MATCH Act of 2025
Current understanding
The MATCH Act would amend the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program to let states, tribes, and local project sponsors begin certain emergency repair work after a disaster before a formal USDA agreement is signed, and still have those pre-agreement expenditures credited toward their required cost-share. The change is procedural and does not alter EWP eligibility, scope, or funding levels. Status: introduced.
Evidence log
- 2025-12-02 — MATCH Act of 2025: cross-connection with emergency-watershed-program-rcpp: Both concern the EWP program; MATCH Act modifies cost-share timing rules that would apply to EWP projects also discussed alongside RCPP. (novelty: 2)