119th Congress · introduced in the House · Jan 22, 2025
WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act
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Latest action (Jan 22, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Native Americans
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Jan 22, 2025)
WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act
This bill allows the Department of the Interior to reduce or waive the nonfederal cost share of certain grants and agreements for assisting Indian tribes in planning, designing, or constructing any water management improvement or carrying out any water-related activity if Interior determines that paying the cost share would result in a financial hardship for the tribe.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Federal-Indian relations · Indian lands and resources rights · Water resources funding · Water use and supply
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ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES · lobbying firm or registrant: ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 23, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$115,000
Spent on own lobbying
…H.R. 337 Groundwater Recharge Technical Assistance Act. Support work to improve groundwater recharge, aquifer storage, and water source substitution projects. H.R. 635 WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act. Support efforts to increases Tribal access to federal water conservation and efficiency grants. H.R. 471 Fix Our Forests 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
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES · lobbying firm or registrant: ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Nov 6, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$115,000
Spent on own lobbying
…H.R. 337 Groundwater Recharge Technical Assistance Act. Support work to improve groundwater recharge, aquifer storage, and water source substitution projects. H.R. 635 WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act. Support efforts to increases Tribal access to federal water conservation and efficiency grants. H.R. 471 Fix Our Forests 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
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES · lobbying firm or registrant: ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Aug 28, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$115,000
Spent on own lobbying
…H.R. 337 Groundwater Recharge Technical Assistance Act. Support work to improve groundwater recharge, aquifer storage, and water source substitution projects. H.R. 635 WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act. Support efforts to increases Tribal access to federal water conservation and efficiency grants. H.R. 471 Fix Our Forests 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
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES · lobbying firm or registrant: ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted May 30, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$115,000
Spent on own lobbying
…H.R. 337 Groundwater Recharge Technical Assistance Act. Support work to improve groundwater recharge, aquifer storage, and water source substitution projects. H.R. 635 WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act. Support efforts to increases Tribal access to federal water conservation and efficiency grants. H.R. 471 Fix Our Forests 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