Delaware River Basin Restoration Program Reauthorization Act of 2026

#4102 | S Congress #119

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Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (3/16/2026)

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4102

 To amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act to 
 reauthorize Delaware River Basin conservation programs, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 16, 2026

  Ms. Blunt Rochester (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
Booker, Mr. Kim, Mr. Coons, Mr. Fetterman, Ms. Alsobrooks, and Mr. Van 
    Hollen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act to 
 reauthorize Delaware River Basin conservation programs, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Delaware River Basin Restoration 
Program Reauthorization Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. DELAWARE RIVER BASIN CONSERVATION REAUTHORIZATION.

    (a) Findings.--Section 3501(2) of the Water Infrastructure 
Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114-322; 130 Stat. 1771) is 
amended by inserting ``Maryland,'' after ``Delaware,''.
    (b) Definitions of Basin and Basin State.--Section 3502 of the 
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114-
322; 130 Stat. 1773) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``4-State'' and inserting ``5-
                State''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``Maryland,'' after ``Delaware,''; 
                and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``Maryland,'' after 
        ``Delaware,''.
    (c) Priority.--Section 3504 of the Water Infrastructure 
Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114-322; 130 Stat. 1774) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Priority.--In selecting a project to be funded under the 
grant program, the Secretary may give priority to a project that serves 
a small, rural, or disadvantaged community.''.
    (d) Sunset.--Section 3507 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements 
for the Nation Act (Public Law 114-322; 130 Stat. 1775) is amended by 
striking ``2023'' and inserting ``2033''.
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