H.R. 4553 · Passed House · Economics and Public Finance

Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

Sponsor: Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN)

What it does

• Provides fiscal year 2026 appropriations for Army Corps of Engineers civil works, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy, and several independent agencies.
• Funds Corps accounts including Investigations, Construction, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Operation and Maintenance, and Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies.
• Funds the Central Utah Project and the Bureau of Reclamation within the Department of the Interior.
• Funds DOE programs including energy efficiency and renewables, cybersecurity and emergency response, nuclear and fossil energy, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and Science.
• Funds DOE's environmental cleanup, nuclear waste disposal, the energy Advanced Research Projects Agency, and the Title 17 and advanced vehicle manufacturing loan programs.

Official summary

Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 This bill provides FY2026 appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy (DOE), and several independent agencies. The bill provides appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, including for Investigations, Construction, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Operation and Maintenance, the Regulatory Program, Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies, Expenses, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program. The bill provides appropriations to the Department of the Interior for the Central Utah Project and the Bureau of Reclamation. The bill provides appropriations to DOE for energy programs, including Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response; Electricity; Grid Deployment; Nuclear Energy; Fossil Energy; Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves; the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve; the Energy Information Administration…

Latest action

Sep 10, 2025: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 156.

Committee: House Appropriations