HB10635: Saving Rural Reservoirs Act

What the bill says

To include high hazard potential dams and rural earthen dams as eligible for rehabilitation assistance under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, and for other purposes.

From the introduced text, September 28, 2026:

A BILL To include high hazard potential dams and rural earthen dams as eligible for rehabilitation assistance under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Saving Rural Reservoirs Act . SECTION 2. Rehabilitation of structural measures near, at, or past their evaluated life expectancy Section 14(a) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1012(a) ) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting a covered dam or before a work of improvement ; and (2) by adding at the end the or (B) any dam-- (i) located in a town with a population of less than 5,000 people; and (ii) for which more than 50 percent of the total volume of the embankment of the dam is formed of compacted earth layers. .

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Sponsors

• Josh Riley (D, HD-019) · primary sponsor

Latest actions

1. September 28, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2. September 28, 2026: Introduced in House

Common questions

What is HB10635?

HB10635 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Saving Rural Reservoirs Act.

What does HB10635 do?

In its own words: To include high hazard potential dams and rural earthen dams as eligible for rehabilitation assistance under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, and for other purposes.

What is the status of HB10635?

In committee as of September 28, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (September 28, 2026).

Who sponsored HB10635?

Josh Riley (D, HD-019).

Where is the official record for HB10635?

On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10635