# 119-hr-9512: Doug LaMalfa Sacramento River Basin Water Security and Reliability Act of 2026

119-hr-9512, Doug LaMalfa Sacramento River Basin Water Security and Reliability Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Gallagher, James [R-CA-1] (R-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9512
- Congress: 119
- Title: Doug LaMalfa Sacramento River Basin Water Security and Reliability Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-06-29
- Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, James [R-CA-1] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Water Resources Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-10

## Summary

**Would reauthorize and fund water storage and restoration in the Sacramento River Basin.** It would support state-led storage projects, create a federal coordination committee, and let transferors retain temporary transfer revenues for drought resilience and dam safety. - State project sponsors would be eligible for nonreimbursable federal contributions for operations, maintenance, and replacement costs, capped at 50 percent of each project's annual public-benefit costs. - River and habitat restoration would get dedicated funding and activities, including gravel and rearing area work, fish passage and barrier removal, floodplain reconnection, hatchery modernization, and related monitoring and studies. It authorizes $500.0 million for these purposes for fiscal years 2028–2037. - Water transferors could keep revenue from eligible temporary transfers to pay down capital, fund drought resilience, perform extraordinary maintenance, or make dam safety investments, with unused reserve funds reverting after 10 years. - Federal agencies would join a new Sacramento River Basin Integrated Water Management Federal Leadership Committee to align programs, remove regulatory obstacles, and recommend investment priorities; the committee would end after 15 years unless extended. *Would authorize federal spending, including $500.0 million for 2028–2037, and could increase federal outlays if appropriations follow.*

## Provisions PRIA read

- $500 million for Sacramento restoration: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would authorize $500 million to be appropriated for fiscal years 2028 through 2037 for Sacramento River Basin restoration and species recovery. The money would pay for habitat work like gravel and floodplain reconnection, fish passage and barrier removal, hatchery modernization…
- Transferors can keep water sale money: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let a transferor keep money from an eligible temporary water transfer instead of sending it to the Reclamation Fund. The transferor could use those amounts only after finishing repayment of capital tied to the project's original construction. Kept money could pay for repa…
- New basin committee and protections: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require creation of a Sacramento River Basin Integrated Water Management Federal Leadership Committee within 180 days, chaired by the Assistant Secretary for Water and Science. The committee would coordinate federal actions, align funding, support the Sacramento Floodplai…
- Federal pays up to 50% O&M costs: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let the Secretary (through the Commissioner of Reclamation) pay up to 50 percent of annual operations, maintenance, and replacement costs tied to public benefits of State-led storage projects that got prior WIIN Act assistance. Federal money under this authority would be…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-10492: Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act
- 119-hr-7578: TORCH Act
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-10574: American Leadership in Fusion Act
- 119-hr-6496: Specialty Crop & Wine Producer Tariff Relief Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-9512 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9512)

## Related
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-10492: Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10492)
- [119-hr-7578: TORCH Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7578)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-10574: American Leadership in Fusion Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10574)
- [119-hr-6496: Specialty Crop & Wine Producer Tariff Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6496)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9512 (as of 2026-07-10).