# H.R. 4553 (119th): Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 This bill provides FY2026 appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy (DOE), and several independent agencies. The bill provides appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, including for Investigations, Construction, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Operation and Maintenance, the Regulatory Program, Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies, Expenses, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program. The bill provides appropriations to the Department of the Interior for the Central Utah Project and the Bureau of Reclamation. The bill provides appropriations to DOE for energy programs, including Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response; Electricity; Grid Deployment; Nuclear Energy; Fossil Energy; Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves; the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve; the Energy Information Administration; Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup; the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; Science; Nuclear Waste Disposal; the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy; the Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program; the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program; the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program; Indian Energy Policy and Programs; Departmental Administration; and the Office of the Inspector General. The bill also provides appropriations to DOE for Atomic Energy Defense Activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration, Environmental and Other Defense Activities, and the Power Marketing Administrations. The bill provides appropriations to several independent agencies, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: appropriations. Category: corruption_stewardship. Lane tag: general equity.
Lane: energy_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: fiscal_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: war_funding. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: water_infrastructure. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 232: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 233: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 234: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 227: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 228: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 229: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 230: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 231: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 235: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 236: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 237: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 238: On Motion to Recommit. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 239: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: This is an ordinary appropriations measure that funds broad governmental functions such as flood control, water infrastructure, and energy programs. Those are legitimate public goods, but the bill also carries prudential concerns about federal spending levels and debt. Nothing in the metadata shows that it directly advances a named moral evil or directly restrains one, so the classification is mixed.
Theological note: The bill raises stewardship questions about how public revenue is raised, allocated, and borrowed, and whether public works, energy, and water infrastructure serve the common good with honest accounting and due restraint. These are matters of prudential judgment under general equity rather than a direct moral act of harm or protection.

## Recorded votes

Roll 232: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 124 · Nay 303 · Other 9.
Roll 233: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 127 · Nay 299 · Other 10.
Roll 234: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 120 · Nay 307 · Other 9.
Roll 227: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 195 · Nay 235 · Other 6.
Roll 228: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 143 · Nay 285 · Other 8.
Roll 229: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 77 · Nay 347 · Other 12.
Roll 230: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 140 · Nay 286 · Other 10.
Roll 231: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 120 · Nay 306 · Other 10.
Roll 235: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 120 · Nay 302 · Other 14.
Roll 236: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 127 · Nay 297 · Other 12.
Roll 237: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 76 · Nay 351 · Other 9.
Roll 238: On Motion to Recommit. Yea 209 · Nay 218 · Other 4.
Roll 239: On Passage. Yea 214 · Nay 213 · Other 4.

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