H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026

Bill · 119th Congress (2025–2026). Passed House, 16 Sep 2026. Introduced 29 Jun 2026.

Official title: To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 16 Sep 2026: Passed, 415 Yea, 9 Nay, 0 Present, 9 Not voting. The House’s roll call
Senate: not yet considered.
President: Not before the President yet: both chambers must pass it first.

How each member voted

Senate

Not yet considered.

House

Yea (415): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Al Green (D-TX-9); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); André Carson (D-IN-7); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN-3); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Cleo Fields (D-LA-6); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA-31); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); John James (R-MI-10); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (I-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Richard McCormick (R-GA-7); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3); Tom Barrett (R-MI-7); Michael Baumgartner (R-WA-5); Nicholas J. Begich III (R-AK-AL); Wesley Bell (D-MO-1); Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3); Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA-8); Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR-5); Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ-3); Jeff Crank (R-CO-5); Maxine Dexter (D-OR-3); Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-3); Gabe Evans (R-CO-8); Shomari Figures (D-AL-2); Laura Friedman (D-CA-30); Brandon Gill (R-TX-26); Laura Gillen (D-NY-4); Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12); Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2); Adam Gray (D-CA-13); Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8); Mike Haridopolos (R-FL-8); Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10); Mark Harris (R-NC-8); Jeff Hurd (R-CO-3); Brian Jack (R-GA-3); Julie Johnson (D-TX-32); Mike Kennedy (R-UT-3); Brad Knott (R-NC-13); George Latimer (D-NY-16); Sam T. Liccardo (D-CA-16); Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7); John W. Mannion (D-NY-22); Sarah McBride (D-DE-AL); April McClain Delaney (D-MD-6); Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8); Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6); John J. McGuire III (R-VA-5); Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8); Dave Min (D-CA-47); Riley M. Moore (R-WV-2); Tim Moore (R-NC-14); Kelly Morrison (D-MN-3); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD-2); Robert F. Onder, Jr. (R-MO-3); Nellie Pou (D-NJ-9); Emily Randall (D-WA-6); Josh Riley (D-NY-19); Luz M. Rivas (D-CA-29); Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2); Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6); Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12); Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10); David J. Taylor (R-OH-2); Derek Tran (D-CA-45); Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7); George Whitesides (D-CA-27); Randy Fine (R-FL-6); Jimmy Patronis (R-FL-1); James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11); Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Matt Van Epps (R-TN-7); Christian D. Menefee (D-TX-18); Clay Fuller (R-GA-14); Analilia Mejia (D-NJ-11); James Gallagher (R-CA-1); Everton Blair Jr. (D-GA-13); Aisha Wahab (D-CA-14).

Nay (9): Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Barry Moore (R-AL-1); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Troy Downing (R-MT-2); Julie Fedorchak (R-ND-AL).

Not voting (9): Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Cory Mills (R-FL-7).

Not in office (12): David Scott (D-GA-13); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Sylvester Turner (D-TX-18).

Summary

Main subject: Authorizes and modifies U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water resources studies, projects and programs, and sets related requirements for the Corps' operations, reports, land conveyances and dam safety. Sec. 101, Sec. 201, Sec. 307, Sec. 401

Its core areas: Corps of Engineers program offices and project delivery procedures; Authorization of feasibility studies and expedited studies and reports; Deauthorizations, land conveyances and program authorization changes; Environmental infrastructure assistance for specific communities; Authorization of specific navigation, flood risk, ecosystem restoration and storm damage projects; Dredging and dredged material management; National Dam Safety Program.

Unexpected Items: 56 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (15)

Sec. 104: Levee owners board: Establishes an eleven-member Levee Owners Board of Federal levee system owner-operators, appointed by the Secretary, to make recommendations to the Secretary and Congress on levee system reliability.
Sec. 114: Soo Locks operator wage rates: Directs that specified Corps of Engineers wage employees at the navigation locks at Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, be paid from special wage schedules with rates identical to the regular wage schedule for the Detroit District Office.
Sec. 119: Prohibition on diversion of water from Missouri River: Bars diversion or export of Missouri River or tributary water for use outside of a Missouri River State, and bars Secretary-led or funded diversion studies, unless the Governor of each Missouri River State approves; diversions authorized on or before January 1, 2025 are exempt.
Sec. 120: Law enforcement at water resources development projects: Raises a limit in section 120(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 on law enforcement at water resources development projects from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000.
Sec. 121: Disaster debris removal: Expresses the sense of Congress on standard terms for Corps emergency debris removal contracts and directs the Secretary to evaluate contract and fee structures and added terms for protecting property, habitat, and wildlife.
Sec. 122: Wildfire contingency strategies: Requires the Secretary, at a non-Federal interest's request, to develop a wildfire contingency strategy with a risk assessment and mitigation plan for a water resources development project, prioritizing projects in areas of considerable wildfire risk.
Sec. 125: Expenses for control of aquatic plant growths and invasive species: Allows funds made available for aquatic plant growth control under section 104 of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 to be used for indirect costs, including administrative expenses and overhead.
Sec. 127: Harmful algal bloom demonstration program: Adds four named locations (Putnam Lake, New York; Ross Island Lagoon, Oregon; lakes and reservoirs in Pennsylvania including Blue Marsh Lake; Rio Grande River Basin, Texas) to the harmful algal bloom demonstration program and requires annual updates to committees.
Sec. 139: Sense of Congress on munitions disposal: Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should collaborate with the Secretary of Defense to identify the agency responsible for remediation of explosive ordnance and unexploded ordnance disposal.
Sec. 140: Corps of Engineers workforce: Expresses the sense of Congress on Corps workforce needs and directs the Secretary to seek a contract with the National Academy of Public Administration for a review of Corps workforce demands and needs, with a report to Congress.
Sec. 232: Evaluation of atomic contamination at Cochiti Lake, Sandoval County, New Mexico: Directs the Secretary to start an evaluation of the Cochiti Lake area, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy and the People of Cochiti Pueblo, to determine whether it is eligible for the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program.
Sec. 238: Sam Rayburn Reservoir, Texas: On request of the Secretary of Agriculture, directs a joint assessment with the Forest Service of the Harvey Creek boat ramp and requires Corps technical and design assistance for any repairs found necessary.
Sec. 318: Arkansas Valley Conduit, Colorado: Amends the Fryingpan-Arkansas project law to set the Arkansas Valley Conduit contract payment at 35 percent of the conduit cost, with the balance repaid over up to 75 years at simple interest of 50 percent of the Treasury-determined rate, based on a showing of financial hardship.
Sec. 323: Jack Hubbard Memorial Breakwater, Burt Township, Michigan: Designates the breakwater at Grand Marais Harbor, Michigan as the "Jack Hubbard Memorial Breakwater" and treats references to it as references to that name.
Sec. 325: Hydraulic evaluation of Upper Mississippi River: Limits how the Federal Emergency Management Agency may use information developed under the Upper Mississippi River hydraulic evaluation, tying its use to a congressionally authorized project in a final report of the Chief of Engineers.

Applies only to a specific place or group (2)

Sec. 230: Table Rock Lake disposition study, Missouri and Arkansas: Requires the Secretary, in a Table Rock Lake disposition study, to give the relevant non-Federal interest a right of first refusal on any release, transfer, conveyance, or exchange of excess easements.
Sec. 331: Cooperative agreements, New Mexico: Broadens the activities eligible for cooperative agreements under section 3117 of WRDA 2007 for a New Mexico flood control project to include recreational management and stewardship activities.

Funds a specific named project or event (14)

Sec. 227: Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia: Raises a dollar figure in section 534(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 from $35,000,000 to $45,000,000. ($45,000,000)
Sec. 307: Environmental infrastructure: Adds paragraphs (599) through (793) to section 219(f) authorizing a separate dollar amount for water and wastewater infrastructure in each named city, county, town or other place, and raises the authorized amounts for many previously listed places.
Sec. 320: Miami Harbor, Miami-Dade County, Florida: Directs the Secretary to repay the non-Federal interest the Federal share of advanced funds for the Miami Harbor navigation project, and bars a new start determination before repayment.
Sec. 322: Pilottown anchorage area, Louisiana: Authorizes the Secretary to operate and maintain the Pilottown anchorage area at Federal expense.
Sec. 328: Great Lakes Commission: Authorizes appropriations of $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030 to the Executive Director of the Great Lakes Commission for water resources development efforts related to the Compact. ($5,000,000)
Sec. 334: Massillon Local Protection Project, Tuscarawas River, Ohio: Directs the Secretary to carry out rehabilitation of the sluice gates of the Massillon Local Protection Project under section 133 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020.
Sec. 337: Buffalo Bayou Tributaries and Resiliency Study, Texas: Directs the Secretary to expedite the Buffalo Bayou Tributaries and Resiliency Study, prioritize Federal funding for it in budget and work plan submissions, and excuses the report from evaluating alternatives not acceptable to the non-Federal interest.
Sec. 344: Puget Sound nearshore ecosystem restoration, Washington: Directs the Secretary to treat removal, relocation, and replacement of four listed roads and bridges at Puget Sound sites as a project feature with costs shared as construction.
Sec. 402: Expedited completion of projects and activities: Directs the Secretary to expedite completion of a long list of named continuing authorities program projects, other named projects and maintenance dredging activities, and one tribal partnership project.
Sec. 118: Watershed and river basin assessments: Adds nine named watersheds and river basins to the list of areas covered by the watershed and river basin assessment authority, and adds projected water supply needs to the assessment's scope.
Sec. 124: Environmental dredging: Adds the navigation project on the Ipswich River, Massachusetts to the list of projects covered by the environmental dredging authority.
Sec. 128: Shoreline and riverine protection and restoration: Adds four named places to the list of areas eligible under the shoreline and riverine protection and restoration authority.
Sec. 129: Fish and oyster habitat restoration: Adds habitat restoration for fish and native oysters in named New York waters, and for fish in Choctawhatchee Bay and near Okaloosa County, Florida, to the covered activities.
Sec. 302: General reauthorizations: Adds six named lakes to the Lakes program list and raises the authorization ceilings or extends the terms of several named programs, including the Lakes program limit from $40,000,000 to $60,000,000. ($60,000,000)

Different amount for specific places or groups (3)

Sec. 326: Lower Missouri River comprehensive flood protection: Caps Federal spending at $60,000,000 for a single Lower Missouri River flood risk project in the State of Missouri, unless the Secretary submits a feasibility determination and Congress specifically authorizes construction. ($60,000,000)
Sec. 329: Great Lakes Fishery and ecosystem restoration: Adds a limit of $20,000,000 on total Federal spending for a project under the Great Lakes fishery and ecosystem restoration authority. ($20,000,000)
Sec. 341: Puget Sound and adjacent waters restoration, Washington: Rewrites the limit on total Federal spending for a critical restoration project under the Puget Sound and adjacent waters authority to $20,000,000, including projects with earlier agreements not yet complete. ($20,000,000)

Exception or delay for a subset (17)

Sec. 103: Removal or remediation of contaminated sediment: States that the Secretary is not liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 for releases resulting from covered contaminated-sediment removal or remediation carried out under an approved joint plan.
Sec. 115: Beneficial use of dredged material from harbors in the State of Ohio: Requires expedited review of partnership agreement requests for facilities demonstrating beneficial uses of dredged material from a federally authorized harbor in Ohio, and lets the Secretary enter such an agreement before a dredged material management plan is complete.
Sec. 123: Reservoir sediment pilot program: Creates a pilot program under which the Secretary may accept State-provided sediment removal services at dams, and directs priority to four named reservoirs and lakes in Kansas and Oklahoma.
Sec. 130: Benefits and costs attributable to certain measures: Directs that, for up to 10 projects (including two named priority projects), benefits of natural or nature-based feature measures be treated as at least equal to their costs in benefit-cost evaluations; authority sunsets 5 years after enactment.
Sec. 142: Ability to pay: Adds seven named projects and studies to the list in section 1139(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2024, and inserts "and studies" in the lead-in text of that subsection.
Sec. 143: Pilot program prioritization: Adds three named projects and studies to the list in section 118(h) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020.
Sec. 231: Table Rock Lake, Missouri and Arkansas: Amends section 1323 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 so the Secretary must permit existing eligible structures and sewer or septic systems to stay at Table Rock Lake until abandonment or, for sewer or septic systems, imminent failure.
Sec. 312: Mobile Harbor, Alabama: Replaces the authority to consider alternatives to Gulf of Mexico disposal at Mobile Harbor with a prohibition on thin layer placement of dredged material, except for emergency use, draft restrictions, or living shorelines or brackish marsh habitats, and directs a multi-year restoration program.
Sec. 321: Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, Louisiana: Directs the Secretary, where feasible, to accept easements instead of fee ownership of land to meet property rights requirements for one named ecosystem restoration project.
Sec. 335: Toussaint River Federal navigation project, Carroll Township, Ohio: Sets the operation and maintenance cost share for one named navigation project to follow the cost share in section 101(b)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986.
Sec. 339: Coastal Virginia: Requires analyses of measures benefitting other Federal agencies' land in the Coastal Virginia study to be at Federal expense, with an exception allowing non-Federal contributions for measures relating to a military installation.
Sec. 340: Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk Management, Virginia: Requires analyses of measures benefitting other Federal agencies' land in the Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk Management study to be at Federal expense, with an exception allowing non-Federal contributions for measures relating to a military installation.
Sec. 342: Lower Columbia River: Treats the cost of dredged material stabilization and retaining structures for one navigation project as eligible operation and maintenance costs assigned to commercial navigation under section 210(a)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986.
Sec. 346: Federal Triangle Area, Washington, District of Columbia: Requires analyses of measures benefitting other Federal agencies' land in the Federal Triangle Area flood risk management study to be carried out at Federal expense.
Sec. 303: Conveyances: Authorizes conveyances of federal property to named local governments and states that the Department of Defense property screening law (10 U.S.C. 2696) does not apply to them. Some conveyances are without consideration and one requires fair market value.
Sec. 304: Land exchange, Walton and Bay Counties, Florida: Directs the Secretary to release federal easement interests on about 79.60 acres to The St. Joe Company in exchange for about 103.49 acres, with the company paying any difference in value. It also states that the property screening law (10 U.S.C. 2696) does not apply.
Sec. 305: Port Canaveral, Florida: Directs the Secretary, on request, to review and convey, exchange, or grant easements on land held for the Canaveral Harbor project to the Canaveral Port Authority. It states that the property screening law (10 U.S.C. 2696) does not apply to these conveyances.

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (1)

Sec. 229: Upper Missouri River Basin sedimentation: Directs a sedimentation study of the Upper Missouri River Basin and bars the Secretary from considering any changes to the Missouri River Basin Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual in that study.

Changes a government process (4)

Sec. 105: Categorical permissions: Requires the Secretary to establish by rule categorical permissions for categories of activities under the permission process in section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1899, and to publish a proposed rule within 180 days.
Sec. 107: Electronic submission and tracking of permit applications: Amends the electronic system for permit applications to also cover jurisdictional determination requests and tracking of Federal environmental review documents, adds record retention and public availability rules, and moves the implementation deadline to 1 year after enactment.
Sec. 133: Realignment of certain Corps of Engineers Districts: Requires the Secretary within 90 days to transfer named Missouri and Arkansas counties and areas between Corps districts, and requires 30 days' advance notice to committees before any other district boundary change.
Sec. 345: Washington Metropolitan Area, Washington, District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia: Directs a second phase of the Washington metropolitan area water supply study to continue as a continuation of the first phase without a new investment decision.

What it does

Sec. 101: Requires the Secretary of the Army to establish within the Directorate of Civil Works an Office of Inland Navigation Construction Management, an Office of Water Supply, Water Conservation, and Drought Resiliency, an Office on Technical Assistance and Community Outreach, and an Office on Alternative Delivery Methods.
Sec. 105: Amends section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1899 to require the Secretary to establish by rule categorical permissions for categories of activities, limited to activities that cause only minimal adverse environmental effects, and to publish a proposed rule within 180 days of enactment.
Sec. 104: Establishes a Levee Owners Board of eleven members appointed by the Secretary to make recommendations to the Secretary and Congress on levee system reliability.
Sec. 201: Authorizes the Secretary to conduct feasibility studies for 107 listed new projects, and for 26 listed modifications to existing projects.
Sec. 202: Directs the Secretary to expedite completion of feasibility studies, general reevaluation reports, study reports, dredged material management plans and other listed items for specific projects.
Sec. 109: Amends the continuing authority programs by creating a flood risk management program with a $50,000,000 annual authorization, replacing section 155 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 with a drought resiliency program authorized at $35,000,000 for each fiscal year, and raising several program funding limits.
Sec. 307: Amends section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to add environmental infrastructure projects numbered (599) through (793), each with a stated dollar amount for a named location.
Sec. 401: Authorizes seven listed modification and other projects and five other projects in the navigation, flood risk management, ecosystem restoration and hurricane and storm damage risk reduction categories, with estimated costs stated in a table.
Sec. 306: Removes authorization for listed portions of projects, including flood channels in the Los Angeles County Drainage Area, and authorizes conveyances of Corps property to named entities, including the City of Corona, the Town of Duck, the City of Toledo and the County of Umatilla.
Sec. 501: Amends the National Dam Safety Program Act to change a program period in section 8(e)(4) from 2 to 7 and an authorization date in section 8A(j)(4) from 2026 to 2031, and requires FEMA to complete a study on high hazard potential dam prioritization within 2 years.

Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 12 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.