3.0.0 2277 2023-01-11T16:03:29Z 2023-01-11T16:03:29Z House H HR 2007-05-10 110 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee Referred to 2007-05-18T16:00:05Z Referred to 2007-05-10T13:03:20Z To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility study relating to long term water needs for the area served by the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado, and for other purposes. 110 1833 HR 2007-04-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. Related bill CRS Text similarities House 2007-05-18 hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. Committee 2007-05-10 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2007-05-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000564 Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] Doug Lamborn R CO 5 N T000458 Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6] THOMAS TANCREDO R CO G. 6 2007-05-10 True Water Resources Development Agriculture and Food Colorado Congressional reporting requirements Construction costs Federal-local relations Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Infrastructure Interstate compacts Irrigation Kansas Water allocation (Policy) Water rates Water storage Water supply Watersheds Water Resources Development 00 2007-05-10 Introduced in House 2007-08-09T14:31:39Z Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a study to determine the most feasible method of meeting water supply and related storage requirements within the area served by the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado (the Project), including the potential enlargement of Fryingpan-Arkansas facilities. Directs the Secretary to take into consideration the Preferred Storage Options Plan Report published September 21, 2000, by the Southeastern Colorado Water and Storage Needs Assessment Enterprise and Final PSOP Implementation Committee Report dated April 19, 2001 (PSOP Reports), the intergovernmental agreement dated May 27, 2004 among the cities of Pueblo, Aurora, Fountain, and Colorado Springs, the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, and the Board of Water Works of Pueblo, Colorado, and the need to ensure compliance with the Arkansas River Compact as executed by the states of Colorado and Kansas on December 14, 1948.

Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with any entity for the use of excess capacity in the Project for the purpose of diverting, storing, impounding, pumping, exchanging, or conveying non-project water for irrigation, domestic, municipal, or industrial purposes. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish charges for such use; and (2) enter into new and renewal contracts with the city of Aurora, or an enterprise of that city, for a term not to exceed 40 years, for use of storage or carrying capacity excess of Project requirements.

Sets forth provisions regarding the diversion, storage, impoundment, pumping, exchange, or conveyance of non-project water.

]]> To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study relating to long-term water needs for the area served by the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado, and for other purposes. Display Title To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study relating to long-term water needs for the area served by the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study relating to long-term water needs for the area served by the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2007-05-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2277ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2277ih.xml 2007-05-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.