[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4971 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4971

  To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to modify the 
       Federal share with respect to certain Western rural water 
            infrastructure projects, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 14, 2026

Mr. Kelly (for himself and Mr. Gallego) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to modify the 
       Federal share with respect to certain Western rural water 
            infrastructure 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 ``Western Water Infrastructure 
Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. WESTERN RURAL WATER.

    Section 595(e)(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 
(113 Stat. 383) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), in the first sentence, by striking 
        ``The Federal share of'' and inserting ``Except as provided in 
        subparagraph (F), the Federal share of''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) Exception.--The Federal share of the cost of 
                a project under this section benefitting an 
                economically disadvantaged community (as defined 
                pursuant to section 160 of the Water Resources 
                Development Act of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note; Public 
                Law 116-260)) shall be 90 percent.''.
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