Advance a comprehensive flood control plan on the Missouri River that prioritizes people and property in river management.

For North Missouri in particular, WRDA 2026 advances a comprehensive flood control plan on the Missouri River, ensuring that people and property are the main priority when managing the river.

Graves said WRDA 2026 would advance a Missouri River flood control plan focused on prioritizing people and property.

Committee Leaders Release Bipartisan Water Resources Development Act | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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Graves said WRDA 2024 "continues to build on efforts to make protecting people’s lives and livelihoods the top priority on the Missouri River" and listed Missouri River provisions to ensure fish and wildlife experiments do not interfere with flood control and navigation.

Graves publicly advanced WRDA 2024 as a vehicle for Missouri River flood-control and navigation priorities, but this was a legislative step rather than proof of a completed comprehensive flood-control plan.

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Graves-led Water Resources Bill Includes Important Provisions for North Missouri
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Congress.gov lists H.R. 8812 with Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6], introduced 06/25/2024; it passed the House 359-13 on 07/22/2024 and was received in the Senate on 07/23/2024.

Graves sponsored and passed through the House a WRDA bill addressing water resources, flood and storm damage reduction, and Missouri River provisions. The House bill itself did not become law, so it supports serious effort and partial advancement.

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H.R.8812 - Water Resources Development Act of 2024
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Congress.gov records S. 4367 as Public Law No. 118-272, became law on 01/04/2025, with Division A titled Water Resources Development Act of 2024.

The final WRDA 2024 package became law, providing the enacted vehicle for Missouri River-related provisions. Because the enacted law contains targeted provisions rather than a comprehensive Missouri River flood-control plan, this supports partial fulfillment.

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S.4367 - Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024
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Section 1125 requires analysis before covered Missouri River in-river feature actions to identify increased flood-event water levels, increased flood risk to commercial and residential structures and critical infrastructure, drought water-level effects, navigation-channel effects, private-land bank erosion, port or harbor effects, and sand-harvesting effects; if adverse outcomes are found, the Secretary must mitigate them.

This enacted Missouri River provision prioritizes people, property, flood risk, navigation, and private-land impacts in Corps management decisions. It is concrete delivery of part of the promise, but not a full comprehensive flood-control plan.

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Public Law 118-272 Text - Section 1125, Missouri River Existing Features Protection
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Section 1341 limits land acquisition for Missouri River mitigation to land riverward of levees or land contributing to future flood-risk resiliency projects, requires approval of the relevant governor, and bars acquisition by eminent domain.

This narrows Missouri River mitigation land acquisition around levees, flood-risk resiliency, state approval, and property-rights limits. It supports partial fulfillment of prioritizing property in river management.

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Public Law 118-272 Text - Section 1125, Missouri River Existing Features Protection
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Section 1373 states that the Secretary should make public, where appropriate, data and decisions by the Corps of Engineers relating to civil works project operations within the Missouri River Basin to ensure transparency for Basin communities.

The enacted law adds transparency expectations for Corps Missouri River Basin operations, a governance improvement tied to communities affected by river management. It is supportive but not enough by itself to show a comprehensive flood-control plan was delivered.

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Public Law 118-272 Text - Section 1125, Missouri River Existing Features Protection
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