The Trump administration will allow a project to construct new tribal housing near The Dalles to resume.  The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that $1.8 million has been included in the Army Corps of Engineers budget to begin work on The Dalles Dam village plan.  Senate Appropriations Committee members Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Patty Murray of Washington added the money to a funding bill for the Corps without any dictates of how it must be used.   A bipartisan and bi-state group of lawmakers then wrote a letter to R.D. James, assistant secretary of the Army, to suggest the money be used to finish the village planning.  The money is needed to figure out where a village could be located near The Dalles Dam and how it would look.  The Army Corps and a committee of tribal members had identified three Washington sites in 2016, but now needs to determine if they are still options.  The site could end up on the Oregon side of the river.  Merkley hopes to start the same momentum for villages at the Bonneville and John Day dams.