contact WRDA2024@usace.army.mil.

Water Resources Development Act of 2024 public comment period

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works is issuing this notice to provide information on the public comment period and virtual public listening sessions on the implementation of the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024, which was signed into law on Jan. 4, 2025. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/27/2025-03143/thomas-r-carper-water-resources-development-act-of-2024-comment-period-and-stakeholder-sessions

The OASA(CW) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct a 60-day public comment period to provide an opportunity for the public to give input and recommendations on the implementation of any provision contained in the WRDA of 2024. The public comment period will be held from Feb. 27 through April 28, 2025. 

Additionally, the OASA(CW) and the Corps will host a series of virtual public listening sessions where participants can provide input and recommendations on the implementation of any WRDA 2024 provision. The public may attend the virtual listening sessions via Webex meeting https://usace1.webex.com/meet/WRDA2024 or by phone (Phone Number: 844-800-2712, Code: 1992 62 9020) on the days and times listed below.

  • March 12, 2025 – 2:00-4:00 p.m. Eastern
  • March 26, 2025 – 2:00-4:00 p.m. Eastern
  • April 2, 2025 – 2:00-4:00 p.m. Eastern (Tribal Nations Focus)
  • April 9, 2025 – 2:00-4:00 p.m. Eastern

Comments, identified by Docket ID No. COE-2024-0004, may be submitted by any of the following methods:

  • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
  • Email: WRDA2024@usace.army.mil. Include Docket ID No. COE-2024-0004 in the subject line of the message.
  • Mail: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN:  Ms. Amy Frantz, CEW-P, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 3F91, 441 G St NW, Washington, DC 20314.

When available, signed implementation guidance will be posted on the Corps public website at: https://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Water-Resources-Development-Act/. All requests for further information on this notice may be directed to Ms. Lauren Leuck, 703-839-0383 or lauren.d.leuck.civ@army.mil, or Ms. Amy Frantz, 202-761-0106 or WRDA2024@usace.army.mil. 

WRDA 2024 Implementation Guidance

SECTION   SECTION NAME    AMENDMENTS   Implementation Guidance RELATED REPORTS
Subtitle A        
1101 Outreach and access.      
1102 Notice to Congress regarding WRDA implementation.      
1103 Vertical integration and acceleration of studies.      
1104 Minimum real estate interest.      
1105 Review process.      
1106 Processing timelines.      
1107 Continuing authority programs.      
1108 Stormwater management projects.      
1109 Study of water resources development projects by non-Federal interests.      
1110 Construction of water resources development projects by non-Federal interests.      
1111 Annual report to Congress.      
1112 Services of volunteers.      
1113 Nonrecreation outgrant policy.      
1114 Silver Jackets program.      
1115 Support of Army civil works missions.      
1116 Temporary relocation assistance pilot program.      
1117 Harbor deepening.      
1118 Inland waterways regional dredge pilot program.      
1119 Dredged material disposal facility partnerships.      
1120 Real estate administrative fees.      
1121 Databases of Corps recreational sites.      
1122 Project studies subject to independent external peer review.      
1123 National coastal mapping program.      
1124 Removal of abandoned vessels.      
1125 Missouri River existing features protection.      
1126 Inland waterway projects.      
1127 Planning assistance for States.      
1128 Expedited consideration.      
1129 Emerging harbors.      
1130 Maximization of beneficial use.      
1131 Economic, hydraulic, and hydrologic modeling.      
1132 Improvements to National Dam Safety Program.      
1133 Funding to process permits.      
1134 Harmful algal bloom demonstration program.      
1135 Corrosion prevention.      
1136 Federal breakwaters and jetties.      
1137 Eligibility for inter-Tribal consortiums.      
1138 Shoreline and riverine protection and restoration.      
1139 Ability to pay.      
1140 Tribal partnership program.      
1141 Tribal project implementation pilot program.      
1142 Federal interest determinations.      
1143 Watershed and river basin assessments.      
1144 Control of aquatic plant growths and invasive species.      
1145 Easements for hurricane and storm damage reduction projects.      
1146 Systemwide improvement framework and encroachments.      
1147 Remote and subsistence harbors.      
1148 Treatment of projects in covered communities.      
1149 Remote operations at Corps dams.      
1150 Reporting and oversight.      
1151 Alternate seaports.      
1152 Columbia River Basin.      
1153 Challenge cost-sharing program for management of recreation facilities.      
1154 Retention of recreation fees.      
1155 Sense of Congress related to water data.      
1156 Sense of Congress relating to comprehensive benefits.      
Subtitle B        
1160 Short title.      
1161 Declaration of policy.      
1162 Forecast-informed reservoir operations.      
1163 Updates to certain water control manuals.      
1164 Emergency drought operations pilot program.      
1165 Leveraging Federal infrastructure for increased water supply.      
1201 Authorization of proposed feasibility studies.      
1202 Expedited modification of existing feasibility studies.      
1203 Expedited completion.      
1204 Expedited completion of other feasibility studies.      
1205 Corps of Engineers Reports.      
1206 Annual report on harbor maintenance needs and trust fund expenditures.      
1207 Craig Harbor, Alaska.      
1208 Studies for modification of project purposes in the Colorado River Basin in Arizona.      
1209 Beaver Lake, Arkansas, reallocation study.      
1210 Oceanside, California.      
1211 Delaware Inland Bays Watershed Study.      
1212 Sussex County, Delaware.      
1213 J. Strom Thurmond Lake, Georgia.      
1214 Algiers Canal Levees, Louisiana.      
1215 Upper Barataria Basin and Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico Connection, Louisiana.      
1216 Poor Farm Pond Dam, Worcester, Massachusetts.      
1217 New Jersey hot spot erosion mitigation.      
1218 New Jersey Shore protection, New Jersey.      
1219 Excess land report for certain projects in North Dakota.      
1220 Allegheny River, Pennsylvania.      
1221 Buffalo Bayou Tributaries and Resiliency study, Texas.      
1222 Lake O’ the Pines, Texas.      
1223 Matagorda Ship Channel Improvement Project, Texas.      
1224 Waco Lake, Texas.      
1225 Coastal Washington.      
1226 Kanawha River Basin.      
1227 Upper Mississippi River System Flood Risk and Resiliency Study.      
1228 Briefing on status of certain activities on Missouri River.      
1229 Ogallala Aquifer.      
1230 National Academy of Sciences study on Upper Rio Grande Basin.      
1231 Upper Susquehanna River Basin comprehensive flood damage reduction feasibility study.      
1232 Technical correction, Walla Walla River.      
1233 Dam safety assurance consideration.      
1234 Sea sparrow accounting.      
1235 Report on efforts to monitor, control, and eradicate invasive species.      
1236 Deadline for previously required list of covered projects.      
1237 Examination of reduction of microplastics.      
1238 Post-disaster watershed assessment for impacted areas.      
1239 Study on land valuation procedures for the Tribal Partnership Program.      
1240 Report to Congress on levee safety guidelines.      
1241 Public-private partnership user’s guide.      
1242 Review of authorities and programs for alternative delivery methods.      
1243 Cooperation authority.      
1244 GAO studies.      
1301 Deauthorization of inactive projects.      
1302 Specific deauthorizations.      
1303 General reauthorizations.      
1304 Environmental infrastructure.      
1305 Environmental infrastructure pilot program.      
1306 Conveyances.      
1307 Selma, Alabama.      
1308 Barrow, Alaska.      
1309 Lowell Creek Tunnel, Alaska.      
1310 San Francisco Bay, California.      
1311 Santa Ana River Mainstem, California.      
1312 Colebrook River Reservoir, Connecticut.      
1313 Faulkner Island, Connecticut.      
1314 Northern estuaries ecosystem restoration, Florida.      
1315 New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, Georgia and South Carolina.      
1316 Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin project, Brandon Road, Will County, Illinios.      
1317 Larose to Golden Meadow, Louisiana.      
1318 Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana.      
1319 Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel, Louisiana.      
1320 Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam, Minneapolis, Minnesota.      
1321 Missouri River levee system, Missouri.      
1322 Stockton Lake, Missouri.      
1323 Table Rock Lake, Missouri and Arkansas.      
1324 Mamaroneck-Sheldrake Rivers, New York.      
1325 Columbia River Channel, Oregon and Washington.      
1326 Willamette Valley, Oregon.      
1327 Chambers, Galveston, and Harris counties, Texas.      
1328 Matagorda Ship Channel, Port Lavaca, Texas.      
1329 San Antonio Channel, San Antonio, Texas.      
1330 Lake Champlain Watershed, Vermont and New York.      
1331 Ediz Hook Beach Erosion Control Project, Port Angeles, Washington.      
1332 Western Washington State, Washington.      
1333 Storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, riverine erosin, and ice and glacial damage, Alaska.      
1334 Chattahoochee River Program.      
1335 Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery Program.      
1336 Delaware Coastal System Program.      
1337 Delaware Inland Bays and Delaware Bay Coast Coastal Storm Risk Management Study.      
1338 Hawaii environmental restoration.      
1339 Illinois River basin restoration.      
1340 Kentucky and West Virginia environmental infrastructure.      
1341 Missouri River mitigation, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska.      
1342 New York emergency shore restoration.      
1343 New York and New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries, New York and New Jersey.      
1344 Southeastern North Carolina environmental infrastructure.      
1345 Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.      
1346 Western Lake Erie basin, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan.      
1347 Ohio and North Dakota.      
1348 Oregon environmental infrastructure.      
1349 Pennsylvania environmental infrastructure.      
1350 Washington Aqueduct.      
1351 Washington Metropolitan Area, Washington, District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.      
1352 Northern West Virginia.      
1353 Southern West Virginia.      
1354 Upper Mississippi River restoration program.      
1355 Acequias irrigation systems.      
1356 Additional projects for underserved community harbors.      
1357 Bosque wildlife restoration project.      
1358 Coastal community flood control and other purposes.      
1359 Congressional notification of deferred payment agreement request.      
1360 Contracts for water supply.      
1361 Expenses for control of aquatic plant growths and invasive species.      
1362 Hopper dredge McFarland replacement.      
1363 Lakes program.      
1364 Maintenance of navigation channels.      
1365 Maintenance of pile dike system.      
1366 Navigation along the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway.      
1367 Rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers constructed dams.      
1368 Soil moisture and snowpack monitoring.      
1369 Waiver of non-Federal share of damages related to certain contract claims.      
1370 Wilson Lock floating guide wall.      
1371 Sense of Congress relating to Mobile Harbor, Alabama.      
1372 Sense of Congress relating to shallow draft dredging in the Chesapeake Bay.      
1373 Sense of Congress relating to Missouri River priorities.      
1401 Project authorizations.      
1402 Special rule.      
1403 Additional project authorization pursuant to study by non-Federal interest.      
1404 Facility investment.