H.R. 5661 119th Congress House

Water Preservation and Affordability Act of 2025

Official title: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to consider the use of resource preservation techniques in certain programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 30, 2025 Introduced by: Emilia Strong Sykes Democratic · Ohio See on congress.gov

Environmental Protection

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Dec 1, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Sep 30, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Sep 30, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

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

Lobbying activity 9

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

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLEAN WATER AGENCIES
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLEAN WATER AGENCIES · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP
for LAS VIRGENES-TRIUNFO JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP
for COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP
for LAS VIRGENES-TRIUNFO JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY · California · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP
for COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT · California · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLEAN WATER AGENCIES
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLEAN WATER AGENCIES · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9 filings
SENATE
9 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
7 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
7 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
5 filings
White House Office
5 filings
Bureau of Reclamation
4 filings
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
2 filings

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Cosponsors 6

Brownley, Julia

California · Apr 27, 2026

Fitzpatrick, Brian K.

Pennsylvania · Apr 16, 2026

Pou, Nellie

New Jersey · Oct 31, 2025

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Oct 28, 2025

Carson, André

Indiana · Oct 17, 2025

Bresnahan, Robert P.

Pennsylvania · Sep 30, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5661: Water Preservation and Affordability Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5661/

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