119th Congress · introduced in the House · Mar 5, 2025
Flooding Prevention, Assessment, and Restoration Act
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Latest action (Mar 28, 2025): Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Mar 5, 2025)
Flooding Prevention, Assessment, and Restoration Act
This bill expands Department of Agriculture (USDA) watershed programs.
Under the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program, the bill allows USDA to undertake certain measures that go beyond addressing the immediate impairment of the watershed. Specifically, USDA may undertake measures that increase the level of protection of the watershed if USDA determines that the restoration is (1) in the best interest of the long-term health and the protection of the watershed from repetitive impairments; and (2) cost-effective and appropriate, given risks to the environment.
As background, the EWP Program assists sponsors, landowners, and operators in implementing emergency recovery measures for runoff retardation and erosion prevention to relieve imminent hazards to life and property created by natural disasters.
In addition, for Watershed Rehabilitation Program projects, the bill increases the federal cost-share to 90%, from 65%, of the total rehabilitation costs. The Watershed Rehabilitation Program assists project sponsors in rehabilitating aging watershed dams that are reaching the end of their design life or no longer meet federal or state safety criteria or performance standards.
The bill also exempts rehabilitation projects under the Watershed Rehabilitation Program from a requirement that specifies that each project must contain benefits directly related to agriculture, including rural communities, that account for at least 20% of the total benefits of the project.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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AMERICAN FLOOD COALITION ACTION, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FLOOD COALITION ACTION, INC.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 15, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$70,000
Spent on own lobbying
- Issues pertaining to agriculture-related solutions to flooding in pending Farm Bill legislation, including H.R. 1858, the Flooding Prevention, Assessment, and Restoration Act, H.R. 4134, the Flood Resiliency and Land Stewardship Act, H.R. 5280, the Protecting Farmers from Nat…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FLOOD COALITION ACTION, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FLOOD COALITION ACTION, INC.
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 14, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$80,000
Spent on own lobbying
- Issues pertaining to agriculture-related solutions to flooding in pending Farm Bill legislation, including H.R. 1858, the Flooding Prevention, Assessment, and Restoration Act, H.R. 4134, the Flood Resiliency and Land Stewardship Act, H.R. 5280, the Protecting Farmers from Nat…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FLOOD COALITION ACTION, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FLOOD COALITION ACTION, INC.
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · amended · posted Apr 17, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$70,000
Spent on own lobbying
- Issues pertaining to agriculture-related solutions to flooding in pending Farm Bill legislation, including H.R. 1858, the Flooding Prevention, Assessment, and Restoration Act, H.R. 4134, the Flood Resiliency and Land Stewardship Act, H.R. 5280, the Protecting Farmers from Nat…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FLOOD COALITION ACTION, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FLOOD COALITION ACTION, INC.
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 18, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$70,000
Spent on own lobbying
- Issues pertaining to agriculture-related solutions to flooding in pending Farm Bill legislation, including H.R. 1858, the Flooding Prevention, Assessment, and Restoration Act, H.R. 4134, the Flood Resiliency and Land Stewardship Act, H.R. 5280, the Protecting Farmers from Nat…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FLOOD COALITION ACTION, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FLOOD COALITION ACTION, INC.
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 17, 2025 · issue area: Agriculture
$70,000
Spent on own lobbying
- Issues pertaining to agriculture-related solutions to flooding in pending Farm Bill legislation, including H.R. 1858, the Flooding Prevention, Assessment, and Restoration Act, H.R. 4134, the Flood Resiliency and Land Stewardship Act, H.R. 5280, the Protecting Farmers from Nat…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FLOOD COALITION ACTION, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FLOOD COALITION ACTION, INC.
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 17, 2025 · issue area: Agriculture
$90,000
Spent on own lobbying
- Issues pertaining to agriculture-related solutions to flooding in pending Farm Bill legislation, including H.R. 1858, the Flooding Prevention, Assessment, and Restoration Act, and H.R. 4134, the Flood Resiliency and Land Stewardship Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FLOOD COALITION ACTION, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FLOOD COALITION ACTION, INC.
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 18, 2025 · issue area: Agriculture
$70,000
Spent on own lobbying
- Issues pertaining to agriculture-related solutions to flooding in pending Farm Bill legislation, including H.R. 1858, the Flooding Prevention, Assessment, and Restoration Act, and the Flood Resiliency and Land Stewardship Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing