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House subcommittee presses Corps, Reclamation on proposed FY2026 cuts to water programs
Summary
House Appropriations Subcommittee members pressed senior officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation at a hearing on the administration's fiscal 2026 discretionary funding requests, focusing on steep proposed reductions and how those would affect navigation, flood risk, dam safety and Indian water rights settlements.
House Appropriations Subcommittee members pressed senior officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation at a hearing on the administration's fiscal 2026 discretionary funding requests, focusing on steep proposed reductions and how those would affect navigation, flood risk, dam safety and Indian water rights settlements.
The hearing matters because the Army Corps and Reclamation administer water infrastructure and services that affect navigation, agriculture, hydropower and tribal water settlements across large regions of the country; members warned that the proposed top-line reductions could delay or curtail critical projects. "The proposed cuts to the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation are not just misguided, they are dangerous," Rep. Marcy Kaptur, the panel's ranking member, said in her opening statement.
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