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Creates a Federal partnership program to help cities and towns reconnect with rivers, lakes, and streams by coordinating work across Federal agencies. It prioritizes overburdened and economically distressed communities and formalizes roles, locations, and planning to guide local waterway efforts. It sets up a steering committee to run the program, defines eligible participants and planning tools, requires annual reports to Congress, and authorizes $10 million per year for fiscal years 2026–2030 to carry it out.
"Administrator" means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
"Member agencies" means each of the following: (A) the Environmental Protection Agency; (B) the Department of the Interior; (C) the Department of Agriculture; (D) the Corps of Engineers; (E) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (F) the Economic Development Administration; (G) the Department of Housing and Urban Development; (H) the Department of Transportation; (I) the Department of Energy; (J) the Department of Education; (K) the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences; (L) the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund; (M) the Federal Emergency Management Agency; (N) the Corporation for National and Community Service; and (O) other agencies, departments, and bureaus that elect to participate in the Urban Waters program as their missions, authorities, and appropriated funding allow.
"Secretaries" means the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture.
"Urban Waters ambassador" means a person who (A) is locally based near the applicable Urban Waters partnership location; and (B) serves in a central coordinating role for the work carried out in the applicable Urban Waters partnership location with respect to the Urban Waters program.
"Urban Waters nonpartnership location" means an urban or municipal site and its associated watershed or waterbody that (A) receives Federal support for activities that advance the purpose of the Urban Waters program; but (B)(i) is not formally designated as an Urban Waters partnership location; and (B)(ii) does not have maintained (I) an active partnership with an Urban Waters ambassador; or (II) an Urban Waters partnership location workplan.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Last progress March 27, 2025 (11 months ago)
Introduced on March 27, 2025 by Greg Stanton