H.R. 5426: WATER Act
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H.R. 5426: WATER Act
115th Congress · introduced 2018-04-05 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2018-04-05 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
WATER Act
Plain summary
Water and Targeted Environmental Research Act of 2018 or the WATER Act This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Conservation Innovation Grants program. The bill modifies the program to: specify that matching funds for grants may include in-kind contributions provided by a cooperative extension service or a state agricultural experiment station, and extend through FY2023 the requirement for USDA to use specified funds for payments to producers to implement practices to address air quality concerns from agricultural operations and meet regulatory requirements. The bill also requires USDA to establish and maintain a publicly available database that provides: (1) a compilation and analysis of effective conservation practices for soil health, nutrient management, and source water protection in varying soil compositions, cropping systems, slopes, and landscapes; and (2) a list of recommended new and effective conservation practices.
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Sponsor: Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr5426.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr5426 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115