H.R. 5781House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

MATCH Act of 2025

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The MATCH Act of 2025 amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to let states, local governments, and Indian tribes spend money on emergency watershed protection before they have a formal agreement with the USDA. It requires the Secretary of Agriculture to identify eligible measures and set up a state‑level process for requesting funds within 180 days. Any pre‑agreement spending that a sponsor makes can be counted toward its share of project costs if an agreement is later reached, but the sponsor bears the financial risk and the Secretary is not required to sign an agreement.

Key Provisions

Defines “sponsor” as a state or local government or an Indian tribe.
Within 180 days of enactment, the USDA Secretary must list emergency watershed protection measures that sponsors can fund before a formal agreement and create a state‑level request procedure with deadlines.
If a sponsor later signs an agreement with the Secretary, any pre‑agreement costs they incurred for those measures will be counted as part of the sponsor’s contribution to the project.
Sponsors who act before an agreement assume all financial risk for those actions, and the Secretary is not obligated to enter into an agreement with any sponsor.

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee

December 2, 2025

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Introduced in House

October 17, 2025

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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Agriculture Committee

October 17, 2025

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee

December 2, 2025

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Introduced in HouseIssued October 17, 2025

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.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Making Access To Cleanup Happen Act of 2025 or the MATCH Act of 2025.

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.