S4041-119

In Committee

Cooperative Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Mar 10, 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, Cooperative Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Education, Transportation.

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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cooperative Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act of 2026.
  • Section idf5bb1e0c8f65465bb8c5438ab61c79f1: 2. Cooperative watershed management program Section 6001 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 1015) is amended— by redesignating...

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, Cooperative Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Education, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, Cooperative Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Education Transportation

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 17, 2026

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and …

Mar 10, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …

Mar 10, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 10, 2026

Mr. Daines (for himself and Mr. Hickenlooper) 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 Education Transportation
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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