US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed into law America’s Water Infrastructure Act, which seeks to “provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the [US].”

The law purports to benefit nearly every state by authorizing “construction of Army Corps of Engineers water resources projects for flood risk management, navigation, hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, and environmental restoration” and modifying “previously authorized projects.”

Senator John Barrasso introduced the bill to the Environment and Public Works committee. Trump gave hopeful remarks at the signing ceremony, saying: “With this legislation, we will also better protect American communities from hurricanes and storms.  And I’m particularly proud that this legislation extends the requirement that protects … construction materials, all made in the USA …”

Growing environmental concerns have proven to be a priority for legislation and courts. Earlier this month, an Oregon federal judge ruled that a group of young Americans can move forward with a lawsuit against the US government, alleging it violated due process rights by supporting the use and development of fossil fuels that are harmful to the environment, but the Supreme Court has temporarily put that case on hold. Also this month, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit allowed the US Department of Energy to halt construction on a mixed oxide fuel (MOX) fabrication facility project in South Carolina, thereby allowing the DOE to dispose of the weapons-grade plutonium through a dilute and dispose method.