Expand the ways levee owners can work with the Army Corps of Engineers to build flood risk management infrastructure.

It also expands the ways our levee owners can work with the Corps to build flood risk management infrastructure

Graves said WRDA 2026 would expand options for levee owners to partner with the Corps on flood risk management infrastructure.

Committee Leaders Release Bipartisan Water Resources Development Act | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said Chairman Sam Graves and bipartisan committee leaders released WRDA 2026. Graves said the bill expands how levee owners can work with the Corps to build flood risk management infrastructure and gives levee districts streamlined maintenance assistance.

Within the lookback window, Graves publicly advanced the exact levee-owner/Corps commitment as part of a WRDA 2026 proposal, but the source describes release of a bill rather than enactment or implementation.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Committee Leaders Release Bipartisan Water Resources Development Act | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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The committee calendar listed a July 1, 2026 full committee markup and identified the legislation to be considered as an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 9497, the Water Resources Development Act of 2026.

The WRDA 2026 vehicle containing the promise had been scheduled for committee consideration, showing concrete legislative action but not final passage.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Full Committee Markup (July 1, 2026)
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Chairman Sam Graves announced the committee would postpone the July 1, 2026 markup of the Water Resources Development Act of 2026 and other matters until further notice because of a change in the House schedule.

The most recent official status found in the lookback window is that committee action on WRDA 2026 was postponed, so the commitment had not yet been delivered as of July 6, 2026.

unresolved same_term A for effort

POSTPONED: Markup of Water Resources Development Act of 2026 | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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USACE states WRDA 2024 became Public Law 118-272 on January 4, 2025, that WRDA is authorizing legislation, and that funding for authorized studies, projects, and activities is provided separately through appropriations. The page also lists implementation guidance links when available.

This agency page confirms the Corps treats WRDA authorities as authorizations requiring separate implementation/funding; it helps distinguish a proposed or authorized WRDA provision from completed delivery. It does not show WRDA 2026 enactment or implementation of the current levee-owner promise.

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WRDA 2024 Implementation Guidance
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