(POSTPONED) Water and Power Subcommittee to Receive Testimony on Pending Legislation

February 24, 2026
10:30 AM
366 Dirksen Senate Office Building

This notice is to advise you that the hearing previously announced to be held on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 10:30 am, to receive testimony on pending legislation, has been POSTPONED.

The hearing will be held on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.

The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills:

LEGISLATION

S. 1034, Southwestern Power Administration Fund Establishment Act 

S. 1242, Watershed Results Act

S. 2437, Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Reauthorization Act of 2025 

S. 2753, Urban Canal Modernization Act 

S. 3409, Lower Yellowstone River Native Fish Conservation Act 

S. 3500, Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act 

S. 3518, FLOWS Act

S. 3635, Fort Peck Water System Reauthorization Act 

S. 3684, Water Power Research and Development Reauthorization Act 

S. 3693, Large-Scale Water Recycling Reauthorization Act 

S. 3723, A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a project to supply municipal, rural, and industrial water from the Missouri River to the Western Dakota Regional Water System, and for other purposes.

S. 3725, A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a project to supply municipal, rural, and industrial water to expand the capacity and reach of the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc. (doing business as "Lewis & Clark Regional Water System"), in the States of Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota. 

S. 3732, A bill to amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act to authorize assistance under the storage program, and for other purposes.

S. 3736, A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a project to supply municipal, rural, and industrial water to the Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System service area in the States of South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota, and for other purposes. 

S. 3737, A bill to amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to provide financial and technical assistance to eligible entities for the conduct of innovative approaches to voluntary water partnership agreements among multiple water users and projects conducted by individual agricultural entities, and for other purposes. 

S. 3738, A bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to reauthorize the large-scale water recycling and reuse program, to establish a Water Conveyance Improvement Program, and for other purposes.

S. 3743, A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a feasibility study on a selective water withdrawal system at Glen Canyon Dam, and for other purposes.

S. 3792, A bill to provide for the establishment of a Water Project Navigators Program, and for other purposes.


The hearing will be webcast live on the Committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing concludes. Witness testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.

Archived Webcast

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