[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4120 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4120

    To designate certain categorical exclusions for water resources 
             development projects, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 2026

 Mr. Kelly (for himself and Ms. Lummis) 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 designate certain categorical exclusions for water resources 
             development projects, 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 ``Community Water Project Acceleration 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall designate as an 
action categorically excluded from the requirements relating to 
environmental assessments or environmental impact statements under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) any 
water resources development project--
            (1) carried out under--
                    (A) a continuing authority program (as defined in 
                section 7001(c)(1)(D) of the Water Resources Reform and 
                Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2282d(c)(1)(D))); or
                    (B) an environmental infrastructure assistance 
                program;
            (2) for which the construction work will be performed by 
        the non-Federal sponsor; and
            (3)(A) the Federal share of the cost of which is less than 
        $6,000,000; or
            (B) the Federal share of the cost of which is less than 15 
        percent and the total project cost of which is not more than 
        $35,000,000.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 150 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall promulgate 
regulations to carry out subsection (a).
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