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Community Water Project Acceleration Act
Sponsored By: Senator Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced
Summary
Would exempt certain small community water projects from NEPA review. It would require the Secretary of the Army to designate, within 180 days, projects carried out under the continuing authority program or under environmental infrastructure assistance programs that are built by non-Federal sponsors as categorically excluded from NEPA environmental assessment and environmental impact statement requirements when the federal share is less than $6 million or when the federal share is under 15 percent and the total project cost is $35 million or less, and to publish regulations to implement that exclusion within 150 days.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Faster local water project approvals
If enacted, the Secretary of the Army would designate certain small water and environmental infrastructure projects as categorically excluded from NEPA environmental assessments and impact statements. To qualify, a project would need to be carried out under a continuing authority program or an environmental infrastructure assistance program, and construction work would have to be done by a non‑Federal sponsor. A project would also need either a Federal share under $6,000,000, or a Federal share below 15% with total project cost at most $35,000,000. The bill would require the Secretary to publish rules within 150 days and finish the exclusion designations within 180 days of enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
AZ • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]
WY • R
Sponsored 3/17/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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