H.R.9497

H. R. 9497

June 29, 2026

Mr. Graves (for himself, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Collins, and Ms. Wilson of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes.

1. Short title; table of contents; 2. Secretary defined; TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS; 101. Program Offices within the Directorate of Civil Works; 102. Contracting efficiency; 103. Removal or remediation of contaminated sediment; 104. Levee owners board; 105. Categorical permissions; 106. Contributions by non-Federal interests; 107. Electronic submission and tracking of permit applications; 108. Project study schedule and cost estimate; 109. Continuing authority programs; 110. Dredged material management plans; 111. Dredging coordination; 112. Federal standard for dredged material disposal or placement; 113. Levee certifications; 114. Allocations from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; 115. Soo Lock operator wage rates; 116. Beneficial use of dredged material from harbors in the State of Ohio; 117. Minimum real estate interest; 118. Real estate appraisal validity; 119. Watershed and river basin assessments; 120. Prohibition on diversion of water from Missouri River; 121. Law enforcement at water resources development projects; 122. Disaster debris removal; 123. Wildfire contingency strategies; 124. Reservoir sediment pilot program; 125. Environmental dredging; 126. Expenses for control of aquatic plant growths and invasive species; 127. Feasibility studies; review of shoreline and streambank protection; 128. Harmful algal bloom demonstration program; 129. Shoreline and riverine protection and restoration; 130. Fish and oyster habitat restoration; 131. Benefits and costs attributable to certain measures; 132. Policy on utilization of all Corps authorities and missions; 133. Comprehensive feasibility studies and approaches for flood risk management and coastal storm risk management; 134. Realignment of certain Corps of Engineers Districts; 135. Update of Corps policy; 136. Availability of project information; 137. Fish and wildlife mitigation; 138. Sense of Congress regarding evaluation of flood risk management projects; 139. Recreational access; 140. Sense of Congress on munitions disposal; 141. Corps of Engineers workforce; 142. Reporting and oversight; 143. Ability to pay; 144. Pilot program prioritization; TITLE II—STUDIES AND REPORTS; 201. Authorization of proposed feasibility studies; 202. Expedited completion; 203. Expedited modification of existing feasibility studies; 204. Expedited completion of other feasibility studies; 205. Corps of Engineers reports; 206. Report on the inland waterways system; 207. GAO studies; 208. Inspector General reports; 209. Acceleration of emergency inland navigation projects; 210. Assessment of commercial fish landings data; 211. Assessments of dryland stream technologies and shoreline stabilization technologies; 212. Assessment of nonstructural approaches to flood risk management and hurricane and storm risk reduction; 213. Post-disaster watershed assessment for impacted areas; 214. Updated plan on Federal hopper dredge recapitalization; 215. Choctawhatchee and Pea River basins, Alabama and Florida; 216. Mobile Harbor land use assessment; 217. Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii; 218. Chicago Area Waterway System; 219. Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin project, Brandon Road, Will County, Illinois; 220. Columbia Lock and Dam, Louisiana; 221. Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study; 222. Disposition study for Cape Cod Canal, Massachusetts; 223. New England regional confined aquatic disposal facilities; 224. Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia; 225. Big Sandy Lake, Minnesota; 226. Upper Missouri River Basin sedimentation; 227. Table Rock Lake disposition study, Missouri and Arkansas; 228. Table Rock Lake, Missouri and Arkansas; 229. Evaluation of atomic contamination at Cochiti Lake, Sandoval County, New Mexico; 230. National Academy of Sciences study on Upper Rio Grande Basin; 231. Arbuckle-Timbered Hills, Oklahoma; 232. Disposition and cost allocation study of Willamette Valley, Oregon; 233. Foster Joseph Sayers Reservoir and Dam, Pennsylvania; 234. Humphreys County, Tennessee; 235. Sam Rayburn Reservoir, Texas; 236. Columbia River, Washington; 237. Tri-Cities Area, Washington; TITLE III—DEAUTHORIZATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS; 301. Deauthorization of inactive projects; 302. General reauthorizations; 303. Conveyances; 304. Land exchange, Walton and Bay Counties, Florida; 305. Port Canaveral, Florida; 306. Specific deauthorizations; 307. Environmental infrastructure; 308. Forecast-informed reservoir operations; 309. Floodplain management services; 310. Planning assistance to States; 311. Mendenhall Glacier outburst flooding, Alaska; 312. Hansen Dam, Los Angeles–San Gabriel River Basin, California; 313. Morro Bay, California; 314. Oceanside, California; 315. Pajaro River, California; 316. Rio Grande Environmental Management Program, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas; 317. Miami Harbor, Miami-Dade County, Florida; 318. Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, Louisiana; 319. Pilottown anchorage area, Louisiana; 320. Jack Hubbard Memorial Breakwater, Burt Township, Michigan; 321. Sardis Lake, Panola County, Mississippi; 322. Hydraulic evaluation of Upper Mississippi River; 323. Lower Missouri River comprehensive flood protection; 324. Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee; 325. Great Lakes Commission; 326. Great Lakes Fishery and ecosystem restoration; 327. Truckee River and tributaries, Nevada; 328. Cooperative agreements, New Mexico; 329. Kinzua Dam safety modification study, Allegheny River, New York and Pennsylvania; 330. Surf City and North Topsail Beach, North Carolina; 331. Massillon Local Protection Project, Tuscarawas River, Ohio; 332. Toussaint River Federal navigation project, Carroll Township, Ohio; 333. Río Puerto Nuevo flood risk management project, San Juan, Puerto Rico; 334. Buffalo Bayou Tributaries and Resiliency Study, Texas; 335. Chambers, Galveston, and Harris Counties, Texas, expedited real estate transfers; 336. Coastal Virginia; 337. Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk Management, Virginia; 338. Puget Sound and adjacent waters restoration, Washington; 339. Lower Columbia River; 340. Lower Columbia River Basin ecosystem restoration assessment; 341. Puget Sound nearshore ecosystem restoration, Washington; 342. Washington Metropolitan Area, Washington, District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia; 343. Federal Triangle Area, Washington, District of Columbia; TITLE IV—WATER RESOURCES INFRASTRUCTURE; 401. Project authorizations; 402. Expedited completion of projects and activities; TITLE V—DAM SAFETY; 501. National Dam Safety Program amendments