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HR 745 105th Congress House Water Resources Development Colorado Colorado River development Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to water resources development Federal-Indian relations Indian water rights Infrastructure Irrigation Minorities Native Americans Negotiations New Mexico Water storage

To deauthorize the Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project, and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into negotiations to satisfy, in a manner consistent with all Federal laws, the water rights interests of the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.

Introduced: February 13, 1997 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 28, 1998
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 21, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Feb 21, 1997
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Feb 13, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Feb 13, 1997
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Deauthorizes the Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and New Mexico (a participating project under the Colorado River Storage Project Act and the Colorado River Basin Project Act).

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to promptly seek to enter into negotiations with the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe to satisfy the water rights interests of those tribes that were intended to be satisfied with water supplied from such Project.

What's happening now July 28, 1998

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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