HR8459-119

In Committee

WISE Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 22, 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, WISE Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Energy, Finance.

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 HBCDC8FAEC7A74F3297A437A88D08C2DD: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Water Infrastructure Sustainability and Efficiency Act or the WISE Act.
  • Section HC8B2580F7D9A48E2A65EC43645814737: 2. Capitalization grants Section 602(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1382(c)) is amended— in paragraph (13), by striking and at the...

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

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Energy, Finance

Primary Purpose

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

Policy Domains

Environment Energy Finance

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
Apr 22, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Apr 22, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 22, 2026

Ms. Williams of Georgia (for herself, Mrs. Sykes, Ms. Norton, …

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 Energy Finance
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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