HR7408-119

In Committee

Water Project Navigators Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 5, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Water Project Navigators Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Energy.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HB5C4B36B4AAB482790EDBC17B241FE97: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Water Project Navigators Act.
  • Section H2DA81E1FD3354A21A43E9CA5E92A8631: 2. Definitions In this Act: Except as otherwise defined by the Secretary of the Interior based on current methodologies, the term disadvantaged community means...
  • Section H5ECF55010D9A4A57920EC9F772D04837: 3. Water project navigators program Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a program to support the...
  • Section H769F0B66F62E48838E0EB71E1A271D14: 4. Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032, to...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Water Project Navigators Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Government Operations, Energy

Primary Purpose

This bill, Water Project Navigators Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Government Operations Energy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies: ,
environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 5, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Feb 5, 2026

Introduced in House

Feb 5, 2026

Ms. Pettersen (for herself and Mr. Ciscomani) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Government Operations Energy
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"multi-benefit water project" §H2DA81E1FD3354A21A43E9CA5E92A8631

any project in an eligible State that— enhances the overall resilience of a community or region to climate-related impacts on water supplies, including through activities— to increase water use efficiency

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