WESTERN WATER AND AMERICAN FOOD SECURITY ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 2898), H5118 [13JY], H5254, H5271, H5272, H5273, H5274, H5275, H5276, H5277, H5293 [16JY]

——— consideration (H. Res. 362), H5196 [15JY]

Articles and editorials

GOP Water Bill in Congress Should Be Rejected (excerpt), H5272 [16JY]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (H.R. 2898): consideration (see H. Res. 362), H5171 [14JY]

Letters

Provisions: Representative Conaway, Committee on Agriculture (House), H5243 [16JY]

——— Representative Rob Bishop, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H5243 [16JY]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 2898), H5281 [16JY]

Remarks in House

Bureau of Reclamation: provide Klamath Project contractors in California and Oregon with Endangered Species Act applicant status to ensure consultation on issues that may impact project operations, H5274, H5276, H5277 [16JY]

——— update feasibility study completion requirements to align with recent memorandum of understanding with Sites Reservoir, H5274, H5275 [16JY]

——— water reclamation programs and water reuse projects for Western States and Hawaii funding, H5278, H5279 [16JY]

Central Valley Project Restoration Fund: add conservation seat to oversight board for a member focusing on waterfowl, H5275 [16JY]

Dept. of the Interior: add water hyacinth to invasive species control pilot program, H5272, H5273 [16JY]

——— require annual report detailing instream flow releases for Central Valley Project and California State Water Project and measured outcomes as a result of such releases, H5276 [16JY]

Depts. of Commerce and the Interior: collaborate with California Dept. of Water Resources to install a fish screen at the Delta Cross Channel Gates, H5273 [16JY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: prohibit the taking of privately held water rights and uphold longstanding State water laws, H5252 [16JY]

Drought: protect California’s water supply for drinking and to fight wildfires, H5281, H5282 [16JY], H6081 [17SE]

Enact (H.R. 2898), H5094, H5105 [13JY], H5126 [14JY], H5242–H5283 [16JY], H5580 [28JY], H6081 [17SE]

——— consideration (H. Res. 362), H5188–H5198 [15JY]

——— corrections in engrossment, H5284 [16JY]

——— motion to recommit, H5281 [16JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 2898, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 362) (H. Rept. 114–204), H5171 [14JY]

Provisions: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2898) (H. Rept. 114–197), H5116 [13JY], H5171 [14JY]

Statements

Provisions: Executive Office of the President, H5190 [15JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 362, consideration of H.R. 2898, provisions, H5188 [15JY]

H.R. 2898, provisions, H5254–H5271 [16JY]