# 119-hr-6639: Water Agency and Transparency Enhancement Review (WATER) Act

119-hr-6639, Water Agency and Transparency Enhancement Review (WATER) Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6639
- As of: 2026-04-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6639
- Congress: 119
- Title: Water Agency and Transparency Enhancement Review (WATER) Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Water Resources Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Streamlines federal review for major California water-supply and storage projects.** The bill would require Interior and Commerce to identify those projects and assign one federal official from each department to coordinate endangered species and environmental review responsibilities.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Faster federal review for California water: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce would identify major ongoing or potential water-supply and storage projects in California they oversee under NEPA or the Endangered Species Act. Each Secretary would name one federal official to coordinate that agency's NEPA and ESA complianc…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-5449: Redistricting Reform Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3227: Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6639 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6639)

## Related
- [119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4393)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-5449: Redistricting Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5449)
- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [119-hr-3227: Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3227)
- [119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-471)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6639 (as of 2026-04-21).