HR 4879 119th Congress House Environmental Protection

Emergency Rural Water Response Act of 2025

Introduced: February 24, 2026 Introduced by: Costa, Jim Democratic · California See on congress.gov

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Aug 6, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Aug 5, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

Aug 5, 2025

Introduced in House

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What's happening now August 6, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Related & companion bills 1

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Committees of jurisdiction 3

Agriculture Committee
House of Representatives
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
House of Representatives
Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Lobbying activity 8

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

MARCUS G. FAUST, PC
for WEBER BASIN WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT · Utah · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
MARCUS G. FAUST, PC
for WASHINGTON COUNTY · Utah · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
MARCUS G. FAUST, PC
for SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY · Nevada · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES
for ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
MARCUS G. FAUST, PC
for WEBER BASIN WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT · Utah · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
MARCUS G. FAUST, PC
for WASHINGTON COUNTY · Utah · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025

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Cosponsors 3

Gray, Adam

California · Feb 24, 2026

Luna, Anna Paulina

Florida · Sep 15, 2025

Edwards, Chuck

North Carolina · Aug 5, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4879: Emergency Rural Water Response Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4879/

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"H.R. 4879: Emergency Rural Water Response Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4879/.

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H.R. 4879, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4879/.

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