MATCH Act of 2025

States and tribes can count preagreement costs

This bill would let State and local governments and Indian Tribes that act as sponsors count some emergency watershed protection costs they pay before a formal agreement as part of their required project share. The Secretary would have 180 days after enactment to list which emergency measures qualify and to set State-level procedures and deadlines for sponsors to ask for more eligible measures after a disaster. If the Secretary later signs an agreement, those listed preagreement costs would count toward the sponsor's contribution. Sponsors who pay before an agreement would assume the financial risk for those costs. Nothing in this subsection would require the Secretary to enter into an agreement with any sponsor.