A bill to reauthorize the Cooperative Watershed Management Program, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4041 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4041 To reauthorize the Cooperative Watershed Management Program, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 10, 2026 Mr. Daines (for himself and Mr. Hickenlooper) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To reauthorize the Cooperative Watershed Management Program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Cooperative Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. COOPERATIVE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. (a) Definitions.--Section 6001 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 1015) is amended-- (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (7) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: ``(4) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian tribe' has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self- Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).''; and (3) in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated), in subparagraph (B)(v)-- (A) in subclause (I), by striking ``or'' at the end; (B) in subclause (II), by inserting ``or'' after the semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ``(III) has ancestral lands within the watershed;''. (b) Program.--Section 6002 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 1015a) is amended-- (1) in subsection (c)-- (A) in paragraph (1)(B)-- (i) in clause (i), by striking ``interests; or'' and inserting ``interests, including Indian tribes;''; (ii) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (