# 119-s-3317: Water Resources Technical Assistance Review Act of 2025

119-s-3317, Water Resources Technical Assistance Review Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH] (R-OH); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3317
- As of: 2026-09-10
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3317
- Congress: 119
- Title: Water Resources Technical Assistance Review Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-03
- Sponsor: Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH] (R-OH)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**A comprehensive GAO review of EPA clean water technical assistance** would assess how federal help reaches communities and identify gaps, especially for economically distressed areas. - States, Tribal nations, local governments, and nonprofits would get a clear inventory of available clean water technical help, including which regions and populations were served and a summary of activities during the 5-year period before enactment. - Technical assistance providers would face a detailed review of how the Water Technical Assistance initiative selects, evaluates, and contracts partners, how providers are matched to local needs, and how outreach to economically distressed communities is conducted. - The Comptroller General would deliver findings and recommendations to the EPA Administrator and the House and Senate committees, and the Administrator would have to submit a response plan within 90 days and then annually for 5 years describing actions taken to comply with those recommendations.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-12-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stronger oversight of EPA water help: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Comptroller General to start a full review of EPA clean water technical assistance within 1 year. "Covered technical assistance" would mean any EPA help related to clean water infrastructure. The review would list programs and who they serve and summarize five…

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## Sources
- [119-s-3317 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3317)

## Related
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- [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5025)
- [119-s-4576: Jewish American Security Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4576)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3317 (as of 2026-09-10).