S. 4120

Summary

S. 4120, the Community Water Project Acceleration Act, was introduced in the Senate on Mar 17, 2026 by Sen. Mark Kelly (D) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Environment And Public Works, and last saw action on Mar 17, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Record

Text

S. 4120 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 S4120 IS: Community Water Project Acceleration Act
 U.S. Senate
 2026-03-17
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 II  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  S. 4120  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   March 17, 2026   Mr. Kelly  (for himself and  Ms. Lummis ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Environment and Public Works    A BILL
To designate certain categorical exclusions for water resources development projects, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Community Water Project Acceleration Act  .
2.
Categorical exclusions
(a)
In general
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall designate as an action categorically excluded from the requirements relating to environmental assessments or environmental impact statements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) any water resources development project—
(1)
carried out under—
(A)
a continuing authority program (as defined in section 7001(c)(1)(D) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 ( 33 U.S.C. 2282d(c)(1)(D) )); or
(B)
an environmental infrastructure assistance program;
(2)
for which the construction work will be performed by the non-Federal sponsor; and
(3)
(A)
the Federal share of the cost of which is less than $6,000,000; or
(B)
the Federal share of the cost of which is less than 15 percent and the total project cost of which is not more than $35,000,000.
(b)
Regulations
Not later than 150 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall promulgate regulations to carry out subsection (a).

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A bill to designate certain categorical exclusions for water resources development projects, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Mark Kelly (D) sponsors S. 4120, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Mark Kelly

Sen. · D–AZ · Sponsor

Introduced Mar 17, 2026

Cynthia Lummis

Sen. · R–WY · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 17, 2026 · Original

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Committees

S. 4120 went before 1 committee: Environment and Public Works.

Environment and Public Works

Environment and Public Works

Referred To · Mar 17, 2026 · 257 Bills

Actions

S. 4120 has taken 2 actions since Mar 17, 2026.

Votes

S. 4120 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 4120 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Community Water Project Acceleration Act — Display Title
• Community Water Project Acceleration Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to designate certain categorical exclusions for water resources development projects, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 8 registered lobbyists who named S. 4120 in 2 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Agriculture, Clean Air and Water (quality), Education, Health Issues, Homeland Security, Natural Resources, Science/Technology.

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 4120 under Environmental Protection, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 4120’s is Environmental Protection.

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