S 3738
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Extends federal water recycling grant authority through fiscal year 2032, raises the federal cost ceiling for individual recycling projects, and deauthorizes Bureau of Reclamation projects that have gone eight fiscal years without funding.
Official title: MORE WATER Act
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Senate
Introduced
29-JAN-2026
Approved by committee
29-JUL-2026
Reported
17-SEP-2026
On the calendar
17-SEP-2026
- Allows grants for feasibility studies as well as planning, design, and construction of large-scale water recycling and reuse projects, and extends a 5-year period in the program to 10 years, except for projects already under construction.
- Raises the federal share ceiling for water recycling projects from $20 million to $50 million, adjusted each January for inflation.
- Authorizes Bureau of Reclamation cooperative agreements for Great Salt Lake and Sacramento River habitat work through fiscal year 2032, with activities in Utah requiring the state's request and agreement.
- Deauthorizes Reclamation projects that received no appropriated funding in the enactment year or the prior seven fiscal years, after interim and final public lists and a two-year wait, unless Congress or the Secretary acts to keep them or the non-Federal sponsor pays to finish them.
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