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H.R. 5781

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 5781, the MATCH Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Oct 17, 2025 by Rep. Joseph Neguse (D) with 3 co-sponsors. It was referred to Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology, and last saw action on Dec 2, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

Record

Text

H.R. 5781 has 3 co-sponsors.

hb5781/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 5781 IH: Making Access To Cleanup Happen Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-10-17
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5781  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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Making Access To Cleanup Happen Act of 2025   or the   MATCH Act of 2025  .
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 measures the cost of which may be incurred by a sponsor prior to entering into an agreement with the Secretary under this section.
(3)
Agreement contribution
If the Secretary and a sponsor enter into an agreement under this section, the Secretary shall consider any applicable preagreement costs incurred by the sponsor for undertaking emergency watershed protection measures identified under paragraph (2) as meeting part of the contribution of the sponsor toward the cost of the project.
(4)
Assumption of risk
A sponsor that undertakes emergency watershed protection measures prior to entering into an agreement with the Secretary under this section shall assume the risk of incurring any cost of undertaking those measures.
(5)
Effect
Nothing in this subsection requires the Secretary to enter into an agreement with a sponsor.
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Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-10-17
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

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Introduced in House Oct 17, 2025

hb5781/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (10/17/2025)

Making Access To Cleanup Happen Act of 2025 or the MATCH Act of 2025

This bill modifies the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program to allow sponsors (i.e., states, local governments, and Indian tribes) to undertake certain emergency watershed protection measures prior to entering into a project agreement with USDA and count the costs as part of the sponsor's share of the project cost once an agreement with USDA is in place.

As background, USDA's EWP Program offers assistance to sponsors to carry out projects that help safeguard people and property from floods, drought, fires, windstorms, and other natural disasters that impair a watershed.

This bill requires USDA to identify a list of emergency watershed protection measures that a sponsor may incur costs for prior to entering into a project agreement with USDA under the EWP Program. USDA must develop a procedure, to be implemented at the state level, through which these entities may request additional emergency watershed protection measures. The cost of undertaking these additional measures may be incurred by a sponsor prior to entering into an agreement with USDA.

Further, USDA must consider pre-agreement costs incurred by a sponsor for undertaking the emergency watershed protection measures as meeting part of a sponsor's contribution towards the project costs.

Sponsors

Rep. Joseph Neguse (D) sponsors H.R. 5781, and 3 members have co-sponsored it, 2 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 5781 went before 2 committees: Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee and Agriculture.

Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
Referred to · Dec 2, 2025 · 57 Bills
Agriculture
Agriculture
Referred To · Oct 17, 2025 · 226 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5781 has taken 3 actions since Oct 17, 2025, the latest on Dec 2, 2025.

ChamberAction
Dec 2, 2025
House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
Oct 17, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Oct 17, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.Agriculture Committee

Votes

H.R. 5781 has not gone to a roll call.

2 bills are related to H.R. 5781.

Titles

H.R. 5781 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • MATCH Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • MATCH Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Making Access To Cleanup Happen Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 with respect to preagreement costs of emergency watershed protection measures, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 6 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5781 in 1 quarterly filing, 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Computer Industry, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic/foreign).

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
KLA CORPORATIONUS tech company-semiconductor process control, inspection & metrology, LED, nanotechnologyCalifornia11$60K

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
FRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP, LLC11$60K

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
JOSHUA ACKIL111
KEVIN CUMMINS111
MATTHEW TANIELIAN111
ROLAND LITTERST111
SARAH BETH JANSEN111
WESLEY MCCLELLAND111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
KLA CORPORATIONFRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP, LLC2026 first_quarter$60K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5781 under Agriculture and Food, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5781’s is Agriculture and Food.

hr5781/policy-areas.txt
Agriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5781, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 172 (Friday, October 17, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. NEGUSE:H.R. 5781.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H4542]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com