119-hr5781

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5781 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5781

 To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 with respect to 
preagreement costs of emergency watershed protection measures, and for 
 other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 October 17, 2025

 Mr. Neguse (for himself, Ms. Maloy, and Mr. Garamendi) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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 A BILL

 To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 with respect to 
preagreement costs of emergency watershed protection measures, and for 
 other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Making Access To Cleanup Happen Act 
of 2025'' or the ``MATCH Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROGRAM.

 

Section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
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            (c) Preagreement Costs.--
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    (1) Definition of sponsor.--In this subsection, the term 
 `sponsor' means--
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        (A) a State or local government; and
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        (B) an Indian Tribe (as defined in 

section 4 of 
 the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
 Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)).
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    (2) Preagreement project costs.--Not later than 180 days 
 after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 
 shall--
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        (A) identify a list of emergency watershed 
 protection measures the cost of which may be incurred 
 by a sponsor prior to entering into an agreement with 
 the Secretary under this section; and
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        (B) develop a procedure, including appropriate 
 deadlines, to be implemented at the State level, 
 through which a sponsor may request, for a specified 
 natural disaster, additional emergency watershed 
 protection measures the cost of which may be incurred 
 by a sponsor prior to entering into an agreement with 
 the Secretary under this section.
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    (3) Agreement contribution.--If the Secretary and a 
 sponsor enter into an agreement under this section, the 
 Secretary shall consider any applicable preagreement costs 
 incurred by the sponsor for undertaking emergency watershed 
 protection measures identified under paragraph

    (2) as meeting 
 part of the contribution of the sponsor toward the cost of the 
 project.
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    (4) Assumption of risk.--A sponsor that undertakes 
 emergency watershed protection measures prior to entering into 
 an agreement with the Secretary under this section shall assume 
 the risk of incurring any cost of undertaking those measures.
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    (5) Effect.--Nothing in this subsection requires the 
 Secretary to enter into an agreement with a sponsor.''.
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