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HR8548Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
introduced
S3792119th CongressWALLET
Water Project Navigators Act
Sponsored By: Senator John Hickenlooper
In Committee
Summary
Would create the Water Project Navigators Program to help plan and implement multi-benefit water projects that boost climate resilience and restore ecosystems. It would place local navigators who help communities win grants, design projects, and coordinate partners.
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- Disadvantaged communities and rural households would gain local help to access funding and technical support for safer drinking water and healthier watersheds.
- Indian Tribes, acequias, and similar groups could get reduced or waived non‑Federal cost shares when hardship would otherwise block projects.
- Local governments, water suppliers, and conservation groups would get grant writing, feasibility, engineering, and project management support to move stalled multi-benefit projects forward.
- Tribal, disadvantaged, and rural areas would get priority for projects that the bill says may promote job creation and retention.
*Would authorize $15 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2032, totaling $90 million authorized and would increase federal outlays if appropriated.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
New water navigators program
If enacted, the Secretary of the Interior would establish a Water Project Navigators Program within 180 days. The program would apply in eligible States (states covered by the 1902 Reclamation Act, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico). To qualify, projects would need to be "multi‑benefit" — they would both boost resilience to climate‑related water problems and provide ecosystem or watershed benefits. The program would fund navigator jobs and related technical help to move projects from planning to implementation.
Grants, rules, and funding limits
If enacted, the Secretary would award grants or cooperative agreements to create or continue navigator positions and provide technical help. Congress would be authorized to fund $15,000,000 per year for each of FY2027 through FY2032, and Congress would still need to appropriate the money. Federal grants would cover up to 75% of an activity's cost, and the non‑Federal share could be cash or in‑kind; the Secretary would be allowed to reduce or waive local matching for Tribes, acequias, land grants, or disadvantaged communities if paying would cause financial hardship. Initial grants would generally last up to 3 years, and the Secretary could extend them for up to 2 more years for satisfactory performance. The Secretary would have to offer funding opportunities regularly, give priority to projects serving Tribes, disadvantaged and rural communities, take public comment on award criteria, and report to Congress within 5 years. Program funds would not be allowed to be used to meet existing federal or state environmental mitigation or compliance obligations.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
John Hickenlooper
CO • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
KS • R
Sponsored 2/5/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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