Provide streamlined assistance to levee districts facing maintenance challenges.

and provides necessary, streamlined assistance to levee districts facing maintenance challenges.

Graves said WRDA 2026 would provide streamlined assistance for levee districts with maintenance challenges.

Committee Leaders Release Bipartisan Water Resources Development Act | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Sam Graves and committee leaders released WRDA 2026. Graves said the bill "provides necessary, streamlined assistance to levee districts facing maintenance challenges."

In the last lookback window, Graves publicly tied the commitment to the newly released bipartisan WRDA 2026 bill. This is concrete legislative effort but not enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

Committee Leaders Release Bipartisan Water Resources Development Act | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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The WRDA 2026 draft includes Section 104, Levee Owners Board; Section 105, Categorical Permissions; Section 107, electronic permit application tracking; and Section 113, Levee Certifications.

The draft contains several mechanisms relevant to levee-owner assistance and process streamlining, including a levee-owner advisory board and faster or clearer Corps permission, permit, and certification processes. It remains draft legislation.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. __, Water Resources Development Act of 2026, discussion draft
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The draft would establish an Office on Technical Assistance and Community Outreach to guide non-Federal interests on Corps technical and financial assistance and create an online portal.

This text directly supports the 'streamlined assistance' component, but because it is in a released draft rather than enacted law, it supports only partial progress as of July 6, 2026.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. __, Water Resources Development Act of 2026, discussion draft
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The section-by-section summary says Section 104 establishes a Levee Owners Board; Section 105 creates categorical permissions; Section 113 starts levee-risk-assessment rulemaking.

The committee summary confirms that the introduced package includes levee-specific and Corps-process reforms, but it does not show final passage or implementation.

partial same_term A for effort

WRDA 2026 Section-by-Section Summary
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Graves announced that the committee would postpone the July 1, 2026 WRDA markup until further notice because of a change in the House schedule.

The most recent official action in the lookback window shows the bill had not cleared committee markup by June 30, 2026, leaving the commitment unresolved despite concrete effort.

unresolved same_term A for effort

POSTPONED: Markup of Water Resources Development Act of 2026 | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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Section 1146 amended flood-control repair eligibility so non-Federal interests can remain eligible through approved systemwide improvement plans addressing deferred or inadequate maintenance.

This enacted WRDA 2024 provision already gave levee and flood-control non-Federal interests a pathway to Corps repair and rehabilitation assistance while addressing maintenance deficiencies. It is relevant delivered law, but the newer WRDA 2026 commitment appears to seek additional assistance.

partial same_term A for effort

Public Law 118-272, Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024
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