S. 3792 — Water Project Navigators Act

This section defines terms used in the Act, including disadvantaged community as a community with annual median income below the statewide median, eligible entity as a state, Indian Tribe, local water supplier, or nonprofit conservation organization, eligible State as the 17 western states plus Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, multi-benefit water project as a project that improves climate resilience and ecosystem health, rural community as one with 50,000 or fewer inhabitants, and Secretary as the Secretary of the Interior acting through the Bureau of Reclamation.

This section establishes the Water Project Navigators Program within 180 days to support development of multi-benefit water projects in eligible states. It authorizes the Secretary to award grants and cooperative agreements for navigator positions, with priority for entities serving Indian Tribes, disadvantaged communities, and rural areas; a 75 percent federal cost share; a 3-year initial term extendable by up to 2 years; and a prohibition on funding existing environmental mitigation obligations.