{"id":25576,"date":"2024-12-19T11:35:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=25576"},"modified":"2024-12-19T11:35:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:35:46","slug":"sen-ossoffs-legislation-to-upgrade-water-infrastructure-in-henry-clayton-counties-passes-senate","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoffs-legislation-to-upgrade-water-infrastructure-in-henry-clayton-counties-passes-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff\u2019s Legislation to Upgrade Water Infrastructure in Henry &#038; Clayton Counties Passes Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jonesboro, Ga.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff&#8217;s legislation to upgrade water infrastructure in Henry and Clayton Counties passed through the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff introduced the&nbsp;<em>Georgia Stormwater Management Act&nbsp;<\/em>to upgrade water infrastructure for families and businesses in Clayton and Henry Counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill passed the Senate as part of this year\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Water Resources Development Act<\/em>&nbsp;reauthorization. The bill previously passed the House and now heads to the President&#8217;s desk to become law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill would establish a new authority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out water infrastructure projects across Clayton and Henry Counties, which would upgrade quality of life and improve resiliency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new authority would be a key first step to then appropriate funds for local projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI remain focused on Clayton and Henry Counties every day. I\u2019ve heard consistently from local leaders about concerns with aging water infrastructure, which is why I introduced and have now passed through the Senate this bill that would authorize the U.S. Army Corps to work on vital water infrastructure projects across the area,\u201d<strong>&nbsp;Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/24.06.03_GA-Stormwater-Mgmt-Act.pdf\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>&nbsp;to read the&nbsp;<em>Georgia Stormwater Management Act.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonesboro, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff&#8217;s legislation to upgrade water infrastructure in Henry and Clayton Counties passed through the U.S. Senate. Sen. Ossoff introduced the&nbsp;Georgia Stormwater Management Act&nbsp;to upgrade water infrastructure for families and businesses in Clayton and Henry Counties. The bill passed the Senate as part of this year\u2019s&nbsp;Water Resources Development Act&nbsp;reauthorization. The bill [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25576","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/25576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/25576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25578,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/25576\/revisions\/25578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}