{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-6422","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 6422","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"American Water Stewardship Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain EPA geographic programs, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain EPA geographic programs, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"American Water Stewardship Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"American Water Stewardship Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain EPA geographic programs, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"American Water Stewardship Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"American Water Stewardship Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"American Water Stewardship Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-12-04","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-03-24","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h97","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"American Water Stewardship Act","result":"Passed","yea":378,"nay":32,"present":0,"not_voting":21,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll097.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.","date":"2026-03-25"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-12-04","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"American Water Stewardship Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill reauthorizes several water quality protection and restoration programs of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and makes related requirements."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2031 the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the Long Island Sound Partnership program, the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program, the National Estuary Program, and the BEACH Act program."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also modifies some of those programs. For example, the bill modifies the National Estuary Program, including by establishing the Mississippi Sound as an estuary of national significance that may receive support under the program. It also modifies the BEACH Act program, including by allowing states or local governments to use grants provided under the program to identify specific sources of contamination for coastal recreation waters adjacent to beaches or similar points of access that are used by the public."},{"k":"p","t":"Additionally, the bill modifies the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, including by making federal agencies eligible for grants provided under the program."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also prohibits funding made available for FY2026-FY2031 to carry out specified Clean Water Act programs from being provided to nonfederal entities that are domiciled in, located in, organized under, have a principal place of business in, or have agreements with foreign countries of concern."},{"k":"p","t":"Finally, the bill directs the Government Accountability Office to evaluate and report on specified geographic programs of the EPA."}],"words":223},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Extends authorizations for several Environmental Protection Agency water programs under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, changes how some of them operate, limits funds to entities tied to foreign countries of concern, and requires a Government Accountability Office report on EPA geographic programs.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6422/text/eh#H426568A732844A479DDBA4AD4E08AC31"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6422/text/eh#HCFA730CCF60740CCA1DBBADD383E995F"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6422/text/eh#H4518C821118544F990AAD0BA150293CE"},{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6422/text/eh#H5D7E869E20764895AC41C310C51CBA0A"},{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6422/text/eh#H0E891992AB6842A4AF3BD28E6FD8C80A"},{"label":"Sec. 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in place of fiscal year 2026.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6422/text/eh#H426568A732844A479DDBA4AD4E08AC31"}},{"text":"Changes the Long Island Sound program authorization date in section 119(h) from 2023 to 2031, and changes the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program date from \"and 2021\" to \"through 2031\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6422/text/eh#HCFA730CCF60740CCA1DBBADD383E995F"}},{"text":"Changes the San Francisco Bay program so funds may go through interagency agreements, contracts or other mechanisms to Federal agencies and others, caps amounts for a project at 75 percent of its total cost, and requires at least 25 percent from non-Federal sources for non-Federal entities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6422/text/eh#H5D7E869E20764895AC41C310C51CBA0A"}},{"text":"Adds Mississippi Sound, Mississippi, to the National Estuary Program and extends that program's authorization to 2031, while barring use of fiscal year 2026 amounts for the addition and setting a condition on fiscal year 2027 amounts.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6422/text/eh#H0E891992AB6842A4AF3BD28E6FD8C80A"}},{"text":"Extends coastal recreation water monitoring grants to fiscal years 2026 through 2031 and allows States or local governments to use the grants to identify specific sources of contamination for coastal recreation waters.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 7","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6422/text/eh#H2744BEB3000B4DEE81855418DBF9E779"}},{"text":"Bars Federal funds for fiscal years 2026 through 2031 under sections 118, 119, 123, 125, 320 and 406 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act from going to non-Federal entities based in, or projects conducted with, a foreign country of concern.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 8","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6422/text/eh#H2D598503606242BF9051F2219D35DDCE"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"place_specific_amount","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6422/text/eh#H0E891992AB6842A4AF3BD28E6FD8C80A"},"heading":"National estuary program","effect":"Adds Mississippi Sound, Mississippi to the National Estuary Program list, and bars use of fiscal year 2026 funds for it and fiscal year 2027 funds unless the 2027 appropriation is at least $850,000 above the 2024 level.","amount":"$850,000","quote":"unless the total amount appropriated to carry out that program for fiscal year 2027 is at least $850,000 more than the total amount appropriated"}]},{"category":"political_name","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 9","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6422/text/eh#H1309340ACD894AF792209C79C4C094C7"},"heading":"Geographic program report","effect":"Lists the programs the Comptroller General report must cover, including one whose program name includes the name of a person, the Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program.","amount":null,"quote":"the Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program under section 120 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-03-24","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6422/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6422","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6422/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-6422.png","v":"c2ea44d97e89","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 6422, 119th Congress: American Water Stewardship Act. House: 378 Yea, 32 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 24 Mar 2026."}}