The US House of Representatives passed a bill that will allow the construction of the Lower Bois d’Arc Creek reservoir to be expedited. It was introduced in May 2016 by Congressman Sam Johnson along with Representatives Pete Sessions, John Ratcliffe, and Eddie Bernice Johnson.

An amendment has been revised that requires Environmental Protection Agency and the US Army Corps of Engineers to provide a final permit  allowing the construction of the Lower Bois d’Arc Creek reservoir to begin by the end of September 2017. The permit application was submitted in 2008.