Reauthorizes the Cooperative Watershed Management Program, raises the first-phase grant ceiling to $150,000 per year, adds Indian tribes as eligible participants, and authorizes $20 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031.

• Raises the first-phase grant cap from $100,000 to $150,000 and allows a continuation of up to 2 additional years, at no more than $150,000 per year, for grantees with satisfactory performance.
• Adds Indian tribes as eligible participants and lets applicants with ancestral lands in the watershed qualify, along with applicants showing significant need from drought, wildfire, or other natural disaster.
• Makes grant writing, project management, technical assistance, and post-construction monitoring eligible costs, and lets applications be submitted and evaluated multiple times per calendar year, subject to available funds.
• Authorizes $20,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031 and requires the program's report to Congress to be made available to the public.

• Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Senate)
• Water and Power Subcommittee

Water Resources Development