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A bill 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,…

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A bill 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: March 13, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Mar 14, 1997
Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Mar 13, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 13, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2280-2282)
Mar 13, 1997
Introduced in Senate
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 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 March 14, 1997

Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.

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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Oct 29, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 440: A bill 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.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-440/
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"S. 440: A bill 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.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-440/.
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S. 440, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-440/.
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[S. 440: A bill 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-440/)
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