The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a tax and spending bill on May 22, 2025, with a 215-214 vote. The Senate is next in line to review the budget package. … The FY2026 budget proposal initially showed a $2.46 billion reduction in Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving Funds compared to 2025 – however specific details about the State Revolving Fund reductions are not prominent in publicly available documents surround the spending bill. In a May 21 Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works hearing, Chairman Shelley Moore Capito stated that the State Revolving Funds (SRFs) would be a part of the cuts. … Administrator Zeldin stated he wants to investigate congressionally directed earmarks that take away from the SRFs, but didn’t expand on what the cuts would mean for the agency and water infrastructure.

Other budget bill water and environment news:

• SFGate: Last-second effort stops giant public land sale in Utah, Nevada
• The Denver Post (Colo.): Congress almost sold off 500,000 acres of Western public lands. What could that mean for Colorado?​
• Outdoor Life: While public land advocates celebrate House bill victory, several troubling provisions were passed
• Yale Climate Connections: Blog: One big, beautiful, climate-killing bill