# 119-hr-9776: FLOWS Act of 2026

119-hr-9776, FLOWS Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-29).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9776
- As of: 2026-08-29
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9776
- Congress: 119
- Title: FLOWS Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-07-20
- Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Water Resources Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-29

## Summary

**Would bring digital monitoring, control, and analytics to rural water systems.** It would create an EPA grant program to help rural public water systems adopt sensors, supervisory control and data acquisition technology, artificial or embedded intelligence, digital design tools, and other operational technologies to reduce water loss and improve operations. - Rural households could get more reliable drinking water and wastewater service through projects that cover treatment, distribution, reuse, desalination, and aquifer recharge. - Very small utilities and tiny communities would get priority, with a focus on entities that serve fewer than 3,300 people and community-owned organizations rather than investor-owned companies. - Workers and operators could access funded training and workforce development for managing digital projects, plus on-site cybersecurity training to protect control systems. - States, Tribes, and owners or operators of publicly owned systems would be eligible to receive grants or act on behalf of rural areas. - Grant funds may be used to buy eligible software as an initial acquisition cost, easing procurement for digital tools. - The Comptroller General would conduct a Digital Transformation Study and must report results and program outcomes to Congress by December 31, 2030. *Would authorize $50 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031, totaling $250 million in potential appropriations.*

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4] (D-AZ), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grants for rural water digital upgrades: benefit, medium. If enacted, the EPA would run a grant program that would provide $50 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031. Funds would remain available until expended. Grants would help design, build, operate, and maintain digital technology for rural drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater syste…
- Study of digital tech for rural water: benefit, low. If enacted, the Comptroller General would conduct a study on adopting digital infrastructure technology in rural water projects. The study would identify water loss, inadequate fire flow, potential combined‑sewer bottlenecks, and effective models and simulations for rural water management. It would…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-3946: FIGHT Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-9776 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9776)

## Related
- [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [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-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-3946: FIGHT Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3946)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9776 (as of 2026-08-29).