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SENATE INTRODUCES 1999 WRDA: On March 2, Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee Chairman John Chafee (R-R.I.) and six other senators introduced the 1999 Water Resources Development Act (S. 507), which authorizes an estimated $2.1 billion in federal funds for projects and studies covering flood control, navigation, environmental restoration and shore protection.

The new bill is "virtually identical" to the legislation adopted by the Senate last year, Chafee said. Some projects receiving conditional authorizations in last year's version are included without th

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