3.0.0 1556 2023-01-11T13:37:06Z 2023-01-11T13:37:06Z Senate S 2017-07-13 115 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg07 Water and Power Subcommittee Hearings by 2018-02-28T15:00:06Z Referred to 2017-07-13T18:16:18Z 2018-02-28 sseg07 Water and Power Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-505. Committee 2017-07-13 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2017-07-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2017-07-13 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2017-07-13 True H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2017-07-13 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2017-07-13 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2017-07-13 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2017-07-13 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2018-01-24 False Water Resources Development Government trust funds Indian claims Indian lands and resources rights Rural conditions and development Water resources funding Water use and supply Water Resources Development 00 2017-07-13 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-29T14:08:29Z Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act

This bill establishes the Reclamation Rural Water Construction and Settlement Implementation Fund, which shall consist of the Rural Water Project Account and the Reclamation Infrastructure and Settlement Implementation Account. The Department of the Treasury shall deposit into such accounts for each of FY2018-FY2038 specified revenues that would otherwise be deposited in the reclamation fund established by the Reclamation Act of 1902.

The bill permits the Department of the Interior to use specified Rural Water Project Account funds to complete construction of rural water projects: (1) authorized before this bill's enactment, or (2) for which a feasibility study was submitted by February 27, 2015, pursuant to the Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 and for which Congress authorizes construction after enactment of this bill. Interior may not expend any amounts from the fund to carry this out until development of: (1) programmatic goals that would enable the completion of construction of the authorized rural water projects as expeditiously as practicable and that reflect the priorities identified in the laws authorizing the projects; and (2) funding prioritization criteria to serve as a methodology for distributing funds that take into account specified factors, including the need for potable water supplies in the affected rural and tribal communities.

Interior shall use specified Reclamation Infrastructure and Settlement Implementation Account funds to: (1) provide authorized compensation to resolve all monetary claims of an Indian tribe against the United States relating to use of tribal land by the United States for the generation of hydropower; or (2) complete projects and implement provisions authorized by Congress that resolve litigation involving the United States and the water rights of Indian tribes or that implement approved agreements limiting such rights.

]]> Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act Display Title Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use designated funding to pay for construction of authorized rural water projects, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act Introduced in Senate 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1556is/xml/BILLS-115s1556is.xml 2018-02-28 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-505. 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.