Howard A. Hanson Dam, WA ... Project Purpose: To fund the rehabilitation of the Hydraulic Cylinder for Regulating Gates at Howard A. Hanson Dam, Washington. ... Amount Requested: $8,461,000
Request $8,461,000 in FY2026 appropriations to rehabilitate the Hydraulic Cylinder for Regulating Gates at Howard A. Hanson Dam in Washington.
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Evidence
USACE says the Howard A. Hanson Dam Additional Water Storage Project is still in the design phase and that construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2030, pending appropriations.
The 2026 funding package included $190 million for a fish passage and water storage project at Howard A. Hanson Dam, requested by Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell.
Assessments
The claim is framed as a promise to request FY2026 appropriations, not to complete the full dam project. The available evidence indicates Cantwell was one of the senators who requested Howard A. Hanson Dam funding and that Congress later included a much larger FY2026 appropriation for the project. Although the cited funding line is broader than the exact $8.461 million hydraulic-cylinder request and the overall project remains unfinished, those facts do not undercut the narrower act of making the request. On the record provided, the request itself appears fulfilled during her current Senate term.