Federal government must plan water restoration to prevent wildfires.
H.R. 10916 — To require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to jointly develop a strategy to increase the use of aquatic restoration and conservation activities in wildfire risk mitigation and post-fire recovery efforts, and for other purposes. · Filed by Joe Neguse (D-CO) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Oct 26, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells Agriculture and Interior to work together. They must make a plan within one year. The plan will use water and wetland work to stop wildfires. It will also help land recover after fires. The plan must look at science and find gaps in what we know. It must check if we have enough workers. It must show how to use water work in wildfire programs.
Who it affects
The Agriculture and Interior departments must work together on this plan. States, tribes, and local governments will be asked to help.
One thing to notice
The bill asks for a plan but does not give money or say how to pay for it.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Oct 26, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 26, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Agriculture and House Committee on Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- water and wetland work — Fixing and protecting water areas like wetlands, streams, and floodplains.
- wildfire programs — Government efforts to prevent wildfires and help land recover after fires.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (5,856 characters) on Oct 28, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,595 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-28.
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