MATCH Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5781 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5781 To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 with respect to preagreement costs of emergency watershed protection measures, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 17, 2025 Mr. Neguse (for himself, Ms. Maloy, and Mr. Garamendi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 with respect to preagreement costs of emergency watershed protection measures, 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 ``Making Access To Cleanup Happen Act of 2025'' or the ``MATCH Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROGRAM. Section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(c) Preagreement Costs.-- ``(1) Definition of sponsor.--In this subsection, the term `sponsor' means-- ``(A) a State or local government; and ``(B) an Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)). ``(2) Preagreement project costs.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall-- ``(A) identify a list of emergency watershed protection measures the cost of which may be incurred by a sponsor prior to entering into an agreement with the Secretary under this section; and ``(B) develop a procedure, including appropriate deadlines, to be implemented at the State level, through which a sponsor may request, for a specified natural disaster, additional emergency watershed protection measur