# 119-hr-5661: Water Preservation and Affordability Act of 2025

119-hr-5661, Water Preservation and Affordability Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13] (D-OH); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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- As of: 2026-09-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5661
- Congress: 119
- Title: Water Preservation and Affordability Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-09-30
- Sponsor: Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13] (D-OH)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**resource preservation techniques** would be defined and made the central requirement for federal clean water grants and loans, pushing projects toward water and energy efficiency, stormwater control, sustainable planning, and environmental innovation. It would also authorize new grant funding and raise annual program funding levels. - Local and municipal water utilities that receive loans or capitalization grants would have to evaluate and, to the maximum extent practicable, use resource preservation techniques when repairing, replacing, or expanding treatment works. - Projects and communities would be steered toward measures like water reuse, recapture, conservation, energy efficiency, stormwater mitigation, sustainable design, and other environmentally innovative approaches. - The bill creates a Wastewater Efficiency Grant Pilot Program authorized at $40 million per year for fiscal years 2026–2031 and increases the Clean Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program to $50 million per year for fiscal years 2026–3031. *Authorizes additional federal spending by adding $40 million per year for a pilot and by increasing another program to $50 million per year.*

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8] (R-PA), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2025-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More funding for clean water upgrades: benefit, medium. If enacted, the government would authorize $50 million each year for clean water resiliency grants for fiscal years 2026 through 3031. This would replace a prior $25 million each year for fiscal years 2022 through 2026. It would also authorize $40 million each year for a wastewater efficiency grant…
- New efficiency rules for water projects: mixed, medium. The bill would define "resource preservation techniques" for water projects. Grant and loan recipients would need to evaluate and, when practical, use these techniques. Examples include water reuse and conservation, energy efficiency, stormwater controls, sustainable design, and other innovative me…

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- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-5661 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5661)

## Related
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- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1065)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5661 (as of 2026-09-21).