1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative Act or the MRRRI Act . 2. Findings; purpose (a) Findings Congress finds that— (1) the Mississippi River flows more than 2,300 miles from its source at Lake Itasca through the center of the continental United States to the Gulf of Mexico; (2) as of 2019, the main stem of the Mississippi River flows through 10 States that collectively are home to 55,400,000 people; (3) the Mississippi River provides drinking water to more than 20,000,000 people in 50 cities; (4) the Mississippi River drives a vibrant natural resource and recreation-based economy that— (A) generates nearly $500,000,000,000 in annual revenue; and (B) directly employs more than 1,500,000 people; (5) the Mississippi River and its 30,000,000 acre floodplain provide an ecological lifeline for all of North America, supporting more than 780 species of fish and wildlife and providing a vital migration corridor for 60 percent of all North American birds and 40 percent of the migratory waterfowl in the United States; (6) the Mississippi River serves as a major transportation corridor for grain and cargo; (7) Congress has designated the Mississippi River System as a nationally significant ecosystem and a nationally significant navigation system, the only inland river system to receive both designations; (8) despite the critical value of the Mississippi River to the United States, the Mississippi River is in a severe state of ecological decline, as documented by the United States Geological Survey, the Corps of Engineers, and other Federal and State agencies; (9) modifications to the Mississippi River have resulted in the extensive loss of wetlands and complex river habitats, causing profound harm to the treasured fish and wildlife resources in the United States and increasing flood risks to communities; (10) polluted runoff has drastically reduced water quality and created a massive dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico