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]