IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 950 
Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Comprehensive Everglades 
Restoration Plan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2025 
Ms. WILSON of Florida (for herself, Mr. SOTO, and Mr. FROST) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure 
RESOLUTION 
Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Comprehensive 
Everglades Restoration Plan. 
Whereas, December 11, 2025, marks the 25th anniversary of 
the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP); 
Whereas CERP is the landmark bipartisan blueprint for res-
toration of America’s Everglades and a multigenerational 
State-Federal partnership to restore and better regulate 
the natural southerly flow of water from Lake Okee-
chobee to Florida Bay; 
Whereas CERP, one of the most ambitious ecosystem res-
toration efforts in history, was authorized by Congress in 
the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 as a 
framework to restore, preserve, and protect the South 
Florida ecosystem while also providing for other essential 
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water-related needs, including water supply and flood 
protection; 
Whereas WRDA remains the central legislative vehicle 
through which CERP and related Everglades restoration 
efforts receive Federal authorization for construction, re-
inforcing the importance of sustained congressional en-
gagement to advance individual projects; 
Whereas CERP’s implementation has been advanced through 
multiple administrations, including those of Presidents 
Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald 
Trump, and Joe Biden, reflecting an enduring national 
commitment to restoring and protecting America’s Ever-
glades; 
Whereas Florida’s partnership in CERP has likewise been 
sustained across successive gubernatorial administrations, 
including those of Governors Jeb Bush, Charlie Crist, 
Rick Scott, and Ron DeSantis, underscoring the long-
standing State commitment to Everglades restoration 
and water quality; 
Whereas restoring the Everglades protects drinking water for 
millions of Floridians, supports a vast regional clean 
water economy, and helps address the harmful impacts of 
altered freshwater flows affecting connected waters and 
estuaries; 
Whereas restoring and protecting the Everglades also 
strengthens Florida’s resilience to saltwater intrusion, ex-
treme storms, and flooding, thereby safeguarding homes, 
schools, businesses, and critical infrastructure; 
Whereas the Everglades environmental and economic impor-
tance is nationally significant, and The Everglades Foun-
dation has estimated that the Everglades provides ap-
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proximately $1,000,000,000,000 in value to the State of 
Florida and the Nation; 
Whereas measurable progress during the first quarter century 
of restoration includes major advances such as the Kis-
simmee River restoration, Herbert Hoover Dike improve-
ments, and Tamiami Trail bridging, and continued work, 
including the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir, is 
central to achieving CERP’s long-term goals; and 
Whereas continued, timely Federal and State investments in 
planning, construction, science, and monitoring are nec-
essary to keep CERP projects on schedule, meet mile-
stones and deadlines, and fully realize the promise of the 
plan: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commemorates the 25th anniversary of the 
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan; 
(2) recognizes that the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 2000 established the modern frame-
work for CERP and that subsequent water resources 
development actions remain essential to authorizing 
and advancing individual restoration projects; 
(3) honors the enduring bipartisan leadership 
that has sustained momentum for Everglades res-
toration across the administrations of Presidents 
Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Don-
ald Trump, and Joe Biden and the Administrations 
of Governors Jeb Bush, Charlie Crist, Rick Scott, 
and Ron DeSantis; and 
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(4) reaffirms the importance of continued bi-
partisan commitment to completing authorized 
CERP projects that improve water quality, strength-
en ecosystem resilience, and protect the health, safe-
ty, and economic vitality of communities across Flor-
ida. 
Æ 
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