S. 3293 · 119th Congress

Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

Introduced on Dec 1, 2025 by John Kennedy (R-LA). Latest action (Dec 1, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Dec 1, 2025
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Economics and Public Finance
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Dec 1, 2025). Public domain.

Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

This bill provides FY2026 appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy (DOE), and several independent agencies.

The bill provides appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, including for

  • Investigations;
  • Planning, Engineering, and Design;
  • Construction;
  • Mississippi River and Tributaries;
  • Operation and Maintenance;
  • the Regulatory Program;
  • the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program;
  • Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies;
  • Expenses;
  • the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; and
  • the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program.

The bill provides appropriations to the Department of the Interior for the Central Utah Project and the Bureau of Reclamation.

The bill provides appropriations to DOE for energy programs, including

  • Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy;
  • Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains;
  • Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response;
  • Electricity;
  • Grid Deployment;
  • Nuclear Energy;
  • Fossil Energy;
  • Energy Projects;
  • Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves;
  • the Strategic Petroleum Reserve;
  • the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve;
  • the Energy Information Administration;
  • Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup;
  • the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund;
  • Science;
  • Nuclear Waste Disposal;
  • Technology Coordination and Commercialization;
  • the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy;
  • the Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program;
  • the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program;
  • the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program;
  • Indian Energy Policy and Programs;
  • Departmental Administration; and
  • the Office of the Inspector General.

The bill also provides appropriations to DOE for

  • Atomic Energy Defense Activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration,
  • Environmental and Other Defense Activities, and
  • the Power Marketing Administrations.

The bill provides appropriations to several independent agencies, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

John KennedyR-LASponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Dec 1, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Dec 1, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE5 reports
    $370K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE$313.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. Amazon.com Services LLC3 reports
    $13.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC$285.9K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. Batteries Plus LLC3 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BATTERIES PLUS, LLC$509.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. Calaveras County Water District3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  5. California State Coastal Conservancy3 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  6. Douglas County Public Utility District3 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  7. Entergy Services, LLC3 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)
  8. GENERAL ATOMICS3 reports
    Federal contractor: GENERAL ATOMICSAI match · 95%
  9. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago3 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  10. Quaise Energy, Inc3 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  11. Riverside Co. Flood Control & Water Conservation District3 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  12. SPRAY FOAM COALITION3 reports
  13. San Mateo County Flood and Sea Level Rise Resiliency District3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  14. The Nature Conservancy3 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE NATURE CONSERVANCYAI match · 100%
  15. X-ENERGY, INC.3 reports
    $130K reported (all issues)
  16. AMERICAN CLEAN POWER ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $880K reported (all issues)
  17. AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE2 reports
    $1.8M reported (all issues)
  18. BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC2 reports
    Federal contractor: BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC.$190M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  19. BOSTON UNIVERSITY2 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BOSTON UNIVERSITY, TRUSTEES OFAI match · 100%
  20. BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC2 reports
  21. COMMONWEALTH FUSION SYSTEMS2 reports
  22. CUMMINS INC.2 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CUMMINS INC$11.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  23. Carbon to Sea Initiative2 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  24. City of Newport Beach2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  25. City of Richland (WA)2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  26. Cleco Power LLC2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CLECO POWER LLC$2.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  27. Columbia River Treaty Power Group2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  28. DUCTILE IRON PIPE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $830K reported (all issues)
  29. DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION2 reports
    $4.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC$17.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  30. Decommissioning Plant Coalition2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  31. Delta Air Lines, Inc.2 reports
    $3.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DELTA AIR LINES, INC.$8.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  32. Duke Energy Business Services LLC2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  33. ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND2 reports
  34. FUSION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION2 reports
  35. Heat is Power Association2 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  36. LAKE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $420K reported (all issues)
  37. Long Beach Utilities2 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  38. Los Angeles County2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  39. NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2 reports
    $660K reported (all issues)
  40. NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE2 reports
    $470K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.