New Budget Agreement will Keep Funding for Chickamauga Lock

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee, and U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., vice chairman of the House Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee, said Monday the fiscal year 2017 Omnibus Appropriations bill provides a record high $6.038 billion to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.