S. 4949
Water Resources Development Act of 2026
Sponsor: Shelley Moore Capito
4 cosponsors
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A Water resources development
I General provisions
II Studies and Reports
III Deauthorizations and Modifications
IV Water resources infrastructure
B Drinking water and wastewater infrastructure
I Drinking water
II Clean water
III Geographic programs
IV Other matters
A Water resources development
I General provisions
II Studies and Reports
(a) In general. Not later than 1 year after enactment of this Act and subject to subsection (c), the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the encroachments identified by the Secretary at the Table Rock Lake project.
(b) Contents. In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall include in the report—
(1) a description of the encroachments identified at the Table Rock Lake project, including, for each encroachment—
(A) the location coordinates or GIS data;
(B) the total land quantity;
(C) the structure type;
(D) the estimated initial date of existence; and
(E) any supporting evidence, such as photographs and surveys;
(2) an assessment of any impacts that the encroachments may have on the authorized purposes of the Table Rock Lake project; and
(3) any claims of historical use, boundary disputes, or other contextual factors provided by the owner of an encroachment identified in the report.
(c) Limitation. The report under subsection (a) shall only apply to encroachments on the portion of the Table Rock Lake project located in the State of Missouri.
(d) Table Rock Lake project. In this section, the term Table Rock Lake project means the Table Rock Lake project of the Corps of Engineers, located in Missouri and Arkansas, authorized as one of the multipurpose reservoir projects in the White River Basin by section 4 of the Act of June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1218, chapter 795).
III Deauthorizations and Modifications
IV Water resources infrastructure
B Drinking water and wastewater infrastructure
I Drinking water
II Clean water
III Geographic programs
IV Other matters