A federal water resources bill making its way through Congress would provide funds to dredge the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Sen. Barbara Boxer said Wednesday.
The wording of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act has been approved by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and a joint House and Senate committee, both chaired by Boxer, and votes in the House and Senate are expected [this] week.
The bill calls for increased spending from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, which both ports pay into. The formula for distributing funding would be amended so that the local ports, which contribute the most into the fund, would get their fair share back, Boxer said.