mr. woodall. i recognize myself. 203 has been submitted to the orps of engineers myself and congressman sa lease are frustrated. could you give us an update on that 203? major general spellmon: it is under review. i believe specifically it is with office of management and budget and went over to the office in early august. i believe they have upwards of 60 days to conduct a review. mr. graves: how long did it take the corps to review this? major general spellmon: i can get you that answer. i don't know. mr. graves: i think i have it already. but i want to reiterate the urgency of that project. it would be unfortunate to miss the window that we have on this bill right now to authorize construction of that project. i want to make note, this project dates back to 1998 as i recall and the project, according to the corps of engineers' own schedule was supposed to be completed -- even on your revised schedule, which was crazy, i think it came back and suggested 2008, which a project that was authorized

mr. woodall. >> general, regulation 203, to the hearing here -- can you give us an update on that? >> yes, sir. it is under it is the focus of the office since august early. i believe they have upwards of 60 days to complete their review. >> yes, sir. and how how long for the review? >> i don't know. >> i think i have it already. i want to reiterate the urgency of that project. it's incredibly unfortunate you missed the window. and i wanted to note the schematic concern, this pr dates back to 1998 as i recall. and the project according to the corps of engineers, the report was supposed to be completed even though the revised schedule, which was crazy because i think it impacted up to 2008. a project authorized in 1998, private corps of engineers shared completion by the corps in 2008. 10 years for the project. then when they continued spinning the wheels, which is where we are now, i just want to reiterate that. next question, you're familiar with the outflow that does direct the goa's, and studies looking at the formation of the corps of engineers, organizing within the same depar

mr. woodall. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. woodall: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. chairman, for your leadership on the committee. i'll tell you, mr. speaker, this is probably the most important bill that most members of the united states of america citizenry will never have heard of. when i go back home, folks ask me to make smart and prudent investments. they are going to make a difference in people's lives. they ask me to repeal unnecessary regulation that is stand in the way of making those improvements. they ask me to pay for those things rather than passing the bill on to our kids and our grandkids. and the bill that the chairman and ranking member brought before us today fulfills every single one of those challenges. in my district, mr. speaker, we're talking about preserving water quality in lake lanier, the sole water source for most of the metro atlanta area. we're talking about funding the savannah harbor expansion protect, protect of economic significance for the entire southeastern united states. we're talking about offering local officia