DROUGHT Act of 2026

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Introduced 2026-03-05Topic: infrastructure utilities · environment · budget

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This bill changes the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 so that certain water projects can receive federal assistance covering up to 90 percent of total project cost. It also directs the Secretary or the Administrator to give these projects priority for financing. Covered projects include those located in states that had severe drought (D2 or greater on the U.S. Drought Monitor) for at least 4 weeks in the past 5 years, or in counties where a governor declared a drought emergency in that period. Covered projects also include those serving areas where average household income is at or below 200 percent of the Census poverty threshold or that meet state affordability criteria, and projects designated as regionally or nationally significant for reasons such as increasing drinking water supply, enhancing water reuse, or lowering costs to ratepayers.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-03-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.	refer
2026-03-05	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-03-05	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-03-05		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-03-05		Introduced in House	introduce

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