HR7845-119

In Committee

DROUGHT Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Mar 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, DROUGHT Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Healthcare, Government Operations.

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 H51AD4BB057B84593BBC35381F1677B34: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Drought Relief Obtained Using Government Help Today Act of 2026 or the DROUGHT Act of 2026.
  • Section HA7354E2B613549ACB3641685983A04F8: 2. Federal assistance for certain water infrastructure projects Section 5029(b)(9) of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C....

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, DROUGHT Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Healthcare, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, DROUGHT Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Healthcare Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
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
Mar 6, 2026

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Mar 5, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in …

Mar 5, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 5, 2026

Mr. Peters (for himself, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Vargas, …

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 Healthcare Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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