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S1107119th CongressWALLET

MATCH Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator John Curtis

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Summary

Allows sponsors to pay for eligible emergency watershed work before a formal USDA agreement and count that spending toward their project share. The bill would let State and local governments and Indian Tribes incur defined preagreement emergency watershed protection costs and treat those costs as part of the sponsor contribution if an agreement is later executed.

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  • Sponsors (State and local governments and Indian Tribes) would be allowed to undertake eligible emergency watershed measures before a formal agreement and have those costs credited toward their project contribution. Sponsors would bear the financial risk if no agreement follows.
  • The Secretary of Agriculture would have to identify a list of eligible preagreement measures and create a State-level procedure with deadlines to request additional measures after a natural disaster, with those steps required within 180 days of enactment. The Secretary would still have discretion not to enter into an agreement.
  • Creates a formal mechanism to pre-fund and count preagreement costs toward Emergency Watershed Program projects, clarifying how early response costs can be treated in later project agreements.

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State and Tribal preagreement watershed costs

If enacted, this bill would let State and local governments and Indian Tribes pay for certain emergency watershed measures before signing a formal Section 403 agreement. The Secretary would have 180 days after enactment to list which measures qualify and to set a State-level process and deadlines for requesting more preagreement measures after a disaster. If the Secretary later signs an agreement with a sponsor, those preagreement costs could count toward the sponsor’s required project contribution. Sponsors who act early would bear the risk of those costs, and the Secretary would still be free to decline any agreement.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

John Curtis

UT • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 3/25/2025

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