3.0.0 4579 2023-08-15T17:15:20Z 2023-08-15T17:15:20Z Senate S 2022-07-21 117 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2022-12-01T19:12:09Z Referred to 2022-07-21T14:53:52Z Colorado River Basin Conservation Act 117 9173 HR 2022-10-11 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Identical bill CRS 2022-12-01 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2022-07-21 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2022-07-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000273 Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] John Hickenlooper D CO W. N B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2022-07-21 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2022-07-27 False L000571 Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] Cynthia Lummis R WY M. 2022-07-27 False Water Resources Development Arizona California Colorado Hydrology and hydrography Lakes and rivers Nevada New Mexico Utah Water storage Water use and supply Wyoming Water Resources Development 00 2022-07-21 Introduced in Senate 2023-02-14T14:42:13Z Colorado River Basin Conservation Act

This bill reauthorizes the Department of the Interior to fund or participate in pilot projects to increase Colorado River System water in Lake Mead and the Colorado River Storage Project reservoirs through FY2026.

Interior administers these pilot projects to address the effects of drought conditions on the Colorado River Basin, which includes the Upper Basin states (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) and Lower Basin states (Arizona, California, and Nevada).

The bill also requires Interior to submit an updated report to Congress by the end of FY2027 on the effectiveness of the pilot projects and a recommendation on whether to continue the program.

]]> Colorado River Basin Conservation Act Display Title Colorado River Basin Conservation Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Colorado River Basin Conservation Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to extend certain deadlines applicable to pilot projects to increase Colorado River System water to address effects of historic drought conditions, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4579is/xml/BILLS-117s4579is.xml 2022-12-01 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. 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.