Today, U.S. Representatives Jim Costa ... introduced the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Amendments of 2025, a bipartisan bill to update and improve a loan program that funds critical water and wastewater infrastructure projects through modernized water systems in the San Joaquin Valley and California.
I will support modernizing water systems and funding local water infrastructure projects.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Costa told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee he was sharing the San Joaquin Valley's 2026 infrastructure priorities and WRDA 2026 priorities, with a section on State Route 152 and B.F. Sisk Dam.
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The page highlights Costa's May 22, 2026 announcement that more than $131 million in federal funding was being awarded for major water infrastructure improvements, including the Friant-Kern Canal and O'Neill Pumping Plant.
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The official district infrastructure page says Costa secured more than $131 million in federal funding for local water infrastructure improvements in the San Joaquin Valley.
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House hearing testimony shows Costa actively pressing water-related infrastructure priorities for his district.
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Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) announced today that more than $131 million in federal funding is being awarded for major water infrastructure improvements across the San Joaquin Valley, including upgrades to the Friant-Kern Canal and O’Neill Pumping Plant, two critical components of California’s water delivery system.
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Ms. Schrier (for herself, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Costa, Mr. Fong, and Ms. Davids of Kansas) introduced the following bill
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The funding brings the total federal investment secured for water storage, aging water infrastructure, clean drinking water, and groundwater recharge projects benefiting California’s 21st Congressional District to more than $1.4 billion.
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California projects will receive $540 million of the total funding to support improvements to major water conveyance systems and storage projects that serve farms, communities and businesses throughout the Central Valley.
Assessments
This promise was to support water-system modernization and funding for local infrastructure projects, not necessarily to single-handedly enact a specific bill. The strongest evidence shows Costa, while in office, secured or helped secure more than $131 million in federal funding for San Joaquin Valley water infrastructure improvements, including major named projects. Additional committee testimony shows he was actively advancing district water priorities in Congress during the same period. Given the office context for a U.S. representative, materially helping obtain federal funding for local projects is sufficient to count this support-oriented promise as delivered in the same term.
Costa was actively serving in federal office in 2026 and publicly highlighted more than $131 million in federal funding for local water infrastructure improvements, alongside committee testimony pressing district water-infrastructure priorities. That is strong evidence he materially advanced and appears to have delivered the promised modernization and funding within his current term.