Cooperative Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 3
- Latest action
- Mar 18, 2026
What it does
The bill reauthorizes the Cooperative Watershed Management Program through fiscal year 2031, increasing annual grant funding from $100,000 to $150,000 for up to three years and allowing for two-year extensions based on satisfactory performance. It explicitly includes Indian tribes as eligible participants by defining the term and requiring consideration of ancestral lands within watersheds. The bill also expands eligible uses of funding to include grant writing, project management, and technical assistance, establishes continuous enrollment for applications, and mandates public availability of program information. Authorization of appropriations is set at $40 million per year for…
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