Reauthorize funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and other long-standing water restoration programs.

Pete Stauber · Minnesota · Republican

spending impact 3.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 97%

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Today, Congressman Pete Stauber’s (MN-08) American Water Stewardship Act passed the House unanimously. This bipartisan legislation will reauthorize funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) and several other long-standing programs to maintain and improve water quality across the nation.

Stauber backed legislation to reauthorize GLRI and related restoration programs.

Stauber’s Legislation to Reauthorize Funding for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Passes House | Representative Pete Stauber
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Evidence

Mr. STAUBER. ... my legislation, the American Water Stewardship Act, is a comprehensive package ... reauthorize and strengthen key ... programs ... [and] provides these programs with 5 additional years of flat funding ...

Official floor debate shows Stauber actively championed H.R. 6422 and explained it would reauthorize GLRI-related water programs for five additional years. This is strong evidence of a concrete legislative attempt, but not final enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

Congressional Record — House, March 24, 2026
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Sponsor: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (Introduced 12/04/2025) ... Latest Action: House - 12/18/2025 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. ... This bill has the status Introduced ... Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain EPA geographic programs, and for other purposes.

Official bill record confirms Stauber introduced the measure to reauthorize certain EPA geographic programs, including GLRI, and that it advanced through committee but remained only introduced as of the record shown. That indicates a serious attempt, not completed reauthorization.

partial same_term A for effort

Congress.gov — H.R. 6422 American Water Stewardship Act, All Information
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H.R.6422 ... Engrossed in House March 24, 2026.

GovInfo confirms the House engrossed H.R. 6422 on March 24, 2026, meaning the House passed the reauthorization package. This is concrete delivery in the House, but not proof of enactment into law or Senate completion.

partial same_term A for effort

GovInfo — H.R. 6422 (EH), American Water Stewardship Act
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Today, Congressman Pete Stauber’s (MN-08) American Water Stewardship Act passed the House unanimously. This bipartisan legislation will reauthorize funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) and several other long-standing programs ...

Stauber’s office publicly claimed House passage of his GLRI reauthorization bill. As a partisan source it is less authoritative than the record, but it aligns with the official House action and confirms the intended delivery outcome was House passage, not yet full enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

Stauber’s Legislation to Reauthorize Funding for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Passes House | Representative Pete Stauber
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Latest Action: House - 12/18/2025 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. This bill has the status Introduced.

The official bill tracker still shows no Senate action or enactment, so the promised reauthorization remains unfinished.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Congress.gov — H.R. 6422 American Water Stewardship Act, All Information
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H.R. 6422 was taken up and the vote was 378 yeas to 32 nays.

House passage is a concrete legislative step toward reauthorizing GLRI and related water programs, but it does not show final enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

Congressional Record — House, March 24, 2026
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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

Pete Stauber introduced and actively advanced H.R. 6422, and the House passed it in March 2026, so he made a concrete legislative effort toward reauthorizing GLRI and related water programs. But the evidence stops at House passage; there is no confirmation of Senate passage or enactment into law, so the promised outcome was not fully delivered.

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partial same_term A for effort

Stauber clearly made a serious and substantive effort to fulfill the promise by sponsoring and advancing H.R. 6422, the American Water Stewardship Act, which specifically would reauthorize funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and related water restoration programs. The bill was ordered reported, debated on the House floor, and passed the House on March 24, 2026. However, the evidence provided does not show final enactment into law, so the promised reauthorization was not fully delivered at the federal level. Because he materially advanced the promise but did not complete the ultimate outcome, the best judgment is partial fulfillment in the same term.

provider openai · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 97%