S. 4041

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4041 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4041

To reauthorize the Cooperative Watershed Management Program, and for 
other purposes.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 10, 2026

Mr. Daines (for himself and Mr. Hickenlooper) 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 reauthorize the Cooperative Watershed Management Program, 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 ``Cooperative Watershed Management 
Program Reauthorization Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. COOPERATIVE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

(a) Definitions.--Section 6001 of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 1015) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (7) as 
paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively;
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
``(4) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian tribe' has the 
meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).''; 
and
(3) in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated), in subparagraph 
(B)(v)--
(A) in subclause (I), by striking ``or'' at the 
end;
(B) in subclause (II), by inserting ``or'' after 
the semicolon; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(III) has ancestral lands within 
the watershed;''.
(b) Program.--Section 6002 of the Omnibus Public Land Management 
Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 1015a) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)--
(i) in clause (i), by striking ``interests; 
or'' and inserting ``interests, including 
Indian tribes;'';
(ii) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause 
(iii); and
(iii) by inserting after clause (i) the 
following:
``(ii) demonstrate significant need due to 
drought, wildfire, or other natural disaster; 
or'';
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 
``$100,000'' and all that follows through the 
period at the end and inserting ``$150,000 each 
year for a period of not less than 3 years, 
subject to the sufficiency of applications 
submitted and the availability of 
appropriations.'';
(ii) by striking clause (iii);
(iii) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) 
as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; and
(iv) by adding at the end the following:
``(v) Continuation and extension.--
``(I) In general.--The Secretary 
may, at the discretion of the 
Secretary, issue a continuation of the 
first-phase grant for not more than 2 
additional years if the recipient of 
the first-phase grant has demonstrated 
satisfactory performance with 
implementation of the proposal under 
the initial grant, as determined by the 
Secretary.
``(II) Amounts.--A grant continued 
pursuant to subclause (I) shall be in 
an amount not greater than $150,000 
each year, as determined to be 
appropriate by the Secretary.'';
(C) in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), by striking 
``quantity.'' and inserting the following: ``quantity, 
including--
``(I) grant writing;
``(II) project management; and
``(III) technical assistance, such 
as feasibility, design, preliminary 
environmental review, and 
engineering.''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Continuous enrollment.--The Secretary shall--
``(A) make funding opportunities for the program 
available on a regular basis; and
``(B) allow applications for grants under the 
program to be submitted and evaluated multiple times 
during a calendar year.'';
(2) in subsection (f), in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by inserting ``, and make available to the public,'' after 
``House of Representatives''; and
(3) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:
``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $40,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2027 through 2031.''.
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