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| 113-hr-5781 | 113 | hr | 5781 | California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-12-02 | 2014-12-10 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-21] | CA | R | V000129 | 7 | California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 - Title I: California Emergency Drought Relief - (Sec. 102) Grants the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior (Secretaries) emergency authority, subject to existing priorities of individuals and entities, to direct the operations of the Central Valley Project (CVP) and allow the State Water Project (SWP) operated by the California Department of Water Resources to provide the maximum quantity of water supplies possible to CVP agricultural, municipal and industrial, and refuge service repayment contractors and SWP contractors, by allowing, consistent with applicable laws, any projects or operations to: (1) provide additional water supplies; and (2) address the emergency drought conditions as quickly as possible. Directs the applicable Secretary, in carrying out such emergency authority, to: authorize and implement actions to ensure that the Delta Cross Channel Gates remain open to the maximum extent practicable timed to maximize peak tide flood periods and to provide water supply and water quality benefits; implement turbidity control strategies that allow for increased water deliveries for the CVP and the SWP, while avoiding a negative impact on the long-term survival delta smelt due to entrainment at the CVP and SWP pumping plants; operate pumps within the ranges provided for in the smelt and salmonid biological opinions (issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service) to minimize water supply reductions for the CVP and SWP, manage reverse flow in Old and Middle Rivers at negative 5000 cubic feet per second, and show in writing that any determination to manage reverse flow at lower rates is necessary to avoid a significant negative impact on the long-term survival of the Delta smelt; adopt a 1:1 inflow-to-export ratio for the increment of increased flow of the San Joaquin River; issue all necessary permit decisions within 30 days of receiving a completed application by the state of California to place and use temporary… | 2023-01-11T13:25:14Z | |
| 113-hr-5604 | 113 | hr | 5604 | To direct the Secretary of the Army to revise the management plan for the conservation pool in Lake Texoma, and for other purposes. | Water Resources Development | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4] | TX | R | H000067 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to revise the management plan for the conservation pool in Lake Texoma (Oklahoma and Texas) to ensure that: (1) the water surface elevation is maintained between 619 and 614 mean sea level; (2) if the water surface elevation is at or below 614 mean sea level, hydroelectric power generation is only conducted upon a determination by the Secretary, in consultation with the Lake Texoma Advisory Committee, that there are emergency power needs, including needs resulting from a natural disaster; and (3) additional water capacity resulting from the revised mean surface elevation may be made available for allocation and, if allocated, district water suppliers will be prioritized. | 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z | |
| 113-hr-5659 | 113 | hr | 5659 | Savings Act | Water Resources Development | 2014-09-18 | 2014-10-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit. | House | Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3] | IN | R | S001188 | 0 | Water Supply Cost Savings Act or the Savings Act - Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to: (1) update their programs that provide drinking water technical assistance by including information on cost-effective, innovative, and alternative drinking water delivery systems; and (2) disseminate information on the cost effectiveness of wells and well systems to communities and nonprofit organizations seeking federal funding for drinking water systems serving small communities (3,300 or fewer persons). Requires applicants for federal grants or loans for those drinking water systems to certify that wells have been considered as an alternative drinking water supply. | 2023-01-11T13:25:31Z | |
| 113-hr-5425 | 113 | hr | 5425 | To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. | Water Resources Development | 2014-09-09 | 2014-09-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] | CA | D | M001166 | 4 | Prohibits the use of federal funds made available for FY2015 for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. | 2023-01-11T13:25:38Z | |
| 113-hr-5412 | 113 | hr | 5412 | Bureau of Reclamation Surface Water Storage Streamlining Act | Water Resources Development | 2014-09-08 | 2014-09-18 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 18. | House | Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] | WA | R | H000329 | 0 | Bureau of Reclamation Surface Water Storage Streamlining Act - Sets forth provisions governing feasibility studies for surface water storage projects initiated by the Secretary of the Interior under the Reclamation Act of 1902 (project studies). Requires a project study initiated after enactment of this Act to: (1) result in the completion of a final feasibility report within three years; (2) have a maximum federal cost of $3 million; and (3) ensure that personnel from the local project area, region, and headquarters levels of the Bureau of Reclamation concurrently conduct the required review. Sets forth factors for extending such time line for complex projects. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days after the initiation of a project study, to: (1) initiate the process for completing reviews, including environmental reviews, required to be completed as part of such study; (2) convene a meeting of federal, tribal, and state agencies required to act; and (3) provide information that will enable required reviews and analyses to be conducted by other agencies in a thorough and timely manner. Directs the Secretary to: (1) expedite the completion of any ongoing project study initiated before the enactment of this Act; and (2) proceed directly to preconstruction planning, engineering, and design of a project the Secretary determines is justified. Sets forth requirements applicable to project studies initiated after enactment of this Act for which an environmental impact statement is prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Requires the Secretary to: annually prepare a list of all such studies that do not have adequate funding for study completion; develop and implement a coordinated environmental review process for the development of such studies; identify, as early as practicable in such process, all federal, state, and local government agencies and Indian tribes that have jurisdiction and that are required to act, which the federal lead agency shall invite to become participating o… | 2023-01-11T13:25:39Z | |
| 113-s-2727 | 113 | s | 2727 | Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 1 | Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014 - Ratifies the Hydroelectric Settlement (Settlement), the Klamath River Basin Restoration Agreement for the Sustainability of Public and Trust Resources and Affected Communities (Restoration Agreement), and the Upper Klamath Basin Comprehensive Agreement (Upper Basin Agreement), except as modified by this Act. Lists the Klamath Reclamation Project's authorized purposes. Prohibits water allocations for fish, wildlife, and National Wildlife Refuges purposes from adversely affecting water allocations for irrigation purposes, with the exception of allocations to refuges as provided for in the Restoration Agreement. Provides for the disposition of net revenues from the leasing of refuge land within the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge and the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge. Authorizes the release of specified water rights claims against the United States by the Klamath Tribe, the Karuk Tribe, and the Yurok Tribe. Amends the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain water, power, and ecosystem restoration programs that are consistent with the Agreements. Establishes in the Treasury the Klamath Tribes Tribal Resource Fund. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) removing the Iron Gate Dam, the Copco No. 1 Dam, the Copco No. 2 Dam, and the J.C. Boyle Dam; (2) transferring the Keno Dam to the United States; (3) surrendering the East Side and West Side Developments associated with the Link River Dam; (4) relicensing PacifiCorp's Fall Creek Dam; and (5) transferring the title of the Iron Gate Hatchery from PacifiCorp to California. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit tax-exempt mutual ditch or irrigation companies to earn income from dispositions of certain real property and stock interests without affecting their tax-exempt status. Requires that such income be used to pay the costs of operations, maintenance, and capital improvements of such a company. | 2023-01-11T13:25:44Z | |
| 113-hr-5149 | 113 | hr | 5149 | Smart Water Management Conservation and Efficiency Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-07-17 | 2014-09-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. | House | Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] | CA | D | M001166 | 1 | Smart Water Management Conservation and Efficiency Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish and carry out a smart water management pilot program to award grants to three to five eligible entities (authorities that provide drinking water, wastewater treatment, or water reuse services) to demonstrate and deploy novel and innovative technology-based solutions that will: (1) increase the energy and water efficiency of drinking water, wastewater treatment, and water reuse systems; (2) improve such systems to help communities make significant progress in conserving water, saving energy, and reducing costs; and (3) support the implementation of innovative processes and the installation of advanced automated systems that provide real-time data on energy and water. Directs the Secretary, in selecting grant recipient, to consider: energy and cost savings; the novelty of the technology to be used; the degree to which the project integrates next-generation sensors, software, analytics, and management tools; the anticipated cost-effectiveness of the pilot project in terms of energy efficiency savings, water savings or reuse, and infrastructure costs averted; whether the technology can be deployed in a variety of geographic regions and the degree to which the technology can be implemented on a smaller or larger scale; and whether the project will be completed in five years or less. Requires the Secretary to evaluate, annually, each project for which a grant is provided and make best practices identified available to the public. | 2023-01-11T13:25:58Z | |
| 113-s-2544 | 113 | s | 2544 | A bill to authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska. | Water Resources Development | 2014-06-26 | 2014-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] | NE | R | J000291 | 1 | Authorizes any landowner within the Northport Irrigation District in Nebraska to repay, at any time, the construction costs of project facilities allocated to the landowner's land within the District. Provides that upon discharge in full of the obligation for repayment of all such costs, the land shall not be subject to the ownership and full-cost pricing limitations under the reclamation laws. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon request, to provide to the landowner who has repaid such costs in full a certificate acknowledging that the landholding is free of such limitations. | 2023-01-11T13:26:05Z | |
| 113-s-2470 | 113 | s | 2470 | New Mexico Drought Relief Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-06-12 | 2014-06-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] | NM | D | U000039 | 1 | New Mexico Drought Relief Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation (Secretary), to carry out a water acquisition program in specified basins in New Mexico, under which the Secretary shall: (1) make acquisitions of water; and (2) take any other actions that the Secretary determines would enhance stream flow to benefit fish and wildlife, water quality, and river ecosystem restoration or enhance stewardship and conservation of working land, water, and watersheds. Authorizes the Secretary, in cooperation with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, to provide funding and technical assistance for the installation of metering and measurement devices and the construction of check structures on irrigation diversions, canals, laterals, ditches, and drains to: (1) ensure the conservation and efficient use of water within the District by reducing actual consumptive use or not increasing the use of water, and (2) improve the measurement and allocation of water acquired through the water acquisition program. Requires the Secretary to provide for development of a comprehensive plan for the San Acacia reach to plan, design, construct, and prioritize projects that balance river maintenance, water availability, use, and delivery, and ecosystem benefits. Requires the Secretary of the Army to continue for five years the temporary deviation in the operation of Cochiti Lake and Jemez Canyon Dam that was initiated in 2009 to evaluate the benefits of a potential permanent reauthorization of the reservoirs. Requires the Secretaries to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to study water and reservoir management and operation issues along the Rio Grande. Authorizes financial assistance to be made available for eligible water projects to help New Mexico and other Western states address drought-related impacts to water supplies or any other immediate water-related crisis or conflict. Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (OPLMA) to: (1)… | 2023-01-11T13:26:07Z | |
| 113-s-2427 | 113 | s | 2427 | Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act | Water Resources Development | 2014-06-04 | 2014-06-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | WY | R | B001261 | 1 | Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act - Establishes the Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency for purposes of coordinating all reviews, analyses, opinions, statements, permits, licenses, or other approvals or decisions (reviews) required under federal law to construct new surface water storage projects on lands administered by the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture (USDA), exclusive of any easement, right-of-way, lease, or any private holding (qualifying projects). Directs the Commissioner of the Bureau: (1) upon receipt of an application for a qualifying project, to identify any federal agency that may have jurisdiction over a required review; and (2) to notify such agency that it has been designated as a cooperating agency unless the agency notifies the Bureau that the agency has no jurisdiction or authority over the project, has no expertise or information relevant to the project or any associated review, or does not intend to submit comments other than in cooperation with the Bureau. Requires each cooperating agency to submit to the Bureau: (1) a timeframe for completing the agency's authorizing responsibilities, (2) all environmental review material produced in the course of carrying out activities required under federal law consistent with the project schedule, and (3) all relevant project data. Allows a state in which a qualifying project is being considered to choose to: (1) participate as a cooperating agency; and (2) make subject to the processes of this Act all state agencies that have jurisdiction over the project, are required to conduct or issue a review, or are required to make a determination on issuing a permit, license, or approval for the project. Lists as the principal responsibilities of the Bureau under this Act to: (1) serve as the point of contact for applicants, state agencies, Indian tribes, and others regarding proposed projects; (2) coordinate preparation of unified environmental documentation that will serve as the basis for all federal decisions necessa… | 2023-01-11T13:26:09Z | |
| 113-hres-593 | 113 | hres | 593 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to better understand water availability, sustainability, and security at a national scale, the United States should prioritize the assessment of the quality and quantity of surface water and groundwater resources, and produce a national water census with the same sense of urgency that was incorporated in the "Man on the Moon" project to address the inevitable challenges of "Peak Water". | Water Resources Development | 2014-05-22 | 2014-06-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. | House | Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] | PA | D | C001090 | 9 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the United States should rapidly transition to a sustainable, secure water economy that prioritizes ecological flows; (2) all federal agencies whose missions include water should coordinate their efforts and collaborate with state and local water authorities; and (3) the United States should prioritize the assessment of the quality and quantity of surface water and groundwater resources and produce a national water census to address the inevitable challenges of Peak Water. | 2023-01-11T13:26:23Z | |
| 113-s-2379 | 113 | s | 2379 | Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-05-21 | 2014-12-10 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 639. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 3 | Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms: (1) the Hydroelectric Settlement (Settlement), the Klamath River Basin Restoration Agreement for the Sustainability of Public and Trust Resources and Affected Communities (Restoration Agreement), and the Upper Klamath Basin Comprehensive Agreement (Upper Basin Agreement), except as modified by this Act; and (2) any amendments to the Settlement, Restoration Agreement, or Upper Basin Agreement that are executed to make them consistent with this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Agriculture to promptly execute and implement the Restoration Agreement. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce to promptly execute and implement the Upper Basin Agreement. Directs the Secretary, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to implement the Settlement to the extent that it does not conflict with this Act. (Sec. 4) Includes in the Klamath Reclamation Project's purposes irrigation, reclamation, flood control, municipal uses, industrial uses, power, fish and wildlife purposes, and National Wildlife Refuge purposes. Prohibits water allocations for fish and wildlife and National Wildlife Refuge purposes from adversely affecting water allocations for irrigation purposes, with the exception of allocations to refuges as provided for in the Restoration Agreement. Provides for the disposition of net revenues from the leasing of refuge land within the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge and the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge. (Sec. 5) Authorizes the Klamath Tribes, and the United States acting as trustee for such Tribes, to make the commitments set forth in the Restoration Agreement and Upper Basin Agreement in consideration of: (1) the benefits those Agreements provide to the Tribes, and (2) the resolution of any contest or exception the Klamath Project Water Users and Off-Project Irrigators had to th… | 2023-01-11T13:25:06Z | |
| 113-s-2306 | 113 | s | 2306 | Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-05-08 | 2014-05-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] | DE | D | C000174 | 6 | Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to establish a Delaware River Basin restoration program, under which the Director shall: (1) draw on management plans for the Basin or portions of the Basin and work in consultation with applicable management entities, including representatives of the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, the Delaware River Basin Commission, the federal government, other state and local governments, and regional and nonprofit organizations, to identify, prioritize, and implement restoration and protection activities within the Basin; and (2) adopt a Basin-wide strategy that supports the implementation of a shared set of science-based restoration and protection activities, targets cost-effective conservation projects, and supports measurable conservation efforts. Defines "Basin" as the four-state Delaware Basin region, including all of Delaware Bay and portions of Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania located in the Delaware River watershed. Requires the Director to establish the Delaware River Basin restoration grant program to provide competitive matching grants to carry out the restoration program. Requires the Director to develop criteria to ensure that funded activities: (1) restore or protect fish and wildlife and their habitats; (2) improve or protect water quality by reducing pollutants and restoring headwater areas and drinking water basins; (3) improve the management of water volume and mitigation of flood damage to support the ecological needs of fish and wildlife and their habitats; (4) include priority needs or actions identified in the Basin-wide strategy; and/or (5) include restoration and protection activities with multiple benefits in the Basin, including habitat, water quality, and flood damage mitigation. Limits the federal share of the total cost of a funded project to 50%. Authorizes the Director to contract with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation or another organization that … | 2023-01-11T13:26:22Z | |
| 113-hr-4562 | 113 | hr | 4562 | To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska. | Water Resources Development | 2014-05-01 | 2014-07-23 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] | NE | R | S001172 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Authorizes any landowner within the Northport Irrigation District in Nebraska to repay, at any time, the construction costs of project facilities allocated to the landowner's land within the District. Provides that upon discharge in full of the obligation for repayment of all such costs, the parcels of land shall not be subject to the ownership and full-cost pricing limitations under federal reclamation law. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon request, to provide to the landowner who has repaid such costs in full a certificate acknowledging that the landholding is free of such limitations. | 2023-01-11T13:26:02Z | |
| 113-hr-4508 | 113 | hr | 4508 | To amend the East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act to permit the Secretary of the Interior to extend the contract for certain water services. | Water Resources Development | 2014-04-29 | 2014-07-23 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large] | MT | R | D000618 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act to permit the Secretary of the Interior to extend the contract for water services between the United States and the East Bench Irrigation District until the earlier of: (1) that date that is 10 years (currently, 4 years) after the date on which the contract would have expired if such Act had not been enacted, or (2) the date on which a new long-term contract is executed by the parties to the contract. | 2023-01-11T13:26:02Z | |
| 113-hr-4456 | 113 | hr | 4456 | To determine the feasibility of additional agreements for long-term use of existing or expanded non-Federal storage and conveyance facilities to augment Federal water supply, ecosystem, and operational flexibility benefits in certain areas, and for other purposes. | Water Resources Development | 2014-04-10 | 2014-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11] | CA | D | M000725 | 10 | Directs the Secretary of the Interior: (1) in order to determine the feasibility of agreements for long-term use of existing or expanded non-federal storage and conveyance facilities to augment federal water supply, ecosystem, and operational flexibility benefits, to enter into cooperative agreements with non-federal entities to provide replacement water supplies for drought relief for Central Valley Project contractors, units of the National Wildlife Refuge System, state wildlife areas, and private wetland areas; and (2) complete a report (to be made available to the Chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System and Central Valley Project contractors) on the feasibility of such agreements within two years of this Act's enactment. Requires such agreements to: (1) include the purchase of storage capacity in non-federal facilities from willing sellers; and (2) provide reimbursement for the temporary use of available capacity in existing above-ground, off-stream storage, and associated conveyance facilities owned by local water agencies. | 2023-01-11T13:26:39Z | |
| 113-s-2225 | 113 | s | 2225 | Smart Water Resource Management Conservation and Efficiency Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-04-09 | 2014-07-16 | Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-772. | Senate | Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] | NM | D | U000039 | 1 | Smart Water Resource Management Conservation and Efficiency Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish and carry out a smart water resource management pilot program to award grants to three to five eligible entities (authorities that provide water, wastewater, or water reuse services) to demonstrate novel and innovative technology-based solutions that will: (1) increase the energy and water efficiency of water, wastewater, and water reuse systems; (2) improve such systems to help communities make significant progress in conserving water, saving energy, and reducing costs; and (3) support the implementation of innovative processes and the installation of advanced automated systems that provide real-time data on energy and water. Directs the Secretary, in selecting grant recipients, to consider: energy and cost savings; the novelty of the technology to be used; the degree to which the project integrates next-generation sensors, software, analytics, and management tools; the anticipated cost-effectiveness of the pilot project in terms of energy efficiency savings, water savings or reuse, and infrastructure costs averted; whether the technology can be deployed in a variety of geographic regions and the degree to which the technology can be implemented on a smaller or larger scale; and whether the project will be completed in five years or less. Requires the Secretary to evaluate, annually, each project for which a grant is provided and make best practices identified available to the public. | 2023-01-11T13:26:34Z | |
| 113-hr-4420 | 113 | hr | 4420 | Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act | Water Resources Development | 2014-04-08 | 2014-04-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large] | MT | R | D000618 | 0 | Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act - Establishes in the Treasury a Reclamation Rural Water Construction Fund, into which the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit for each of FY2014-FY2030 a specified amount of revenues that would otherwise be deposited in the reclamation fund established by the Reclamation Act of 1902. Authorizes the Secretary to use amounts from the Fund to complete construction of rural water projects that were authorized to be carried out on or before this Act's enactment or for which: (1) a feasibility study has been submitted to the Secretary by September 30, 2012, pursuant to the Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 that recommends construction, and (2) an Act of Congress enacted after this Act's enactment has authorized construction. Prohibits the Secretary from using amounts from the Fund to pay for project operation and maintenance costs. Prohibits the Secretary from expending amounts from the Fund until the date on which the Secretary develops: (1) programmatic goals that would enable the completion of construction of the authorized rural water projects as expeditiously as possible and that reflect the goals and priorities identified in the laws authorizing the projects and the goals of the Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act; and (2) funding prioritization criteria that takes into account specified information, including an evaluation of the need for potable water supplies in the affected rural and tribal communities, the completion status of a project, and the financial needs of the affected communities. Terminates the Fund on September 30, 2035. | 2023-01-11T13:26:40Z | |
| 113-hres-549 | 113 | hres | 549 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the need to explore emerging technologies that are mobile and capable of supplying high volumes of sterile, pathogenic-free water, and for other purposes. | Water Resources Development | 2014-04-08 | 2014-04-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. | House | Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] | TX | R | W000816 | 2 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should explore emerging technologies that are mobile and capable of supplying high volumes of sterile, pathenogenic-free water in order to respond to situations in which water systems are closed as a result of EPA-induced shutdowns or natural disasters. | 2023-01-11T13:26:36Z | |
| 113-hr-4300 | 113 | hr | 4300 | Sacramento Valley Water Storage and Restoration Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-03-26 | 2014-03-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] | CA | R | L000578 | 5 | Sacramento Valley Water Storage and Restoration Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to: (1) finalize and publish in the Federal Register the feasibility study authorized in the Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, for enlargement of the Los Vaqueros Reservoir in Contra Costa County, California; (2) work with the Secretary of Commerce, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, by June 30, 2015, to coordinate the efforts of the relevant agencies and work with the state of California, the Sites Project Authority, and other stakeholders to complete and issue the final joint environmental impact statement and report on the Sites Project (the Sites Reservoir in Glenn and Colusa Counties, California, and related facilities, including associated water conveyance and hydropower generation and transmission facilities); and (3) enter into agreements with the Authority to carry out such work as the Bureau and the Authority mutually agree is appropriate to ensure that all studies and environmental reviews are completed on an expeditious basis and that the shortest applicable process under the National Environmental Policy Act is utilized, including in the completion of the final feasibility study and final joint environmental impact statement and report on the Sites Project. Amends the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act to: (1) authorize construction of the Sites Reservoir in Colusa County if the Secretary determines that the project is feasible; and (2) direct the Bureau, at the Authority's request, to enter into a project partnership agreement for the Authority to provide full project management control for construction of the Sites Project, or a separable element of the Project, in accordance with plans approved by the Secretary. Authorizes and directs: (1) the Bureau to advance the Sites Project as a non-federal project if the Commissioner of the Bureau determines and the Secretary concurs th… | 2023-01-11T13:26:48Z | |
| 113-hr-4258 | 113 | hr | 4258 | SECURE Water Amendments Act | Water Resources Development | 2014-03-14 | 2014-03-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | N000179 | 18 | SECURE Water Amendments Act of 2014 - Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to: (1) include "planning for or addressing the impact of drought" among the activities for which the Secretary may make grants and enter cooperative agreements for water management improvement, (2) include Hawaii among the states in which eligible grant and agreement applicants may be located, (3) authorize appropriations for such grants and agreements for FY2015-FY2023, and (4) authorize appropriations for national water availability and use assessment program grants for FY2014-FY2023. | 2023-01-11T13:26:49Z | |
| 113-hr-4266 | 113 | hr | 4266 | To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the South Sacramento County Agriculture and Habitat Lands Water Recycling Project in Sacramento County, California. | Water Resources Development | 2014-03-14 | 2014-03-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6] | CA | D | M001163 | 2 | Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of, and land acquisition for, a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater in Sacramento County, California. Requires the project to consist of three phases, the first of which shall include the planning, design, and construction of water conveyance and related infrastructure to provide recycled water to irrigate approximately 4,500 acres of land in southern Sacramento County. | 2023-01-11T13:26:49Z | |
| 113-hr-4239 | 113 | hr | 4239 | To provide drought assistance to the State of California and other affected western States. | Water Resources Development | 2014-03-13 | 2014-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. | House | Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] | CA | D | H001068 | 16 | Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of the Interior (Secretaries), in response to the declaration of a state of drought emergency in California, to provide the maximum quantity of water supplies possible to Central Valley Project (CVP) and Klamath Project agricultural, municipal and industrial, and refuge service and repayment contractors, State Water Project contractors, and any other locality or municipality in California. Sets forth actions to be taken to increase water supply, including: (1) authorizing actions to provide for real time operations of the Delta Cross Channel Gates to provide water supply and quality standards and ecosystem benefits for the duration of the drought, (2) implementing the San Joaquin River inflow-to-export ratio established by the National Marine Fisheries Service, (3) maintaining all rescheduled water supplies held in the San Luis Reservoir and Millerton Reservoir for all water users, (4) making WaterSMART grant funding administered by the Bureau of Reclamation available for eligible projects on a priority and expedited basis, and (5) issuing proposed rules to update stormwater regulations for urban and suburban runoff sources and guidance on use of rainwater capture. Makes emergency appropriations in FY2014 for water supply projects and assistance under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991. Requires the National Resources Conservation Service to provide water supply planning assistance in preparation for and in response to dry, critically dry, and below normal water year types to any state water agency requesting such assistance. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to treat the California emergency drought declaration as a request for a determination under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act that there is a commercial fisheries failure and catastrophic regional fishery disaster for fisheries that originate in California. Requires federal agency heads t… | 2023-01-11T13:26:50Z | |
| 113-sres-390 | 113 | sres | 390 | A resolution designating March 11, 2014, as "World Plumbing Day". | Water Resources Development | 2014-03-13 | 2014-03-13 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1669; text as passed Senate: CR S1664) | Senate | Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] | OR | D | M001176 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates March 11, 2014, as World Plumbing Day. | 2019-02-20T12:28:43Z | |
| 113-hr-4125 | 113 | hr | 4125 | Shasta Dam Expansion Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-02-28 | 2014-03-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16] | CA | D | C001059 | 4 | Shasta Dam Expansion Act of 2014 - Amends the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a project for the enlargement of the Shasta Dam, California, if the Secretary determines that such project is feasible. | 2023-01-11T13:26:57Z | |
| 113-hr-4126 | 113 | hr | 4126 | San Luis Reservoir Expansion Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-02-28 | 2014-03-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16] | CA | D | C001059 | 5 | San Luis Reservoir Expansion Act of 2014 - Amends the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act to authorize expenditures for the San Luis Reservoir lowpoint improvement project to include funds to increase storage capacity at San Luis Reservoir in California. | 2023-01-11T13:26:57Z | |
| 113-hr-4127 | 113 | hr | 4127 | Upper San Joaquin River Storage Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-02-28 | 2014-03-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16] | CA | D | C001059 | 4 | Upper San Joaquin River Storage Act of 2014 - Amends the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a project for Upper San Joaquin River storage in Fresno and Madera Counties, California, if the Secretary determines that such project is feasible. | 2023-01-11T13:26:57Z | |
| 113-s-2055 | 113 | s | 2055 | Corps of Engineers Cooperative Joint Management Restoration Act | Water Resources Development | 2014-02-27 | 2014-12-12 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 652. | Senate | Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] | AR | R | B001236 | 4 | Corps of Engineers Cooperative Joint Management Restoration Act - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to allow a non-federal public or private entity that has entered into a cooperative agreement for the operation and management of recreation facilities and natural resources at civil works projects under the Secretary's jurisdiction to collect user fees for the use of developed recreation sites and facilities, whether developed or constructed by such entity or the Department of the Army. Permits such an entity to: (1) use any visitor reservation service that the Secretary has provided for by contract or interagency agreement to manage fee collections and reservations, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate; and (2) retain up to 100% of the fees collected and use them for operation, maintenance, and management at the recreation site where they were collected. | 2023-01-11T13:25:07Z | |
| 113-hr-4100 | 113 | hr | 4100 | LOCAL Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-02-26 | 2014-02-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Cotton, Tom [R-AR-4] | AR | R | C001095 | 8 | Local Organization Cooperative Agreement for Land and Facility Maintenance Act of 2014 or the LOCAL Act of 2014 - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to permit a non-federal public or private entity that has entered into a cooperative agreement for the operation and management of recreation facilities and natural resources at civil works projects under the Secretary's jurisdiction to collect user fees for the use of developed recreation sites and facilities, whether developed or constructed by such entity or the Department of the Army. Permits such an entity to retain up to 100% of the fees collected and use them for operation, maintenance, and management at the recreation site where they were collected. | 2023-01-11T13:26:58Z | |
| 113-s-2034 | 113 | s | 2034 | Reclamation Title Transfer Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-02-24 | 2014-02-27 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-284. | Senate | Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] | HI | D | S001194 | 0 | Reclamation Title Transfer Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation to establish a program that: (1) identifies and analyzes the potential for public benefits from the transfer of eligible facilities out of federal ownership, and (2) facilitates the transfer of such facilities to qualifying entities to promote more efficient management of water and water-related facilities. Defines: (1) "eligible facilities" as reclamation projects or facilities (including dams and appurtenant works, infrastructure, recreational facilities, buildings, distribution and drainage works, and associated land or interests in land or water) for which the United States holds title and that meet the criteria for potential transfer established by this Act; and (2) "qualifying entity" as a state, local government, Indian tribe, municipal or quasi-municipal corporation, or other entity (such as a water district) that has the capacity to continue to manage the conveyed property for the same purposes that the property has been managed under the reclamation laws. Authorizes the Commissioner to convey an eligible facility to a qualifying entity without further authorization from Congress. Grants a qualifying entity that is operating an eligible facility at the time conveyance is being considered the right of first refusal. Authorizes the Commissioner to reserve an easement over a conveyed property if necessary for the management of any interests retained by the federal government. Directs the Commissioner to retain any mineral interests associated with a conveyed property. Requires the Commissioner to: (1) establish criteria for determining whether facilities are eligible for conveyance under this Act, including that the qualifying entity agrees to use the eligible facility for substantially the same purposes the facility is being used for at the time the transfer is being evaluated and that such a conveyance is in the financial interest of the United States; and (2) make information on how the determinations are m… | 2023-01-11T13:26:55Z | |
| 113-s-2019 | 113 | s | 2019 | SECURE Water Amendments Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-02-12 | 2014-07-31 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 517. | Senate | Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] | HI | D | S001194 | 5 | SECURE Water Amendments Act of 2014 - Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to: (1) include "planning for or addressing the impact of drought" among the activities for which the Secretary may make grants and enter cooperative agreements for water management improvement, (2) include Hawaii among the states in which eligible grant and agreement applicants may be located, (3) authorize appropriations for such grants and agreements, and (4) authorize appropriations for national water availability and use assessment program grants for FY2014-FY2018. | 2023-01-11T13:25:48Z | |
| 113-hr-4032 | 113 | hr | 4032 | North Texas Invasive Species Barrier Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-02-11 | 2014-06-09 | Became Public Law No: 113-117. | House | Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4] | TX | R | H000067 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on April 28, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) North Texas Invasive Species Barrier Act of 2014 - Exempts certain water transfers by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority from prohibitions on the transfer of invasive species across state borders proscribed under the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 and related criminal code provisions if: (1) only closed systems from Lake Texoma are used in the transfer, and (2) invasive species are eliminated or removed at treatment facilities. | 2023-03-22T18:49:19Z | |
| 113-hr-4039 | 113 | hr | 4039 | California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-02-11 | 2014-02-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. | House | Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16] | CA | D | C001059 | 2 | California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of the Interior (Secretaries), in response to the declaration of a state of drought emergency in California, to provide the maximum quantity of water supplies possible to Central Valley Project (CVP) and Klamath Project agricultural, municipal and industrial, and refuge service and repayment contractors, State Water Project contractors, and any other locality or municipality in California by approving, consistent with applicable laws: (1) any project or operations to provide additional water supplies if there is any possible way the Secretaries can do so, unless the project or operations constitute a highly inefficient way of providing additional water supplies; and (2) any projects or operations as quickly as possible based on available information to address the emergency conditions. Sets forth actions to be taken to increase water supply, including: (1) ensuring that the Delta Cross Channel Gates remain open to the greatest extent possible, (2) requiring the Director of the National Marine Fisheries Service to recommend revisions to operations of the CVP and the California State Water Project, (3) adopt a 1:1 inflow to export ratio for the increased flow of the San Joaquin River, (4) require the Director and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation to complete all requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 necessary to make final permit decisions on water transfer requests, and (5) make WaterSMART grant funding administered by the Bureau of Reclamation available for eligible projects on a priority and expedited basis. Authorizes financial assistance under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 for projects to increase water supply. Requires federal agency heads to consult with the Council on Environmental Quality to develop alternative arrangements to… | 2023-01-11T13:27:00Z | |
| 113-s-2016 | 113 | s | 2016 | California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-02-11 | 2014-02-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S893-896) | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 3 | California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of the Interior (Secretaries), in response to the declaration of a state of drought emergency in California, to provide the maximum quantity of water supplies possible to Central Valley Project (CVP) and Klamath Project agricultural, municipal and industrial, and refuge service and repayment contractors, State Water Project contractors, and any other locality or municipality in California by approving, consistent with applicable laws: (1) any project or operations to provide additional water supplies if there is any possible way the Secretaries can do so, unless the project or operations constitute a highly inefficient way of providing additional water supplies; and (2) any projects or operations as quickly as possible based on available information to address the emergency conditions. Sets forth actions to be taken to increase water supply, including: (1) ensuring that the Delta Cross Channel Gates remain open to the greatest extent possible, (2) requiring the Director of the National Marine Fisheries Service to recommend revisions to operations of the CVP and the California State Water Project, (3) adopt a 1:1 inflow to export ratio for the increased flow of the San Joaquin River, (4) require the Director and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation to complete all requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 necessary to make final permit decisions on water transfer requests, and (5) make WaterSMART grant funding administered by the Bureau of Reclamation available for eligible projects on a priority and expedited basis. Authorizes financial assistance under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 for projects to increase water supply. Requires federal agency heads to consult with the Council on Environmental Quality to develop alternative arrangements to… | 2023-01-11T13:26:55Z | |
| 113-s-1997 | 113 | s | 1997 | Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority System Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-02-06 | 2014-02-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 1 | Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority System Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the project entitled the "Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority System" in accordance with the plans described in the "Dry-Redwater Regional Water System Feasibility Study" if the Secretary determines that the project is feasible. Directs the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement to provide federal assistance for the planning, design, and construction of the System for specified counties in Montana and North Dakota. Limits the federal share of planning, design, and construction of the System to 75% of the total cost, or such other lesser amount as may be determined by the Commissioner of Reclamation in a feasibility report. Delineates the components of System facilities for which federal funds may be expended. Prohibits federal funds from being used for the System's operation, maintenance, or replacement. Directs the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration to make available to the System a quantity of power required, up to one and a half megawatt capacity, to meet the System's pumping and incidental operation requirements between May 1 and October 31 of each year from the water intake facilities and through all pumping stations, water treatment facilities, reservoirs, storage tanks, and pipelines up to the point of delivery of water by the water supply system to all storage reservoirs and tanks and each entity that distributes water at retail to individual users. Makes the System eligible to receive such power only if it operates on a nonprofit basis and is constructed pursuant to the cooperative agreement. Sets forth provisions regarding the purchase of additional power, the Authority's responsibility for power charges and non-federal delivery costs, and the System's responsibility for non-federal transmission and distribution system delivery and service arrangements and for funding any transmission upgrades required to the integrated system necessary to d… | 2023-01-11T13:26:56Z | |
| 113-hr-4001 | 113 | hr | 4001 | Defending Against Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2014-02-05 | 2014-02-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10] | MI | R | M001150 | 4 | Defending Against Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out projects necessary to separate the hydrologic connection between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins to prevent the interbasin transfer of aquatic invasive species. Requires the Secretary: (1) not later than 180 days after this Act's enactment, to undertake design activities necessary to carry out such projects; and (2) not later than 180 days after completion of such design activities, to begin construction of such projects. Authorizes: (1) the Secretary to enter into agreements with non-federal interests to assist in carrying out such projects, and (2) a federal cost share for such projects of up to 100%. | 2023-01-11T13:27:01Z | |
| 113-hr-3988 | 113 | hr | 3988 | FORECAST Act | Water Resources Development | 2014-02-04 | 2014-02-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] | CA | D | H001068 | 12 | Fixing Operations of Reservoirs to Encompass Climatic and Atmospheric Science Trends Act or the FORECAST Act - Requires the Secretary of the Army, not later than one year after a request of a non-federal sponsor of a reservoir, to review operation of such reservoir, including the water control manual and rule curves, using improved weather forecasts and run-off forecasting methods, including the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction System of the National Weather Service and the Hydrometeorology Testbed program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Requires the Secretary to determine if a change in operations will improve core functions of the Army Corps of Engineers, including: (1) reducing risks to human life, public safety, property; (2) reducing the need for future disaster relief; (3) improving local water storage capability and reliability in coordination with the non-federal sponsor and other water users; (4) restoring, protecting, or mitigating the impacts of a water resources development project on the environment; or (5) improving fish species habitat or population within the boundaries and downstream of a water resources project. Requires that if the Secretary determines from results of the review that using improved weather and run-off forecasting methods improves one or more core functions of the Corps at a reservoir, the Secretary shall incorporate such changes in its operation and update the water control manual. | 2023-01-11T13:27:01Z | |
| 113-hr-3980 | 113 | hr | 3980 | Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act | Water Resources Development | 2014-01-31 | 2014-09-18 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16. | House | Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] | CA | R | M001177 | 1 | Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act - Establishes the Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency for purposes of coordinating all reviews, analyses, opinions, statements, permits, licenses, or other approvals or decisions (reviews) required under federal law to construct new surface water storage projects on lands administered by the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture (USDA), exclusive of any easement, right-of-way, lease, or any private holding (qualifying projects). Directs the Commissioner of the Bureau: (1) upon receipt of an application for a qualifying project, to identify any federal agency that may have jurisdiction over a required review; and (2) to notify such agency that it has been designated as a cooperating agency unless the agency notifies the Bureau that the agency has no jurisdiction or authority over the project, has no expertise or information relevant to the project or any associated review, or does not intend to submit comments other than in cooperation with the Bureau. Requires each cooperating agency to submit to the Bureau: (1) a timeframe for completing the agency's authorizing responsibilities, (2) all environmental review material produced in the course of carrying out activities required under federal law consistent with the project schedule, and (3) all relevant project data. Allows a state in which a qualifying project is being considered to choose to: (1) participate as a cooperating agency; and (2) make subject to the processes of this Act all state agencies that have jurisdiction over the project, are required to conduct or issue a review, or are required to make a determination on issuing a permit, license, or approval for the project. Lists as the principal responsibilities of the Bureau under this Act to: (1) serve as the point of contact for applicants, state agencies, Indian tribes, and others regarding proposed projects; (2) coordinate preparation of unified environmental documentation that will serve as the basis for all federal decisions necessa… | 2023-01-11T13:27:05Z | |
| 113-hr-3981 | 113 | hr | 3981 | Accelerated Revenue, Repayment, and Surface Water Storage Enhancement Act | Water Resources Development | 2014-01-31 | 2014-09-18 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 16. | House | Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] | WA | R | H000329 | 0 | Accelerated Revenue, Repayment, and Surface Water Storage Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convert certain existing water service contracts between the United States and water users' associations to repayment contracts to allow for prepayment of such contracts, upon the request of the contractor. Specifies the manner of conversion and the terms and conditions of prepayment. Requires the receipts generated from prepayment of contracts under this Act, beyond amounts necessary to cover the amount of receipts forgone from scheduled payments under current law for the 10-year period following the enactment of this Act, to be directed to the Reclamation Surface Water Storage Account. Requires the Secretary to allocate amounts in such Account to fund or provide loans for the construction of surface water storage for: increased municipal and industrial water supply; agricultural floodwater, erosion, and sedimentation reduction; agricultural drainage improvements; agricultural irrigation; increased recreation opportunities; reduced adverse impacts to fish and wildlife from water storage or diversion projects within watersheds associated with water storage projects funded under this Act; and other purposes consistent with reclamation laws or other federal law. | 2023-01-11T13:27:05Z | |
| 113-hr-3964 | 113 | hr | 3964 | Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act | Water Resources Development | 2014-01-29 | 2014-02-10 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 306. | House | Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-21] | CA | R | V000129 | 16 | Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act - Title I: Central Valley Project Water Reliability - (Sec. 101) Amends the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) to include among the Act's purposes to: (1) ensure that water dedicated to fish and wildlife purposes is replaced and provided to Central Valley Project (CVP) water contractors by December 31, 2018, at the lowest cost reasonably achievable, and (2) facilitate and expedite water transfers in accordance with that Act. (Sec. 102) Redefines "anadromous fish" to: (1) include those native stocks of salmon (including steelhead) and sturgeon that, as of October 30, 1992, were present in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries and that ascend those rivers and their tributaries to reproduce after maturing in San Francisco Bay or the Pacific Ocean; and (2) exclude non-native striped bass and American shad. Defines "reasonable flows" as water flows capable of being maintained taking into account competing consumptive uses of water and economic, environmental, and social factors. (Sec. 103) Eliminates existing limitations on the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to enter into any new contracts for water supply from the CVP. Directs the Secretary to renew any existing long-term repayment or water service contract, upon request of the contractor, that provides for the delivery of water from the CVP for a period of 40 years (the current contractual term is 25 years). Requires new or renewed contracts to include a provision that requires the Secretary to charge only for water actually delivered. (Sec. 104) Directs the Secretary to take all necessary actions to facilitate and expedite CVP water transfers in accordance with CVPIA or any other provision of federal reclamation law and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Requires: (1) the contracting district from which the water is coming, the agency, or the Secretary to determine if a written water transfer proposal is complete within 45 days after the date … | 2023-01-11T13:27:01Z | |
| 113-s-1965 | 113 | s | 1965 | A bill to amend the East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act to permit the Secretary of the Interior to extend the contract for certain water services. | Water Resources Development | 2014-01-28 | 2014-07-31 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 515. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act to permit the Secretary of the Interior to extend the contract for water services between the United States and the East Bench Irrigation District until the earlier of: (1) that date that is 10 years (currently, 4 years) after the date on which the contract would have expired if such Act had not been enacted, or (2) the date on which a new long-term contract is executed by the parties to the contract. | 2023-01-11T13:25:48Z | |
| 113-s-1946 | 113 | s | 1946 | A bill to amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to modify the authorization of appropriations. | Water Resources Development | 2014-01-16 | 2014-07-31 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 514. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 3 | Amends the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to increase the authorization ceiling for FY2014. Increases the maximum amount of funds that may be be obligated for carrying out actual construction to modify an existing dam prior to 30 calendar days from the date that the Secretary of the Interior has transmitted a report on such dam to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate (currently, to Congress). Requires the Secretary, at least 30 days before making modification expenditures of between $1.8 million and $20 million, to submit to such Committees written notice that provides a summary of the project, the cost of the project, and any alternatives that were considered. | 2023-01-11T13:25:48Z | |
| 113-s-1800 | 113 | s | 1800 | Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-12-11 | 2015-01-02 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | WY | R | B001261 | 1 | Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress, make publicly available, and biennially update an Asset Management Report that describes the Bureau of Reclamation's efforts to: (1) maintain in a reliable manner all reserved works (buildings, structures, facilities, or equipment owned by the Bureau for which operations and maintenance are performed by Bureau employees or through a contract with the Bureau) at Reclamation facilities (infrastructure assets that are owned by the Bureau at each Reclamation project owned by the Bureau); and (2) standardize and streamline data reporting and processes across regions and areas for the purpose of maintaining such works. Requires such Report to include: (1) a detailed assessment of major repair and rehabilitation needs for all such works; and (2) an itemized list of major repair and rehabilitation needs of individual Reclamation facilities at each Reclamation project, including a budget level cost estimate of appropriations needed to complete each item and an assignment of a categorical rating for each item consistent with existing uniform categorization systems to inform the annual budget process and agency requirements. Directs the Secretary to: (1) coordinate with the non-federal entities responsible for the operation and maintenance of transferred works (Reclamation facilities at which operations and maintenance are carried out by a non-federal entity under a formal agreement with the Bureau) in developing reporting requirements for Asset Management Reports regarding the condition of, and planned maintenance for, transferred works; and (2) develop and implement a categorical rating system for transferred works. Reduces the maximum amount of the federal share of the cost of the Central Valley Water Recycling Project otherwise available as of the date of enactment of this Act by $2 million. | 2023-01-11T13:23:28Z | |
| 113-hr-3646 | 113 | hr | 3646 | Extreme Weather Mitigation Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-12-04 | 2013-12-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] | NY | D | J000294 | 4 | Extreme Weather Mitigation Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to give funding priority to authorized projects and studies with a primary purpose of hurricane and storm damage risk reduction that: (1) address an imminent threat to life and property, (2) prevent storm surge from inundating populated areas, (3) prevent the loss of coastal wetlands that help reduce the impact of storm surge, (4) protect emergency hurricane evacuation routes or shelters, (5) prevent adverse impacts to publicly-owned or funded infrastructure and assets, (6) minimize federal disaster relief costs, and (7) address hurricane and storm damage risk reduction in presidentially-declared major disaster areas. Provides for expedited consideration of previously authorized water resources projects that meet such criteria. Sets forth criteria for prioritizing new studies for hurricane and storm damage reduction. | 2023-01-11T13:23:39Z | |
| 113-s-1771 | 113 | s | 1771 | Crooked River Collaborative Water Security Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-11-21 | 2014-07-31 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512. | Senate | Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] | OR | D | M001176 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Crooked River Collaborative Water Security Act of 2013 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to modify the boundary of the Crooked River, Oregon. Requires an applicant, in any application submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) relating to hydropower development at Bowman Dam (including turbines and appurtenant facilities), to: (1) analyze any impacts to the scenic, recreational, and fishery resource values of the Crooked River that may be caused by development; (2) propose mitigation for such impacts; and (3) propose measures to ensure that any associated access facilities shall not impede the free-flowing nature of the River below the Dam. (Sec. 3) Requires 5,100 acre-feet of water to be released annually from the Crooked River federal reclamation project in Oregon to serve as mitigation for the city of Prineville groundwater pumping, pursuant to Oregon law. Directs the city to make payment to the Secretary of the Interior for such water in accordance with applicable Bureau of Reclamation policies, directives, and standards. Authorizes the Secretary, consistent with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), to contract exclusively with the city for additional amounts in the future at the city's request. (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary, on a "first fill" priority basis, to store in, and when called for in any year, to release from the Reservoir: (1) 68,273 acre feet of water annually to fulfill all 16 Bureau of Reclamation contracts existing as of January 1, 2011; (2) up to 2,740 acre feet of water annually to supply the McKay Creek land; (3) 10,000 acre feet of water annually to the North Unit Irrigation District or the contract holders, upon request, pursuant to Temporary Water Service Contracts; and (4) 5,100 acre-feet of water annually to mitigate the city's groundwater pumping, with the release of that water to occur not b… | 2023-01-11T13:23:41Z | |
| 113-s-1630 | 113 | s | 1630 | Water Rights Protection Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-10-31 | 2013-10-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | WY | R | B001261 | 7 | Water Rights Protection Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from: (1) conditioning the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy agreement on the transfer or relinquishment of any water right directly to the United States, in whole or in part, granted under state law, by federal or state adjudication, decree, or other judgment, or pursuant to any interstate water compact and such Secretaries; and (2) requiring any water user to apply for a water right in the name of the United States under state law as a condition of such a land use or occupancy agreement. | 2023-01-11T13:23:52Z | |
| 113-hr-3390 | 113 | hr | 3390 | Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-10-30 | 2014-01-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. | House | Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] | NV | R | A000369 | 7 | Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2013 - Amends the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, to: (1) conduct forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin in a manner that helps achieve and maintain the environmental threshold carrying capacities established by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (Agency) and attains multiple ecosystem benefits, unless the attainment of such benefits would excessively increase the project's cost in relation to the additional benefits gained; (2) establish post-project ground condition criteria for ground disturbance caused by forest management activities; and (3) provide for monitoring to ascertain the attainment of such conditions. Requires the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit to: (1) manage vehicular parking and traffic in the Unit, and (2) support the attainment of the environmental threshold carrying capacities. Withdraws federal land located in the Unit from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing. Exempts a land conveyance from withdrawal if carried out under the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act or the Santini-Burton Act. Requires the Chair of the Lake Tahoe Federal Interagency Partnership to submit to Congress a prioritized list of all Environmental Improvement Program projects for the Basin. Authorizes the Secretary, the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to carry out or provide financial assistance to specified projects and projects included in the prioritized list that have been subject to environmental review and approval under federal and state law and the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact. Requires the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to deploy strategies consistent with t… | 2023-01-11T13:23:25Z | |
| 113-hr-3414 | 113 | hr | 3414 | FISH Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-10-30 | 2013-11-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3] | WA | R | H001056 | 3 | Fundamentally Improving Salmon Habitat Act or the FISH Act - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to revise requirements for studies and ecosystem restoration projects for the lower Columbia River and Tillamook Bay estuaries, Oregon and Washington. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) conduct studies and ecosystem restoration projects with total costs of $2 million or greater per project (designated as "large projects"); and (2) provide grants to the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership, the Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board, and the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership to conduct projects with total costs of less than $2 million per project ("small projects"). Revises and adds requirements relating to administration of such projects, including the provision of technical assistance to entities carrying out small projects, the determination of priority for large and small projects, and the allocation of funding for small projects. | 2023-01-11T13:23:56Z | |
| 113-hr-3189 | 113 | hr | 3189 | Water Rights Protection Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-09-26 | 2014-03-24 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] | CO | R | T000470 | 15 | Water Rights Protection Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from: (1) conditioning the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy agreement on the transfer of any water right (including joint or sole ownership) directly to the United States, or any impairment in title, in whole or in part, granted or recognized under state law, by federal or state adjudication, decree, or other judgment, or pursuant to any interstate water compact; and (2) requiring any water user (including any federally recognized Indian tribe) to apply for a water right in the name of the United States under state law as a condition of such a land use or occupancy agreement. States that nothing in this Act shall: (1) limit or expand any existing authority of the Secretaries to condition any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy agreement on federal lands subject to their respective jurisdictions; (2) interfere with existing or future Bureau of Reclamation contracts; (3) affect the implementation of the Endangered Species Act of 1973; (4) limit or expand any existing federal reserved water rights on lands administered by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture; (5) limit or expand certain authorities under the Federal Power Act; and (6) limit or expand any existing reserved water right or treaty right of any federally recognized Indian tribe. | 2023-01-11T13:24:09Z | |
| 113-hr-3176 | 113 | hr | 3176 | To reauthorize the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, and for other purposes. | Water Resources Development | 2013-09-25 | 2013-10-10 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 10 | Amends the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to extend the authorities and authorization of appropriations under such Act through FY2018. | 2023-01-11T13:24:09Z | |
| 113-s-1508 | 113 | s | 1508 | Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-09-17 | 2013-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] | MD | D | C000141 | 2 | Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2013 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) establish the Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program to provide grants to owners or operators of water systems for programs or projects to increase the resiliency or adaptability of the systems to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of a U.S. region, and (2) give priority to owners or operators of water systems that are at the greatest and most immediate risk of facing significant negative impacts due to changing hydrologic conditions. Requires the Administrator to ensure that the list of grant applications funded includes a substantial number that propose to utilize innovative approaches that meet at least one of these goals: (1) promote more efficient water use, water conservation, water reuse, or recycling; (2) use decentralized, low-impact development technologies and nonstructural approaches, including practices that use, enhance, or mimic the natural hydrological cycle or protect natural flows; (3) reduce stormwater runoff or flooding by protecting or enhancing natural ecosystem functions; (4) modify, upgrade, enhance, or replace existing water system infrastructure in response to changing hydrologic conditions; (5) improve water quality or quantity for agricultural and municipal uses, including through salinity reduction; and (6) provide multiple benefits, including to water supply enhancement or demand reduction, water quality protection or improvement, increased flood protection, and ecosystem protection or improvement. | 2023-01-11T13:24:06Z | |
| 113-hr-3080 | 113 | hr | 3080 | Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2013-09-11 | 2014-06-10 | Became Public Law No: 113-121. | House | Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9] | PA | R | S001154 | 47 | (This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on May 15, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 - Title I: Program Reforms And Streamlining - (Sec. 1001) Revises requirements for feasibility studies initiated under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (WRDA of 1986) to: (1) require a final report on a study not later than three years after its initiation; (2) limit the maximum federal cost of any such study to $3 million; and (3) require personnel of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to conduct concurrent reviews of feasibility studies (currently, sequential reviews are permitted). Requires the Secretary of the Army, not later than 30 days after making a determination that a feasibility study will not be conducted in accordance with such limitations, to: (1) prepare an updated feasibility study schedule and cost estimate, (2) notify the non-federal feasibility cost-sharing partner that the study has been delayed, and (3) provide written notice to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (congressional public works committees) explaining the reasons for noncompliance. Terminates the authority for any feasibility study that is not completed within one year after the Secretary makes a determination of noncompliance, except that the Secretary may extend the timeline of a feasibility study for up to 3 years if the Secretary determines that the study is too complex to comply with the time and cost limitations imposed by this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from extending the timeline for a feasibility study for more than 7 years. Requires the Secretary, not later than 90 days after the initiation of a feasibility study, to initiate federally-mandated reviews, including environmental reviews. Requires the Secretary, not later than four years after the enactment of this Act, to report on: (1) the status of implementation of these limitati… | 2023-03-22T18:49:17Z | |
| 113-hr-2973 | 113 | hr | 2973 | Hudson-Mohawk River Basin Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-08-01 | 2013-08-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. | House | Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] | NY | D | T000469 | 0 | Hudson-Mohawk River Basin Act of 2013 - Directs the President to: (1) establish the Hudson-Mohawk River Basin Commission, in cooperation with the governors of the states included in the Hudson-Mohawk River Basin (New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut), to coordinate activities being undertaken by the states, advisory committees, local governments, institutions of higher education, and nongovernmental organizations to address environmental, economic, and cultural issues associated with the management and use of resources in the Hudson-Mohawk Watershed; and (2) designate the Secretary of the Interior to serve as a member of the Commission and as coordinator of participation of relevant federal agencies in the Commission's activities. Requires the Commission to: (1) develop and implement plans, policies, and projects relating to the Basin's water resources; (2) adopt and promote uniform and coordinated policies for management and conservation of such resources; (3) coordinate and direct the development, implementation, operation, and financing of water resources projects consistent with its plans and policies; and (4) develop and adopt a comprehensive plan for the development and use of such resources, which shall address all projects and facilities required for development, conservation, use, management, and control of the Basin's water resources to meet present and future needs. Directs the Commission to adopt a water resources program on an annual basis, based upon the comprehensive plan, that identifies specific projects and facilities to be undertaken during the immediate five-year period in each of the Basin's five sub-basins. | 2023-01-11T13:24:18Z | |
| 113-s-1451 | 113 | s | 1451 | Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-08-01 | 2014-06-05 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 422. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2013 - Reauthorizes the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act. (Sec. 2) Revises the purposes of the Act. (Sec. 4) Requires the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit to: (1) manage vehicular parking and traffic in the Unit with priority given to improving public access to the Basin, coordinating with the Nevada Department of Transportation, Caltrans, state parks and other entities along Nevada highway 28 and California Highway 89, and providing support to local public transit systems in the management and operations of activities under such Act; and (2) support the attainment of the environmental threshold carrying capacities. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), acting through the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, to enter into a contract or agreement with the Department of Transportation (DOT) to secure operating and capital funds from the National Forest Transit Program. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Chief, to: (1) conduct forest management activities in the Basin in a manner that helps achieve and maintain the environmental threshold carrying capacities established by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and attains multiple ecosystem benefits, unless the attainment of such benefits would excessively increase project costs in relation to the additional benefits gained; (2) establish post-project ground condition criteria for ground disturbance caused by forest management activities; and (3) provide for monitoring to ascertain the attainment of such conditions. Withdraws federal land located in the Unit from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing. Exempts from such withdrawal a conveyance of land that is carried out under the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act or the Santini-… | 2023-01-11T13:23:24Z | |
| 113-hr-2813 | 113 | hr | 2813 | To amend the Water Supply Act of 1958 to establish a mechanism to permit State and local interests to release to the United States future water storage rights associated with Corps of Engineers reservoir projects. | Water Resources Development | 2013-07-24 | 2013-07-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Cotton, Tom [R-AR-4] | AR | R | C001095 | 0 | Amends the Water Supply Act of 1958 to permit an interested state or local interest to submit to the Secretary of the Army by January 1, 2016, a plan for the utilization of future use water storage under such Act. Requires such plan to include: (1) a 10-year timetable for conversion of future use storage to present use; and (2) a schedule of actions that the state or local interest agrees to carry out over a 10-year period, in cooperation with the Corps of Engineers, to seek new and alternative users of future water storage that is contracted to the state or local interest on the date of this Act's enactment. Allows a state or local interest that the Secretary determines has carried out its obligations under such plan, for Corps projects for the period from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028, to notify the Secretary that it seeks to release to the United States any right of the state or local interest to future water storage that was allocated for future use water supply prior to November 17, 1986, and that has not been allocated or used as of December 31, 2025. Provides that on receipt of such notification by the Secretary: (1) the request of the applicable state or local interest to release future water storage rights shall be considered to be approved, and (2) such interest shall not be responsible for the cost of any water storage rights released under such Act. | 2023-01-11T13:24:29Z | |
| 113-hr-2741 | 113 | hr | 2741 | To clarify that, with respect to each Missouri River mainstem reservoir of the Corps of Engineers located in a State, the State maintains authority to allocate and appropriate the quantity of water in the reservoir that is attributable to the natural flows of the Missouri River within the boundaries of the State, and for other purposes. | Water Resources Development | 2013-07-18 | 2013-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large] | SD | R | N000184 | 2 | Declares it to be congressional policy that: (1) a state has authority to manage the waters of rivers located within its boundaries; and (2) a state in which a Missouri River mainstem reservoir of the Corps of Engineers is located maintains authority to allocate the quantity of water in the reservoir attributable to the natural flows of the Missouri River within its boundaries. Requires all policies and procedures for the operations of Missouri River mainstem reservoirs of the Corps to be consistent with such policy. Defines "natural flows" to mean Missouri River waters that would be flowing in a state in the absence of a dam that forms a Missouri River mainstem reservoir of the Corps. Requires the quantity of natural flows to be determined based on average monthly flows (excluding depletions) and to be calculated for the entire period of record, including before, during, and after construction of any dams or reservoirs. Requires the Secretary of the Army to determine the quantity of water in each Missouri River mainstem reservoir of the Corps that is attributable to the natural flows of the Missouri River within the state in which the reservoir is located. Authorizes a state to seek judicial review of such determination. Prohibits the Secretary from charging a fee in connection with water of the Missouri River in a state, without the state's consent, until such quantity of the natural flows of the Missouri River within the state is determined. | 2023-01-11T13:24:31Z | |
| 113-hr-2742 | 113 | hr | 2742 | Army Corps of Engineers Communications Accountability Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-07-18 | 2013-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large] | SD | R | N000184 | 1 | Army Corps of Engineers Communications Accountability Act of 2013 - Requires the Chief of Engineers: (1) to notify the public within seven days after determining that runoff conditions in the Missouri River System are likely to reach the upper quartile or upper decile scenarios specified for a year in an annual operating plan for such System; and (2) to meet with a state, local, or tribal government with jurisdiction over an area that will be affected by a flood occurring in the System within seven days after such government requests such a consultation regarding such an upper decile determination. Authorizes the Chief to provide in such consultation information regarding expected water levels, advice regarding preparedness actions, and technical assistance. | 2023-01-11T13:24:31Z | |
| 113-hr-2640 | 113 | hr | 2640 | Crooked River Collaborative Water Security and Jobs Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2013-07-10 | 2014-12-18 | Became Public Law No: 113-244. | House | Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] | OR | R | W000791 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 11, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Crooked River Collaborative Water Security and Jobs Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to modify the boundary of the Crooked River, Oregon. Requires the applicant, in any license or lease of power privilege application relating to non-federal hydropower development at Bowman Dam, to: analyze any impacts to the scenic, recreational, and fishery resource values of the Crooked River from the center crest of such Dam to a point 1/4-mile downstream that may be caused by the proposed hydropower development; propose measures to minimize and mitigate such impacts; and propose measures to ensure that any access facilities associated with such hydropower development shall not impede the free-flowing nature of the Crooked River below the Dam. (Sec. 3) Requires 5,100 acre-feet of water to be released annually from the Crooked River project to serve as mitigation for city of Prineville groundwater pumping, pursuant to and consistent with Oregon law; and (2) Prineville to make payments to the Secretary for the water released. Authorizes the Secretary to contract exclusively with Prineville for additional quantities of water at the city's request. (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary, on a first fill priority basis, to store in and, when called for in any year, release from the Reservoir an additional: (1) 68,273 acre feet of water annually to fulfill all 16 Bureau of Reclamation contracts existing as of January 1, 2011; (2) 2,740 acre feet of water annually to supply the McKay Creek land; (3) 10,000 acre feet of water annually, first to the North Unit Irrigation District and subsequently to any other holders of Reclamation contracts existing as of January 1, 2011, pursuant to Temporary Water Service Contracts, upon request; and (4) 5,100 acre feet of water annually to mitigate Prineville groundwater pumping pursuant to the release schedule developed pursuant to this Act… | 2023-03-22T18:49:17Z | |
| 113-hr-2554 | 113 | hr | 2554 | To increase water storage availability at the New Melones Reservoir to provide additional water for areas served below the reservoir, and for other purposes. | Water Resources Development | 2013-06-27 | 2013-07-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10] | CA | R | D000612 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop and offer to the Oakdale Irrigation District and the South San Joaquin Irrigation District in California a contract enabling the Districts to collectively impound and store up to 100,000 acre-feet of their superior Stanislaus River water rights in the New Melones Reservoir in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Warren Act. Requires any such contract to be for not less than 10 years and to expressly: (1) permit the Districts to use any water impounded and stored in such Reservoir for any legal purpose under California law, including use within the boundaries of either District, transfer to and reasonable and beneficial use by a person or entity not located within such boundaries, and for in stream use in the Stanislaus River, the San Joaquin River, or the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta; and (2) prohibit any water impounded and stored by either District from being released or withdrawn if the storage level of such Reservoir is below 1 million acre-feet and to require, in such event, that the impounded and stored water be retained for use by the Districts in the following year, subject to the same minimum storage requirement and without additional payment. Excludes any water impounded and stored in such Reservoir by either District under such contract from water placed in the Districts' conservation account as defined in the August 30, 1988 Stipulation and Agreement entered into between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Districts. | 2023-01-11T13:24:45Z | |
| 113-hr-2436 | 113 | hr | 2436 | San Gabriel Watershed Restoration Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-06-19 | 2013-06-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] | CA | D | C001080 | 7 | San Gabriel Watershed Restoration Act - Directs the Chief of Engineers, in coordination with Los Angeles County, California, to: (1) prepare a feasibility study for environmental ecosystem restoration, flood control, water quality control, water supply storage, outdoor recreation enhancements, and other aspects of the San Gabriel River Watershed revitalization that is consistent with the goals of the San Gabriel River master plan published by that County; and (2) identify demonstration projects for construction and restoration of the San Gabriel River Watershed. Authorizes the Chief to construct demonstration projects to provide information to develop the study. Limits to 65% the federal share of the cost of any project under this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:24:48Z | |
| 113-hr-2293 | 113 | hr | 2293 | Flood Control Credit Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-06-06 | 2013-06-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6] | CA | D | M001163 | 2 | Flood Control Credit Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to apply credit for in-kind contributions by a non-federal interest that exceed the required non-federal cost-share for a water resources study or project, including credit for in-kind contributions provided to accelerate completion of such a study or project, toward the required non-federal cost-share for a different water resources study or project. Allows credit in excess of non-federal cost-share for a study or project to be approved only if: (1) the non-federal interest submits a comprehensive plan to the Secretary that identifies the studies and projects for which it intends to provide in-kind contributions for credit that is in excess of the non-federal cost share for the study or project and the studies and projects to which that excess credit would be applied, (2) the Secretary approves such plan, and (3) the total amount of credit does not exceed the total non-federal cost-share for the studies and projects in the approved plan. Directs the Secretary to consider whether applying such credit will: (1) help to expedite the completion of a project or group of projects, (2) reduce federal government costs, and (3) aid the completion of a project that provides significant flood risk reduction or environmental benefits. Amends the Flood Control Act of 1970 to: allow a partnership agreement for the construction of a water resources project to require the Secretary to credit the value of in-kind contributions made by the non-federal interest toward the non-federal share of the cost of a project under an environmental infrastructure assistance program; require the Secretary and the non-federal interest, in any case in which the non-federal interest is to receive credit for the cost of construction it carried out before execution of a partnership agreement and such construction has not been carried out as of the date of enactment of this Act, to enter into an agreement under which the non-federal interest shall carry out such work prior to… | 2023-01-11T13:24:52Z | |
| 113-hr-2261 | 113 | hr | 2261 | National Mitigation Fisheries Coordination Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-06-05 | 2013-06-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] | AR | R | C001087 | 6 | National Mitigation Fisheries Coordination Act - Directs the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to impose a charge for conducting mitigation fishery activities in connection with federal water resources development projects carried out by water development agencies (Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, or the Tennessee Valley Authority [TVA]). Requires such agencies to pay the charge in accordance with a fishery mitigation plan developed and approved by the USFWS Director and the agency head. Defines "mitigation fishery activities" as rearing and stocking of native and nonnative fish to replace or maintain fishery resources or harvest levels lost as a result of such a project, including project planning, population assessment and evaluation, genetic monitoring, broodstock development, and fish health sampling. Requires USFWS's charges to be reasonably related to expenditures necessary to: (1) operate, maintain, and rehabilitate certain USFWS-owned and -operated mitigation fishery facilities, hatcheries, and health centers; and (2) conduct mitigation fishery activities, including expenditures for personnel, transportation, utilities, contractual services, fish feed, supplies, equipment, routine maintenance, deferred maintenance, fish eggs, technical support, fish health, management and administration, planning, outreach and education, and hatchery product evaluations. Sets forth a listing of applicable mitigation fishery facilities in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. | 2023-01-11T13:24:53Z | |
| 113-hr-2208 | 113 | hr | 2208 | North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-05-23 | 2014-06-30 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 374. | House | Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] | VA | R | W000804 | 9 | North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act - Amends the North American Wetlands Conservation Act to reauthorize appropriations for allocations to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects through FY2018. Prohibits: (1) the Secretary of the Interior from using these funds to acquire land, or (2) a nongovernment organization from using these funds to acquire land unless the acquisition is approved by the state or insular area fish and wildlife agency with jurisdiction with respect to that land. Revises reporting requirements by requiring the annual assessment of the status of wetlands conservation projects to include an accounting of expenditures made for acquisition of federal lands. | 2023-01-11T13:26:18Z | |
| 113-s-970 | 113 | s | 970 | Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-05-16 | 2014-04-01 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 341. | Senate | Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] | MD | D | C000141 | 1 | Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2013 - Amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to: (1) declare that additional research is required into increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of new and existing treatment works through alternative approaches, including non-structural alternatives, decentralized approaches, energy use efficiency, water use efficiency, and actions to extract energy from wastewater; (2) require each water resources research and technology institute to arrange for research that fosters the exploration of new ideas that expand understanding of water resources (currently, of water-related phenomena); (3) direct the Secretary of the Interior to report to specified congressional committees annually on each institute's compliance with matching fund requirements and provisions permitting the use of funds only to reimburse direct cost expenditures incurred for the conduct of the water resources research program; and (4) authorize appropriations for such institutes through FY2018. | 2023-01-11T13:24:57Z | |
| 113-s-982 | 113 | s | 982 | Freedom to Fish Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-05-16 | 2013-06-03 | Became Public Law No: 113-13. | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.) Freedom to Fish Act - Requires the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to: (1) cease implementing and enforcing, until two years after enactment of this Act, any restricted area for hazardous waters at dams and other civil works structures in the Cumberland River Basin that the Chief established or modified between August 1, 2012, and the day before the enactment of this Act; and (2) remove any permanent physical barriers constructed in connection with such area. Requires the Chief, before establishing any such restricted area after this Act's enactment, to: (1) ensure that any restrictions are based on operational conditions that create hazardous waters, and (2) publish and seek and consider public comment on a draft describing the restricted area. Prohibits the Chief from: (1) implementing or enforcing the restricted area until two years after this Act's enactment, or (2) taking any action to establish a permanent physical barrier in connection with such area. (Excludes the installation and maintenance of measures for alerting the public of hazardous water conditions as such a permanent physical barrier.) Makes enforcement of a restricted area the sole responsibility of the state in which such area is located. Prohibits the Chief from assessing any penalty for entering a restricted area of public park and recreational facilities at water resource development projects. | 2023-03-22T18:49:22Z | |
| 113-hr-1927 | 113 | hr | 1927 | More Water and Security for Californians Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-05-09 | 2014-09-09 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16] | CA | D | C001059 | 0 | More Water and Security for Californians Act - Deems requirements of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 relating to operations of the Central Valley Project and the California State Water Project to be satisfied with regard to the species and their critical habitat covered by the biological opinions for the operations of such Projects issued by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) if: the alternatives described in that portion of the biological opinions entitled "Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives" are implemented; and the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce ensure that: (1) between December 1 and June 30, neither such biological opinion shall restrict flow in Old and Middle Rivers to a 14-day average of the mean daily flow to achieve flow less negative than -5,000 cubic feet per second; (2) between April 1 and May 31, rates of pumping at the C.W. "Bill" Jones Pumping Plant and Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant shall not be reduced pursuant to such NMFS opinion, except as required to implement California State Water Resources Control Board Water Rights Decision 1641 or a superseding water rights decision; and (3) between September 1 and November 30, a monthly average x2 (salinity zone index) of no greater than 74 km from the Golden Gate shall be maintained only to the extent that such action does not diminish the capability of either the Central Valley Project or the California State Water Project to make water available for other authorized project purposes. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to modify such mandates upon recommendations of the National Research Council Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta, if such modifications would: (1) provide greater benefits to the species covered by such biological opinions, and (2) not reduce the water delivery capability of such Projects more than their delivery capability allowed under such mandates. Requires such … | 2022-11-15T16:32:39Z | |
| 113-s-864 | 113 | s | 864 | Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-05-06 | 2014-04-01 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 340. | Senate | Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] | MS | R | W000437 | 20 | Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act - Calls for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prioritize the types of technical assistance to enable small public water systems to comply with national primary drinking water regulations that are the most beneficial to small and rural communities, based on their input. Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to: (1) authorize appropriations to the Administrator of EPA for FY2014-FY2019 for such assistance; and (2) allow the Administrator to use such funds to provide grants or cooperative agreements to nonprofit organizations that provide to small public water systems onsite technical assistance, circuit-rider and multistate regional technical assistance programs, onsite and regional training, assistance with implementing source water protection plans, and assistance with implementing monitoring plans, rules, regulations, and water security enhancements. Directs the Administrator to give preference to nonprofit organizations that are determined to be the most qualified and experienced and that the small community water systems find to be the most beneficial and effective. Prohibits the use of such grants or cooperative agreements under the Act's research and technical assistance provisions for citizens' civil actions. | 2023-01-11T13:25:00Z | |
| 113-hr-1822 | 113 | hr | 1822 | To extend the authorization period for certain uses of funds from the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund. | Water Resources Development | 2013-04-30 | 2013-05-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] | CA | D | C001080 | 3 | Amends the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 to extend the period during which the Secretary of the Army may use amounts in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund to operate and maintain a water quality project administered by the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority, in California, or the Central Basin Water Quality Project administered by the Central Basin Municipal Water District from 10 to 15 years after the initial date of operation of the project. | 2022-11-15T16:33:01Z | |
| 113-hr-1769 | 113 | hr | 1769 | Recognizing the National Benefits of Flood Protection Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-04-26 | 2013-04-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] | LA | D | R000588 | 0 | Recognizing the National Benefits of Flood Protection Act of 2013 - Requires a feasibility study for a flood, hurricane, or storm damage reduction project to include calculations of the anticipated: (1) reduction in damage to public and private property and infrastructure; (2) direct and indirect economic benefits, including from potential reductions in national and regional economic volatility, disruptions, and losses; and (3) benefits to public safety, including protection of evacuation routes. Authorizes the non-federal interest for such a project to submit to the Chief of Engineers a request for a project review if the Chief: (1) determines that the project is not feasible, (2) issues an unfavorable report for the project, or (3) identifies the feasibility study for the project as inactive. Directs the Chief to establish a panel to conduct such reviews for each Corps of Engineers division not later than 60 days after the first request for a review of a project within that division is submitted. Requires such panel to conduct a review of: (1) the feasibility study for the project; (2) the adequacy and accessibility of the economic, engineering, and environmental methods, models, and analyses used in preparing such study; (3) public comments on the project; and (4) any additional information submitted by the non-federal interest as part of the review request. Requires: (1) the panel to submit a final report containing an economic, engineering, and environmental analysis of the feasibility study and a determination of the project's feasibility; and (2) the Chief, if the panel determines that a project is feasible, to issue a favorable report for the project. Directs the Chief to: (1) give priority to the completion of feasibility studies for projects in areas that have experienced flooding or hurricane damage during the preceding 10 years, and (2) submit an analysis of the connection between such Corps projects and navigation and the protection of energy infrastructure. | 2022-11-15T16:33:57Z | |
| 113-hr-1651 | 113 | hr | 1651 | Fort Sumner Project Title Conveyance Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-04-18 | 2013-04-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] | NM | R | P000588 | 0 | Fort Sumner Project Title Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Fort Sumner Irrigation District, located in De Baca County, New Mexico, all works, land, and facilities of the Fort Sumner reclamation project in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement between the United States and the Fort Sumner Irrigation District Concerning Principles and Elements of Proposed Transfer of Title to Fort Sumner Irrigation District Facilities. Requires the Secretary, before carrying out such conveyance, to assure compliance with all applicable requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and any other law applicable to the property conveyed. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress if such conveyance isn't completed within two years after such requirements are met. Terminates, on the date of such conveyance: (1) U.S. interest in and responsibility for the project and liability relating to the conveyed property; (2) a specified repayment contract between the United States and the District dated November 5, 1948; and (3) a specified payment obligation of the United States under the contract between the United States and the District for the forbearance of exercising priority water rights, dated August 21, 2009. Provides that all other terms of such forbearance agreement shall remain in effect for not less than 10 years after this Act's enactment. Provides that after conveyance of title under this Act: (1) the conveyed property shall not be considered to be a part of a federal reclamation project; and (2) the entity to which the property is conveyed shall not be eligible to receive any benefits, including federal project power, with respect to the conveyed property, except for benefits that would be available to a similarly situated entity with respect to property that is not part of a federal reclamation project. | 2022-11-15T16:35:18Z | |
| 113-s-741 | 113 | s | 741 | North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act of 2014 | Water Resources Development | 2013-04-16 | 2014-06-05 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 417. | Senate | Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] | LA | R | V000127 | 15 | North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act of 2014 - Reauthorizes the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through FY2019. | 2023-01-11T13:26:04Z | |
| 113-hr-1540 | 113 | hr | 1540 | To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the South Sacramento County Agriculture and Habitat Lands Water Recycling Project in Sacramento County, California. | Water Resources Development | 2013-04-12 | 2013-04-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6] | CA | D | M001163 | 2 | Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of, and land acquisition for, a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater in Sacramento County, California. Requires the project to consist of three phases, the first of which shall include the planning, design, and construction of water conveyance and related infrastructure to provide recycled water to irrigate approximately 4,500 acres of land in southern Sacramento County. | 2022-03-03T21:31:48Z | |
| 113-hr-1489 | 113 | hr | 1489 | Dam Safety Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-04-11 | 2013-04-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] | NY | D | M001185 | 2 | Dam Safety Act of 2013 - Amends the National Dam Safety Program Act to authorize appropriations for the national dam safety program for FY2013-FY2016. Requires the head of a federal agency, at the request of a state dam safety agency with respect to any dam the failure of which would affect the state, to provide information to that agency on the dam's condition and on its provisions for emergency operations. Includes as a program objective to develop and implement a comprehensive dam safety hazard education and public awareness program to assist the public in mitigating against, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from dam incidents. Permits the Administrator, in consultation with the National Dam Safety Review Board, to invite representatives from nongovernmental organizations to participate in Board meetings. Prohibits the amount of funds allocated to a state to carry out the dam safety program from exceeding the amount committed by the state to implement program activities (currently, 50% of the reasonable cost of implementing the state dam safety program). | 2022-11-15T16:34:07Z | |
| 113-s-715 | 113 | s | 715 | Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-04-11 | 2014-05-22 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 393. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 10 | Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act - Title I: Reclamation Rural Water Construction and Settlement Implementation Fund - (Sec. 101) Establishes the Reclamation Rural Water Construction and Settlement Implementation Fund, which shall consist of the Rural Water Project Account, the Indian Irrigation Account, and the Reclamation Infrastructure and Settlement Implementation Account. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit into such Accounts for each of FY2014-FY2035 specified amounts of revenues that would otherwise be deposited in the reclamation fund established by the Reclamation Act of 1902. Terminates the Fund on September 30, 2035, and requires the unexpended and unobligated balance to be transferred to the reclamation fund. Title II: Rural Water Projects - (Sec. 201) Permits the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to use specified amounts available in the Rural Water Project Account, for each of FY2014-FY2035, to complete construction of rural water projects: (1) authorized to be carried out on or before this Act's enactment date, or (2) for which a feasibility study was submitted by September 30, 2012, pursuant to the Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 and an Act of Congress after enactment of this Act has authorized construction. (Sec. 202) Prohibits the Secretary from using any amounts from the Fund to pay for operation and maintenance costs of an authorized rural water project. Prohibits the Secretary from expending any amounts from the Fund to carry out this title 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 goals and priorities identified in the laws authorizing the projects and the goals of the Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2006; and (2) funding prioritization criteria to serve as a methodology for distributing funds that take into account specified factors, including an evaluation of the urgent and compelling need for potable water suppli… | 2023-01-11T13:26:19Z | |
| 113-hr-1460 | 113 | hr | 1460 | To direct the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to revise certain authorized purposes described in the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual. | Water Resources Development | 2013-04-10 | 2013-04-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] | MO | R | G000546 | 5 | Directs the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to revise the Missouri Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual and any related regulations to delete fish and wildlife as an authorized purpose of the Corps. | 2022-03-03T21:31:38Z | |
| 113-s-693 | 113 | s | 693 | A bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the City of Hermiston, Oregon, water recycling and reuse project, and for other purposes. | Water Resources Development | 2013-04-10 | 2013-07-15 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 132. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 0 | Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in design, planning, and construction of permanent facilities to reclaim and reuse water in the City of Hermiston, Oregon. Limits the federal share of project costs to 25% of the total. Prohibits the Secretary from providing funds for project operation and maintenance. Amends the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to deauthorize the Willow Lake Natural Treatment System Project, Oregon. | 2023-01-11T13:24:21Z | |
| 113-s-684 | 113 | s | 684 | Mni Wiconi Project Act Amendments of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-04-09 | 2015-01-02 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] | SD | D | J000177 | 0 | Mni Wiconi Project Act Amendments of 2013 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Mni Wiconi Project Act of 1988 to direct the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to develop plans for completing, and to enter into agreements with specified agency heads to complete, the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System, the Rosebud Sioux Rural Water System, and the Lower Brule Sioux Rural Water System. Requires such plans to require: (1) the completion of remaining components of the applicable system in accordance with the Final Engineering Report dated May 1993; (2) the improvement, repair, and replacement of existing water systems; and (3) the transfer of those existing water systems to the United States, to be held in trust for the applicable tribe and made part of the applicable rural water system. Requires the Secretary to enter into agreements with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to fulfill the trust responsibility of the United States and to complete such water systems in accordance with such Report, including the transfer of existing water systems, as set forth in such plans. Requires: (1) the Administrator to assist the Secretary in meeting the environmental and safe drinking water needs of the Pine Ridge, Rosebud, and Lower Brule Indian Reservations; (2) the HHS Secretary to assist the Secretary in meeting the water supply and public health needs of such Reservations; (3) the HUD Secretary to assist the Secretary by carrying out projects to connect houses that are eligible for funding from HUD on the Oglala, Rosebud, and Lower Brule Sioux Reservations through plumbing, water pipes, appurtenances, and interconnections to the applicable water systems to meet water conservation standards; (4) the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to complete, within 15 years, the livestock distribution systems for the Oglala and Rosebud Sioux water systems; and (5) th… | 2023-01-11T13:24:21Z | |
| 113-s-659 | 113 | s | 659 | A bill to reauthorize the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, and for other purposes. | Water Resources Development | 2013-03-22 | 2013-07-15 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 130. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 0 | Amends the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to extend authorities and the authorization of appropriations under such Act through FY2018. | 2023-01-11T13:24:21Z | |
| 113-hr-1352 | 113 | hr | 1352 | Lower Colorado River Protection Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-03-21 | 2013-04-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. | House | Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] | AZ | D | G000551 | 0 | Lower Colorado River Protection Act - Establishes: (1) the Lower Colorado River Management Conference to develop a Lower Colorado River Pollution Elimination and Ecosystem Restoration Plan, and (2) the Lower Colorado River Protection Program within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 office to provide staff and support services to the Conference. Directs the Administrator of EPA, acting through the Director of such Program, to establish a multidisciplinary environmental research program for the Lower Colorado River. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to conduct environmental and pollution control projects in the River Basin. Requires the Conference to publish such Plan within two years. Sets forth provisions regarding Plan contents, public review, and approval. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants for work necessary for Plan development. Requires the Program Director, after Plan approval, to take specified steps to implement it, including providing multiagency oversight and coordination. Authorizes the Administrator, through the Director, to carry out qualified projects to monitor or evaluate the release or discharge of pollutants in the Lower Colorado River Basin, to prevent, reduce, or eliminate pollution in the River, or to restore or maintain the ecosystem health of the River in accordance with the Plan. Directs the Administrator to develop a list of existing federal programs that are authorized to conduct projects that fit such qualified project requirements and to work with the responsible agencies to avoid committing resources under this Act to projects other programs will implement. Requires the Secretary, in cooperation with the Colorado River Regional Sewer Coalition or other regional or local entities, to participate in the planning, design, and construction of systems for municipal wastewater treatment. | 2022-11-15T16:33:54Z | |
| 113-s-601 | 113 | s | 601 | Water Resources Development Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-03-18 | 2013-10-31 | See also H.R. 3080. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 205 | Water Resources Development Act of 2013 - Title I: Water Resource Projects - (Sec. 1001) Sets forth the purposes of this title, including to: (1) authorize projects that are the subject of a completed report of the Chief of Engineers of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) containing a determination that the relevant project is in the federal interest, results in benefits that exceed the costs, is environmentally acceptable, is technically feasible, and has been recommended to Congress for authorization by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; and (2) authorize the Secretary of the Army (Secretary) to review projects that require increased authorizations and to request an increase of those authorizations after certifying that the increases are necessary and submitting to Congress reports on the proposed increases. (Sec. 1002) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out projects for water resources development, conservation, and other purposes if: (1) each project is carried out substantially in accordance with the plan for the project and is subject to any conditions described in the project report; and (2) a report of the Chief of Engineers has been completed and after November 8, 2007, but prior to the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works has submitted to Congress a recommendation to authorize construction of the project. (Sec. 1003) Authorizes the Secretary to modify the cost of an authorized project subject to the cost limitation of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1986 by submitting a certification and additional information specified by this Act and after receiving an appropriation of funds to initiate or continue project construction. Requires the Secretary, for projects under construction, to certify that a temporary stop or delay resulting from a failure to increase the authorized cost of such project will increase costs and exceed the authorized cost of such project. Authorizes the Secretary to complete construction of an authorized water reso… | 2023-01-11T13:23:19Z | |
| 113-hr-1152 | 113 | hr | 1152 | Mississippi River Navigation Sustainment Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-03-14 | 2013-03-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Enyart, William L. [D-IL-12] | IL | D | E000292 | 3 | Mississippi River Navigation Sustainment Act - Directs the Chief of Engineers to carry out a study of the Mississippi River Basin to: (1) improve the coordinated and comprehensive management of water resource projects in the greater Mississippi River Basin relating to extreme weather conditions, and (2) evaluate the feasibility of modifications to those projects and develop new projects to improve the reliability of navigation and more effectively reduce flood risk. Directs the Chief to improve forecasting on the Mississippi River by: (1) updating forecasting technology deployed on the River and its tributaries, (2) constructing additional sedimentation ranges on the River and tributaries, and (3) deploying additional automatic identification system base stations at river gage sites. Requires the Chief to prioritize the sections of the River on which additional and more reliable information would have the greatest impact on maintaining navigation. Authorizes the Chief to: (1) construct, operate, and maintain ingress and egress paths to docks, loading facilities, fleeting areas, and other critical locations outside of the authorized navigation channel on the Mississippi River upon determining such actions to be critical to maintaining safe and reliable navigation; and (2) mitigate, through dredging, any incidental impacts to loading or fleeting areas outside of such channel that result from operation and maintenance of the channel. Directs the Chief: (1) in accordance with the project for navigation, Mississippi River between the Ohio and Missouri Rivers (Regulating Works), Missouri and Illinois, to carry out a 10-year pilot program to restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat in the middle Mississippi River; and (2) as part of such program, to conduct activities necessary to improve navigation through such project while restoring and protecting fish and wildlife habitat. | 2023-01-11T13:23:16Z | |
| 113-hr-1153 | 113 | hr | 1153 | WIN P3 Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-03-14 | 2013-03-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] | IL | D | B001286 | 7 | Water Infrastructure Now Public-Private Partnership Act or the WIN P3 Act - Directs the Chief of Engineers to establish a pilot program to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and project delivery efficiency of allowing non-federal interests to carry out authorized flood damage reduction, hurricane and storm damage reduction, and navigation projects. Requires the Chief: (1) to identify not more than 15 projects authorized for construction; (2) to develop a detailed project management plan for each identified project that outlines the scope, budget, design, and construction resource requirements necessary for the non-federal interest to execute the project or an element of the project; (3) to enter into a project partnership agreement with the non-federal interest at such interest's request to provide full project management control for construction of the project or element in accordance with plans approved by the Chief; (4) following execution of such agreement, to transfer specified amounts to the non-federal interest to carry out project construction; and (5) to regularly monitor and audit each such project being constructed by a non-federal interest. Sets forth restrictions on projects selected. Authorizes the Chief to: (1) provide technical assistance to the non-federal interests for compensation, and (2) waive or modify applicable federal regulations if doing so would provide public and financial benefits. Directs the Chief, before entering into a project partnership agreement, to enter into an arrangement with an independent third party to conduct an assessment and provide justification that the proposed agreement would represent a better public and financial benefit than a similar transaction using public funding. Terminates authority to commence a project under this Act five years after its enactment. | 2023-01-11T13:23:14Z | |
| 113-s-565 | 113 | s | 565 | Mississippi River Navigation Sustainment Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-03-14 | 2013-03-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1857-1858) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 2 | Mississippi River Navigation Sustainment Act - Directs the Chief of Engineers to carry out a study of the Mississippi River Basin to: (1) improve the coordinated and comprehensive management of water resource projects in the greater Mississippi River Basin relating to extreme weather conditions, and (2) evaluate the feasibility of modifications to those projects and develop new projects to improve the reliability of navigation and more effectively reduce flood risk. Directs the Chief to improve forecasting on the Mississippi River by: (1) updating forecasting technology deployed on the River and its tributaries, (2) constructing additional sedimentation ranges on the River and tributaries, and (3) deploying additional automatic identification system base stations at river gage sites. Requires the Chief to prioritize the sections of the River on which additional and more reliable information would have the greatest impact on maintaining navigation. Authorizes the Chief to: (1) construct, operate, and maintain ingress and egress paths to docks, loading facilities, fleeting areas, and other critical locations outside of the authorized navigation channel on the Mississippi River upon determining such actions to be critical to maintaining safe and reliable navigation; and (2) mitigate, through dredging, any incidental impacts to loading or fleeting areas outside of such channel that result from operation and maintenance of the channel. Directs the Chief: (1) in accordance with the project for navigation, Mississippi River between the Ohio and Missouri Rivers (Regulating Works), Missouri and Illinois, to carry out a 10-year pilot program to restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat in the middle Mississippi River; and (2) as part of such program, to conduct activities necessary to improve navigation through such project while restoring and protecting fish and wildlife habitat. | 2022-11-15T16:34:18Z | |
| 113-s-566 | 113 | s | 566 | WIN P3 Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-03-14 | 2013-03-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1858-1859) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 1 | Water Infrastructure Now Public-Private Partnership Act or the WIN P3 Act - Directs the Chief of Engineers to establish a pilot program to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and project delivery efficiency of allowing non-federal interests to carry out authorized flood damage reduction, hurricane and storm damage reduction, and navigation projects. Requires the Chief: (1) to identify not more than 15 projects authorized for construction; (2) to develop a detailed project management plan for each identified project that outlines the scope, budget, design, and construction resource requirements necessary for the non-federal interest to execute the project or an element of the project; (3) to enter into a project partnership agreement with the non-federal interest at such interest's request to provide full project management control for construction of the project or element in accordance with plans approved by the Chief; (4) following execution of such agreement, to transfer specified amounts to the non-federal interest to carry out project construction; and (5) to regularly monitor and audit each such project being constructed by a non-federal interest. Sets forth restrictions on projects selected. Authorizes the Chief to: (1) provide technical assistance to the non-federal interests for compensation, and (2) waive or modify applicable federal regulations if doing so would provide public and financial benefits. Directs the Chief, before entering into a project partnership agreement, to enter into an arrangement with an independent third party to conduct an assessment and provide justification that the proposed agreement would represent a better public and financial benefit than a similar transaction using public funding. Terminates authority to commence a project under this Act five years after its enactment. | 2022-11-15T16:34:49Z | |
| 113-s-545 | 113 | s | 545 | Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-03-13 | 2013-06-03 | By Senator Wyden from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 113-36. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | AK | R | M001153 | 12 | Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to increase from 5,000 to 10,000 kilowatts the size of small hydroelectric power projects which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) may exempt from its license requirements. (Sec. 4) Amends the Federal Power Act to revise the limitation on the maximum installation capacity of qualifying conduit hydropower facilities that are eligible for an exemption from licensing requirements. Requires any person, state, or municipality proposing to construct a qualifying conduit hydropower facility to file with FERC a notice of intent to do so. Requires FERC, within 15 days after receiving such a notice of intent, to make an initial determination as to whether the facility meets the qualifying criteria. Waives license requirements for any conduit hydroelectric facility that: (1) uses for electric power generation only the hydroelectric potential of a non-federally owned conduit, (2) has a maximum installed capacity of 5 megawatts, and (3) is not currently licensed or exempted from license requirements. Redefines "conduit" to specify any tunnel, canal, pipeline, aqueduct, flume, ditch, or similar manmade water conveyance operated for the distribution of water for agricultural, municipal, or industrial consumption and not primarily for the generation of electricity. Authorizes FERC to: (1) exempt from license requirements any electric power generation facility that utilizes for such generation only the hydroelectric potential of a conduit, and has an installed capacity or 40 megawatts or fewer; and (2) extend the preliminary permit period for up to 2 additional years beyond the 3 years otherwise allowed if it finds that the permittee has implemented activities under the permit in good faith and with reasonable diligence. (Sec. 6) Directs FERC to: (1) investigate the feasibility of issuing a license for hydropower development at nonpowered dams and closed loop pumped storage projects during a t… | 2023-01-11T13:23:20Z | |
| 113-s-513 | 113 | s | 513 | A bill to clarify the role of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma regarding the maintenance of the W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam in the State of Oklahoma. | Water Resources Development | 2013-03-11 | 2013-03-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 0 | Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to modify provisions authorizing the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma to design and construct hydroelectric generating facilities at the W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam on the Arkansas River in Oklahoma. Authorizes such Nation to market the electricity generated from any such facility. Requires such Nation to obtain any permit required by federal or state law before the date on which construction begins on such facilities, except that the Nation shall be exempt from any licensing requirements under the Federal Power Act related to the construction, operation, and maintenance of hydroelectric generating facilities. Authorizes: (1) such Nation to initiate design and construction only after the Secretary of the Army reviews and approves the plans and specifications, and (2) the Secretary to accept and use funds offered by such Nation to carry out the design and construction. Requires such Nation to: (1) bear all costs associated with the design and construction, and (2) provide any funds necessary for the design and construction to the Secretary prior to the Secretary initiating related activities. Provides that such Nation shall hold all title to any hydroelectric generating facility constructed under this Act and may assign such title to a third party, subject to the Secretary's approval. Requires such Nation to: (1) be solely responsible for the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation of, and the marketing of the electricity generated by, any such facility; and (2) release and indemnify the United States from all liabilities that may arise out of any activity undertaken to carry out this Act. Authorizes: (1) the Secretary to provide any technical and construction management assistance that is requested by such Nation relating to such design and construction, and (2) such Nation to enter into agreements necessary to carry out this Act with the Secretary or a third party. | 2022-11-15T16:34:29Z | |
| 113-sres-73 | 113 | sres | 73 | A resolution designating March 11, 2013, as "World Plumbing Day". | Water Resources Development | 2013-03-07 | 2013-03-07 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1274; text as passed Senate: CR S1273) | Senate | Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] | CO | D | B001267 | 5 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates March 11, 2013, as World Plumbing Day. | 2022-03-03T21:29:07Z | |
| 113-hr-985 | 113 | hr | 985 | Asian Carp Prevention Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-03-06 | 2013-03-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8] | MI | R | R000572 | 12 | Asian Carp Prevention Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Army to coordinate and lead federal actions with respect to preventing the spread of Asian carp in the Great Lakes and its tributaries. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out projects to prevent the spread of Asian carp in the Great Lakes and its tributaries, including: (1) installing electric, acoustic, air bubble, and other barriers; (2) applying pesticides; (3) improving locks; and (4) taking actions at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam, Illinois, to prevent the spread of Asian carp. Requires the Secretary to implement measures recommended in the dispersal barrier efficacy study, or provided in interim reports, authorized under the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 to prevent aquatic nuisance species from bypassing the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barrier Project and dispersing into the Great Lakes. | 2022-11-15T16:32:23Z | |
| 113-hr-913 | 113 | hr | 913 | Everglades for the Next Generation Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-02-28 | 2013-03-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] | FL | D | H000324 | 5 | Everglades for the Next Generation Act - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to authorize the Secretary of the Army, after completing a project implementation report prepared for a project under the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan and without any further congressional authorization, to carry out projects for: (1) the Caloosahatchee River (C-43) West Basin Storage Reservoir; (2) the Biscayne Bay coastal wetland; (3) Broward County water preserve areas; (4) the C-111 Spreader Canal; (5) any other project identified in the Plan for which a project implementation report is completed that is in accordance with an integrated delivery schedule approved by the Chief of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District, provided that the report is completed not later than five years after this Act's enactment; and (6) any group of projects under the Plan that the Secretary determines will provide regional or watershed ecosystem or water supply benefits if the group of projects is constructed in accordance with a project implementation report approved by the Chief and the District within that time frame. | 2020-02-14T19:13:59Z | |
| 113-s-414 | 113 | s | 414 | Everglades for the Next Generation Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-02-28 | 2013-02-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] | FL | D | N000032 | 0 | Everglades for the Next Generation Act - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to authorize the Secretary of the Army, after completing a project implementation report prepared for a project under the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan and without any further congressional authorization, to carry out projects for: (1) the Caloosahatchee River (C-43) West Basin Storage Reservoir; (2) the Biscayne Bay coastal wetland; (3) Broward County water preserve areas; (4) the C-111 Spreader Canal; (5) any other project identified in the Plan for which a project implementation report is completed that is in accordance with an integrated delivery schedule approved by the Chief of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District, provided that the report is completed not later than five years after this Act's enactment; and (6) any group of projects under the Plan that the Secretary determines will provide regional or watershed ecosystem or water supply benefits if the group of projects is constructed in accordance with a project implementation report approved by the Chief and the District within that time frame. | 2022-11-15T16:32:42Z | |
| 113-s-421 | 113 | s | 421 | Freedom to Fish Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-02-28 | 2013-02-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1028-1029) | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 3 | Freedom to Fish Act - Prohibits the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers from taking any action (after August 1, 2012) to establish a restricted area prohibiting public access to waters downstream of a dam owned by the Corps. Requires the Chief to cease implementing any restricted area resulting from such action taken between August 12, 2012, and the date of enactment of this Act and to remove any barriers constructed in connection with that area. Provides that installing and maintaining sirens, strobe lights, and signage for alerting the public of hazardous water conditions shall not be considered to be an action to establish a restricted area. | 2022-03-03T21:28:09Z | |
| 113-hr-826 | 113 | hr | 826 | Freedom to Fish Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-02-26 | 2013-02-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House | Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] | KY | R | W000413 | 6 | Freedom to Fish Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers from taking any action (after August 1, 2012) to establish a restricted area prohibiting public access to waters downstream of a dam owned by the Corps. Requires the Chief to cease implementing any restricted area resulting from such action taken between August 12, 2012, and the date of enactment of this Act and to remove any barriers constructed in connection with that area. | 2020-02-14T19:14:00Z | |
| 113-hr-832 | 113 | hr | 832 | Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-02-26 | 2013-03-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] | TX | D | H000636 | 3 | Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize specified additional projects, including projects for water conservation and improvement in Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy, Hudspeth, and El Paso counties, Texas.Permits each project that the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, conducts or participates in to include: (1) the replacement of irrigation canals and lateral canals with buried pipelines; (2) the impervious lining of irrigation canals and lateral canals; (3) the installation of water level, flow measurement, pump control, and telemetry systems; (4) the renovation and replacement of pumping plants; and (5) other activities that will result in water conservation or an improved water supply. | 2022-11-15T16:32:45Z | |
| 113-hr-745 | 113 | hr | 745 | To reauthorize the Water Desalination Act of 1996. | Water Resources Development | 2013-02-15 | 2013-05-23 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | N000179 | 26 | Amends the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to extend through FY2018 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) grants and contracts for research to develop processes for converting saline water into water suitable for beneficial uses, and (2) the demonstration and development program for water desalination and related activities. | 2022-03-03T21:31:53Z | |
| 113-hr-765 | 113 | hr | 765 | Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-02-15 | 2013-03-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24] | CA | D | C001036 | 25 | Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2013 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) establish the Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program to provide grants to owners or operators of water systems for programs or projects to increase the resiliency or adaptability of the systems to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of a U.S. region, and (2) give priority to owners or operators of water systems that are at the greatest and most immediate risk of facing significant negative impacts due to changing hydrologic conditions. Requires the Administrator to ensure that the list of grant applications funded includes a substantial number that propose to utilize innovative approaches that meet at least one of these goals: (1) promote more efficient water use, water conservation, water reuse, or recycling; (2) use decentralized, low-impact development technologies and nonstructural approaches, including practices that use, enhance, or mimic the natural hydrological cycle or protect natural flows; (3) reduce stormwater runoff or flooding by protecting or enhancing natural ecosystem functions; (4) modify, upgrade, enhance, or replace existing water system infrastructure in response to changing hydrologic conditions; (5) improve water quality or quantity for agricultural and municipal uses, including through salinity reduction; and (6) provide multiple benefits, including to water supply enhancement or demand reduction, water quality protection or improvement, increased flood protection, and ecosystem protection or improvement. | 2022-11-15T16:33:18Z | |
| 113-s-335 | 113 | s | 335 | Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-02-14 | 2013-02-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] | OR | D | M001176 | 1 | Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make a direct loan, including a subordinated loan, or a loan guarantee to an eligible entity to carry out activities for an eligible project. Defines an "eligible entity" to include: (1) an entity that owns or operates a treatment works that serves the general public, including a municipal, tribal, or regional separate storm sewer system management agency; and (2) an entity, including an Indian tribe, that owns or operates a community water system. Defines an "eligible project" to include: (1) a capital project to construct, replace, or rehabilitate a treatment works or community water system, to reduce energy consumption needs of a treatment works or a community water system, to increase water efficiency, reduce the demand for water, or reduce the demand for treatment works or community water system capacity, to manage or control storm water, to re-use municipal wastewater, or to increase drinking water source protection; and (2) an associated non-capital project that promotes the use of environmentally sustainable projects, including utility-backed storm water and water efficiency retrofit programs. Directs an eligible entity to use amounts received under this Act for eligible projects to: (1) carry out development phase, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and replacement activities and environmental mitigation and construction contingencies; (2) acquire real property and equipment; (3) provide for any funding mechanisms necessary to meet market or affordability requirements, reasonably required reserve funds, capitalized interest issuance expenses, and other carrying costs during project construction; and (4) refinance interim construction financing, long-term project obligations, or direct loans or loan guarantees made under this Act. Requires the Administrator to select eligible projects to receive assistance based on specified factors, includin… | 2022-11-15T16:33:53Z | |
| 113-hr-644 | 113 | hr | 644 | Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013 | Water Resources Development | 2013-02-13 | 2013-02-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large] | DE | D | C001083 | 21 | Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2013 - Requires the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to establish a Delaware River Basin restoration program, under which the Director shall: (1) draw on management plans for the Basin or portions of the Basin and work in consultation with applicable management entities, including representatives of the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, the Delaware River Basin Commission, the federal government, other state and local governments, and regional and nonprofit organizations, to identify, prioritize, and implement restoration and protection activities within the Basin; and (2) adopt a Basin-wide strategy that supports the implementation of a shared set of science-based restoration and protection activities, targets cost-effective conservation projects, supports measurable conservation efforts, and maximizes conservation outcomes with no net gain of federal full-time equivalent employees. Defines "Basin" as the four-state Delaware Basin region, including all of Delaware Bay and portions of Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania located in the Delaware River watershed. Requires the Director to establish the Delaware River Basin restoration grant program to provide competitive matching grants to carry out the restoration program. Requires the Director to develop criteria to ensure that funded activities: (1) restore or protect fish and wildlife and their habitats; (2) improve or protect water quality by reducing pollutants and restoring headwater areas and drinking water basins; (3) improve the management of water volume and mitigation of flood damage to support the ecological needs of fish and wildlife and their habitats; (4) include priority needs or actions identified in the Basin-wide strategy; and/or (5) include restoration and protection activities with multiple benefits in the Basin, including habitat, water quality, and flood damage mitigation. Limits the federal share of the total cost of a funded project to 50%. Authorizes the Direc… | 2020-02-14T19:14:00Z | |
| 113-hr-654 | 113 | hr | 654 | Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-02-13 | 2013-02-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. | House | Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3] | MS | R | H001045 | 17 | Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act - Calls for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prioritize the types of technical assistance to enable small public water systems to comply with national primary drinking water regulations that are the most beneficial to small and rural communities, based on their input. Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to: (1) authorize appropriations to the Administrator of EPA for FY2014-FY2019 for such assistance; and (2) allow the Administrator to use such funds to provide technical assistance to nonprofit organizations that provide to small public water systems onsite technical assistance, circuit-rider technical assistance programs, onsite and regional training, assistance with implementing source water protection plans, and assistance with implementation monitoring plans, rules, regulations, and water security enhancements. Directs the Administrator to give preference to nonprofit organizations that are determined to be the most qualified and experienced and that the small public water systems find to be the most beneficial and effective. | 2022-11-15T16:34:38Z | |
| 113-s-284 | 113 | s | 284 | Fort Sumner Project Title Conveyance Act | Water Resources Development | 2013-02-12 | 2013-06-27 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 110. | Senate | Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] | NM | D | U000039 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Fort Sumner Project Title Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Fort Sumner Irrigation District, located in De Baca County, New Mexico, all works, land, and facilities of the Fort Sumner reclamation project in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement between the United States and the Fort Sumner Irrigation District Concerning Principles and Elements of Proposed Transfer of Title to Fort Sumner Irrigation District Facilities. Requires the Secretary, before carrying out such conveyance, to assure compliance with all applicable requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and any other law applicable to the property conveyed. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress if such conveyance isn't completed within two years after such requirements are met. Terminates, on the date of such conveyance: (1) U.S. interest in and responsibility for the project and liability relating to the conveyed property; (2) a specified repayment contract between the United States and the District dated November 5, 1948; and (3) a specified payment obligation of the United States under the contract between the United States and the District for the forbearance of exercising priority water rights, dated August 21, 2009. Provides that all other terms of such forbearance agreement shall remain in effect for not less than 10 years after this Act's enactment. Provides that after conveyance of title under this Act: (1) the conveyed property shall not be considered to be a part of a federal reclamation project; and (2) the entity to which the property is conveyed shall not be eligible to receive any benefits, including federal project power, with respect to the conveyed property, except for benefits that would be available to a similarly situated entity with respect to property that is not part of a federal reclamation project. | 2023-01-11T13:24:37Z | |
| 113-hr-518 | 113 | hr | 518 | To amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 for the purposes of extending the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 through 2018, and for other purposes. | Water Resources Development | 2013-02-05 | 2013-02-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | M000133 | 14 | Amends the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to: (1) extend authority for the drought program under such Act through FY2018, (2) authorize appropriations for such Act through FY2018, and (3) require cooperative drought contingency plans under such Act to provide for periodic review to address projected long-term climate variability and change. | 2022-11-15T16:33:26Z |
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