House Transportation Committee member announces committee passage of Water Resources Development Act of 2026

A member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure said the committee "just passed the Water Resources Development Act of 2026," announcing committee-level approval of the bill and steps to move it forward.

The speaker said this marks the seventh consecutive biannual Water Resources Development Act that the committee has passed out of committee and said Republicans and Democrats are working toward getting a bipartisan bill to the House floor and then to the Senate so it can reach the president.

The committee member said 10 separate projects were cleared for construction as part of the bill and that the measure "approves the reports that allow this construction on these 10 projects to go forward." The speaker also said the bill requires that any project or proposal approved by the Secretary of the Army include "a specific plan to mitigate environmental harms," which the speaker summarized as "100% mitigation." The transcript then states the committee is "providing 2 new continuing authorities programs," which the speaker described as opportunities for local communities to protect themselves from flooding.

The speaker listed funding figures for the measure, saying there is $6,200,000,000 for environmental infrastructure (stated in the remarks as $6.2 billion). The committee member closed the statement with brief thanks.

The committee-level passage does not mean the measure is enacted; the speaker said the committee is working to secure a bipartisan bill for floor consideration in the House and passage in the Senate before reaching the president.