S3986-119

In Committee

Maryland Whole Watershed Program Federal Partnership Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Mar 4, 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, Maryland Whole Watershed Program Federal Partnership Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Finance, Immigration.

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 ideb8e3c5a151b4d51a39d57bd2cdd68b1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Maryland Whole Watershed Program Federal Partnership Act of 2026.
  • Section H7D4197D5914D46CF9DB6847C7D8D92DD: 2. Chesapeake Bay Program Office authority In this section, the term Chesapeake Bay Program Office means the office established and maintained pursuant 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, Maryland Whole Watershed Program Federal Partnership Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Finance, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, Maryland Whole Watershed Program Federal Partnership Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Finance Immigration

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
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federal implementing agencies:
environmental regulators and natural-resource users:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 4, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and …

Mar 4, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 4, 2026

Ms. Alsobrooks (for herself and Mr. Van Hollen) introduced the …

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

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