# 119-hr-6229: Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Amendments of 2025

119-hr-6229, Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Amendments of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6229
- Congress: 119
- Title: Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Amendments of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-20
- Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Water Resources Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Expands WIFIA access to small and rural water projects.** This bill would widen who qualifies for Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act support and add outreach, technical help, and new project categories so smaller and tribal communities can get loans and planning help more easily. - Small communities and tribal projects would be newly reachable. "Small community" is defined as places with up to 25,000 people, and the minimum eligible project cost is cut from $5 million to $1 million so more local projects can apply. - Financing rules and project types would change. The bill adds state-led storage, transferred works, and certain congressionally authorized projects as eligible, allows collaborative delivery like design-build, and lets loan terms run up to 55 years for long-lived projects. - Administration, reporting, and budget rules are updated. It requires outreach and reports, adjusts budget treatment for certain non-Federal-funded assistance, and authorizes $68 million to EPA and $15 million to the Army Corps per year for FY2025–2029. *Would authorize about $83 million per year for FY2025–2029, increasing federal budget authority for WIFIA-related activities.*

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fong, Vince [R-CA-20] (R-CA), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Funding for water loans through 2029: benefit, high. If enacted, the program would get $68 million each year to the Administrator and $15 million each year to the Secretary for fiscal years 2025–2029. The money would stay available until spent. This would support loans and help for water projects.
- More help for small and rural water projects: benefit, medium. If enacted, this would open the program to smaller and rural projects. The minimum project cost would drop from $5 million to $1 million. Small communities with 25,000 people or fewer would be able to get engineering and financial planning help. The Administrator would need an outreach plan to smal…
- More water projects eligible, longer loan terms: benefit, medium. If enacted, more project types could apply, including state-led storage, transferred works, and some congressionally authorized non-Federal water projects. For projects that last more than 35 years, loans could run up to 55 years after substantial completion, or the project's shorter useful life. T…
- Budget rules for non-Federal water loans: mixed, low. If enacted, loans to non-Federal entities that are repaid with non-Federal revenue would be treated as direct loans or guarantees for federal budget scoring. This would change federal accounting, not who pays project costs or who can apply.

## Related bills

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- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-979: AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
- 119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act
- 119-hr-1993: 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6229 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6229)

## Related
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- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-979: AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-979)
- [119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-909)
- [119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4382)
- [119-hr-1993: 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1993)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6229 (as of 2026-04-21).