I will work to restore Brownfields Program funding before full committee consideration.

Nanette Diaz Barragán · California · Democratic

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Occurrences

I hope we can work together before Full Committee to restore this funding.

The speaker commits to working before full committee consideration to restore funding cuts to the Brownfields Program.

HMKP-119-IF18-MState-A000370-20260514.pdf
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Evidence

EPA announced May 20, 2024 that the City of Carson in Barragán’s district would receive a $500,000 Brownfields community-wide assessment grant, part of $3 million in Brownfields MAC grants in southern California.

Concrete Brownfields funding was secured, but this predates the 2026 lookback and does not itself show action on the specific promise timing.

partial same_term A for effort

Rep. Barragán Secures $500,000 in EPA Funding to Revitalize Carson Brownfield Sites – Congresswoman Barragan
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EPA’s FY 2026 Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup Grant Competition had an application deadline of January 28, 2026 and was soliciting Brownfields grant applications in fall 2025.

By the lookback window, Brownfields competitive grant funding was already in motion at EPA rather than being newly restored by committee action from Barragán.

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FY 2026 Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup Grant Competition | US EPA
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EPA announced an estimated $25 million in FY 2026 supplemental funds for eligible Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund grants, with a request deadline of March 16, 2026.

Federal Brownfields funding remained available during the period, but this does not show Barragán restoring it before full committee consideration.

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FY 2026 Availability of Supplemental Funds for Eligible Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grants | US EPA
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The House Appropriations Committee said it completed action on all twelve FY 2026 appropriations bills and advanced full-year funding; this indicates appropriations action moved forward, but the release does not identify a Barragán-led Brownfields restoration before full committee consideration.

No direct evidence that Barragán’s specific Brownfields funding-restoration promise was delivered in the relevant window; the broader appropriations process continued.

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House Appropriators Complete FY26 Funding Bills, Advance Results for the American People | House Committee on Appropriations - Republicans
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The committee report for the FY27 Interior bill says EPA's Environmental Programs and Management account includes "administrative costs of the brownfields program" and recommends $2,293,668,000 for that account.

Brownfields funding was still in the FY27 Interior bill as it moved through full committee consideration, which is consistent with the restoration goal being met before that stage even though Barragán-specific authorship is not shown.

partial same_term A for effort

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2027 (Full Committee Print)
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The committee said all 12 FY2027 bills had been reported through subcommittees and the full committee; Chairman Simpson specifically referred to his FY2027 Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill passing out of full committee.

Within the lookback window, the official committee reported that the Interior FY2027 bill had cleared full committee. This confirms the committee process moved forward after the Brownfields funding appeared in the full committee mark, with no sign of reversal, but it does not identify Barragan as responsible.

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Undefeated: House Republican Appropriators Go 12-for-12!
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The current FY27 bill text page says it reflects the most up-to-date information available and lists the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies filed bill as H.R. 9171, filed report 119-687, full committee mark, and bill report.

The committee's current bill-status page shows the Interior measure had advanced from full committee materials to a filed bill and report. This supports that the Brownfields funding provision remained part of the moving vehicle, while still not proving Barragan's direct role.

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FY27 Bill Text and Reports
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The House Committee Repository lists the full committee markup for June 3, 2026, and shows the FY27 Interior full committee mark and report were added before the meeting, with roll-call votes added afterward.

This official event record establishes the relevant timing: the full committee consideration occurred June 3, 2026, and the full committee mark was available before then. That supports partial delivery if Brownfields funding was in that mark.

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Markup of Fiscal Year 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill
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The full committee mark includes EPA Environmental Programs and Management funds for administrative costs of the brownfields program, and separately provides $85,100,000 to carry out CERCLA section 104(k), including grants, interagency agreements, and associated program support costs.

The bill text contained concrete Brownfields program funding before full committee consideration. This is the strongest proof that the funding-restoration objective was at least substantively achieved in the committee vehicle, but it does not show Barragan's authorship or decisive action.

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FY27 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies - Full Committee Mark
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Roll Call 9, dated June 3, 2026, records the motion to report the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for FY2027, as amended, adopted 35 yeas to 27 nays.

The roll-call record confirms the full committee reported the bill as amended. Combined with the Brownfields language in the full committee mark, this supports partial delivery before and through full committee consideration, without direct evidence of Barragan-specific effort.

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FY27 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies - Roll Call Votes
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The committee report print describes EPA programs as including Superfund and Brownfields, recommends $3,696,414,000 for State and Tribal Assistance Grants, and summarizes bill language requiring a portion of brownfields grants for persistent poverty communities and territories.

The report print independently corroborates that Brownfields remained in the FY2027 Interior appropriations package at the full committee stage. It supports partial delivery on the funding outcome, but does not attribute the result to Barragan.

partial same_term

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2027 (Full Committee Print)
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Assessments

partial same_term

Brownfields funding was included in the FY2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies full committee mark before the June 3, 2026 full committee consideration, and the bill was reported from full committee with that funding still in the package. That substantively matches the funding-restoration timing goal. However, the evidence does not show Barragán authored, sponsored, negotiated, or materially advanced the restoration; it mainly shows the committee vehicle contained the funding. Because the outcome occurred but candidate-specific credit is not established, partial credit is appropriate rather than full delivery.

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partial same_term

Brownfields funding shows up in the FY27 Interior full committee print, so the restoration objective appears to have been met before full committee consideration. However, the available evidence does not show Barragán's direct authorship or material role in that result, so the safest adjudication is partial credit rather than full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 84%

partial same_term A for effort

The promise was specific about restoring Brownfields Program funding before full committee consideration. The evidence shows Brownfields funding continued to be available and that Barragán highlighted a concrete EPA Brownfields grant for Carson in 2024, indicating some success in supporting Brownfields funding. However, there is no direct evidence here that she personally restored program funding in the appropriations process before full committee consideration, which is the core promised action and timing. Because there is evidence of related funding benefits but not clear proof that the specific restoration promise was fully achieved through her action, partial credit is most appropriate.

provider openai · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 80%