The one-pager above summarizes the top issues that should be considered — ideally, actively debated — in EPA WIFIA reauthorization later this year. I’ve written about them all in various posts and articles — here are some links:
Mandatory Appropriations: Everything I’ve done is collected on this page: EPA WIFIA Mandatory Spending
CBO Scoring: A specific recent post: CBO Scoring of EPA WIFIA Reauthorization Legislation Will Need to Consider Actual Results FY2018-FY2025
Circular A-129: A quick outline in this LR WFM article: Explaining the Decline in WIFIA Loan Volume: Part 2
Declining Loan Volume: The topic of this LR article: Explaining the Decline in WIFIA Loan Volume: Part 1
Lack of Statutory Improvement:
- The FCRA amendment saga collected on this page: FCRA Non-Federal;
- SRF-WIN in a few places: Revisiting WIFIA Sub-UST Interest Rates for SRFs and In Retrospect, An Ironic Criticism of the SRF-WIN Act convey the sense of lost opportunity.
- 55Y and other economic amendments: Commentary: Now is the time to amend WIFIA, Expanding the Scope for WIFIA’s Eligible Combinations of Small Projects, Five CWIFP Amendments are some examples.