H.R. 1285 — Water Infrastructure Subcontractor and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2025

This section establishes the short title of the Act as the “Water Infrastructure Subcontractor and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2025.”

This section revises the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (WIFIA) creditworthiness requirements under 33 U.S.C. § 3907(a)(1)(C) by (1) redesignating the existing security-features requirement as clause (i) and (2) adding a new clause (ii) requiring payment and performance security for project construction. The Secretary or Administrator, as applicable, must ensure that construction of a project assisted under WIFIA has payment and performance security; this requirement is deemed satisfied if applicable State or local law requires such security and the amount is at least 50 percent of the total construction contract amount. If no State or local requirement applies, or if the required amount is less than 50 percent, the Secretary or Administrator must require compliance with the payment and performance bond requirements in 40 U.S.C. § 3131(b)(1) and (2).