Request $750,000,000 in FY2026 appropriations to complete a reach-scale assessment of Whiskey Creek for fish passage, habitat, and flood reduction as part of the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan.

Whiskey Creek Corridor Plan & Reach-Scale Assessment for FishPassage, Habitat, and Flood Reduction ... Project Purpose: To complete a reach-scale assessment of Whiskey Creek... as part of the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan. ... Amount Requested: $750,000,000

Requested funding for a Whiskey Creek reach-scale assessment tied to fish passage and flood reduction.

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington
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Cantwell's FY2026 appropriations disclosure page says FY2026 Congressionally Directed Spending projects listed had been submitted as of May 30 and were not guaranteed to be funded. Under FY 2026 Energy and Water Development, it lists “Whiskey Creek Corridor Plan & Reach-Scale Assessment for FishPassage, Habitat, and Flood Reduction,” requested by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, recipient Bureau of Reclamation, for a reach-scale assessment of Whiskey Creek as part of the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan, in Kittitas County, with amount requested $750,000,000.

Official Cantwell disclosure directly shows she submitted the specific FY2026 request named in the claim, including recipient, purpose, location, and amount.

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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington
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In a May 23, 2025 letter to the Senate Energy and Water Development Subcommittee chair and ranking member, Cantwell certified that she had requested congressionally directed spending items in the Fiscal Year 2026 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill and that neither she nor her immediate family had a pecuniary interest in those items.

The signed certification corroborates that Cantwell made FY2026 Energy and Water Development CDS requests, the category containing the Whiskey Creek request.

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EWD CDS Disclosure Letter
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Congress.gov lists S.3293, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026, as introduced on December 1, 2025, with latest action that same day: read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on Appropriations. The tracker shows the bill at the introduced stage, not enacted.

The relevant FY2026 Energy and Water appropriations vehicle had not itself become law on this Congress.gov record, so this does not prove funding was awarded; it only leaves enactment/funding status unresolved after the request.

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S.3293 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
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The Senate Appropriations Committee legislation page lists S.3293, “Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026,” with last action 12/01/26 in the committee’s legislation index.

Committee records identify the FY2026 Energy and Water appropriations bill as the relevant vehicle, but no last-30-day action on the Whiskey Creek item was found there.

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Legislation | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
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