January 8, 2026

Today, the House passed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Energy and Water Development (E&WD) and Related Agencies Appropriations Act that was negotiated with the Senate. E&WD was part of a minibus appropriations package with the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Interior and Environment appropriations bills.

Inland waterways construction projects funded in the minibus include:

$183.83 million for Montgomery Lock on the Upper Ohio (requested by Representatives Reschenthaler and Deluzio and Senators McCormick and Fetterman)

The Operations and Maintenance (O&M) account received $6.013 billion, a $460 million increase above last year’s enacted levels. The bill included an additional $7.35 million for the Monongahela River (requested by Representative Reschenthaler).