[20191106]IN11133_港口疏浚：问题和历史资金.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Harbor Dredging: Issues and Historical Funding John Frittelli Specialist in Transportation Policy Updated November 6, 2019 Congress is debating whether to support increased funding for dredging to better maintain harbor channel depths and widths. A bill passed by the House (H.R. 2440) seeks to boost dredging activity by utilizing more of the collections from a port tax levied to fund harbor maintenance. However, it is not clear whether the additional funding would increase the volume of material dredged from U.S. harbors, as a variety of factors affect the cost and performance of harbor dredging. In contrast to the House bill, in S. 2470 the Senate Committee on Appropriations recommends a Gulf Coast demonstration program addressing concerns about dredging cost and availability. According to S.Rept. 116-102, among other goals, the program should reduce the number of contract solicitations that lead to no bids or bids that are more than 25% higher than the government cost estimate and should reduce the cost per cubic yard for hopper dredge contracts. Data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the a