Bill Details
HR.231 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-12 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Introduced Date
2025-01-07
Policy Area
Water Resources Development
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This bill would extend a federal pilot program that helps conserve water in the Colorado River Basin. In simple terms, it keeps the program going for longer so that states, water users, and other partners can continue working on ways to save water and reduce stress on the river system. The bill mainly updates the time limits in existing law so the program does not expire when it otherwise would.
- It gives the program a new short title for the extension.
- It changes one deadline from 2024 to 2026.
- It changes another deadline from 2025 to 2027.
Official Summaries
Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act of 2025
This bill extends through FY2026 the Bureau of Reclamation's pilot projects to increase water levels in the Upper Colorado River Basin and Lake Mead due to drought conditions.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 231 Introduced in House (IH)]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 231
To amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize the Colorado River System
conservation pilot program.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 7, 2025
Ms. Hageman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize the Colorado River System
conservation pilot program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Colorado River Basin System
Conservation Extension Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM CONSERVATION PILOT
PROGRAM.
Section 206 of the Energy and Water Development and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (43 U.S.C. 620 note; Public Law 113-
235), is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``this Act'' and
inserting ``the Colorado River Basin System Conservation
Extension Act of 2025'';
(2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``2024'' and
inserting ``2026''; and
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ``2025'' and inserting
``2027''.
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