James Risch (R-ID)
A bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the use of funds for certain additional Carey Act projects, and for other purposes.
A Republican bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 631.
Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote
A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.
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Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- On Calendar
What this bill would do
This bill amends the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to allow specific additional projects to use certain funds. It focuses on the rehabilitation, reconstruction, or replacement of dams developed and operated under the Carey Act. The Secretary must make specific affirmative determinations before these additional funds can be used. These determinations include ensuring that certain dams have received the necessary funding for their activities and that amounts made available under section 40901(2)(B) remain available. The bill was introduced in the Senate by Mr. Risch and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. It was later reported by Mr. Lee without amendment.
Yes· 3 of 10
- Scored +4
Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster?
Rehabilitating dams reduces the risk of structural failure and subsequent flooding disasters.
- Scored +4
Would people in rural areas be better off under this?
The Carey Act is primarily focused on land and water development in rural areas.
- Scored +3
Does this invest in rural communities?
Carey Act lands and dams are often central to rural water and land management.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Section 1: This section authorizes the Secretary to use certain available funds to fund the rehabilitation, reconstruction, or replacement of dams developed and operating under the Carey Act. This could be seen as positive because it provides a mechanism to fix or replace aging infrastructure, provided the Secretary determines that other qualifying dams have received necessary funding and that funds remain available.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Section 1: The text of the bill does not explicitly mention any specific negative consequences or burdens for individuals or groups of people in the United States.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster? — Rehabilitating dams reduces the risk of structural failure and subsequent flooding disasters. Does this better protect public land such as parks and forests? — The bill specifically addresses the management of water structures on land developed under the Carey Act. Does this invest in rural communities? — Carey Act lands and dams are often central to rural water and land management. Does this better protect air, water and wildlife? — Updating aging dam infrastructure can improve environmental safety and water management.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would people in rural areas be better off under this? — The Carey Act is primarily focused on land and water development in rural areas. Would farmers be better off under this? — Improved dam and water infrastructure often directly benefits agricultural water supplies. Would union members be better off under this? — Infrastructure construction projects typically involve unionized labor.
- Economy And Finance
- Is this likely to create jobs? — Infrastructure projects like dam rehabilitation typically stimulate local construction jobs. Is this likely to grow the economy? — Modernizing infrastructure can provide long-term economic stability and growth.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this give the federal government more power? — The bill expands the Secretary's role in allocating funds for specific dam projects.
- 9/17/2026
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 631.
- 7/29/2026
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 4/2/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
2 bills Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Mike CrapoRepublican · Idaho