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Wallowa Lake Dam Rehabilitation and Water Management Act of 2005

Introduced: February 1, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 2, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Jul 27, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Jul 27, 2005
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 27, 2005
Received in the House.
Jul 26, 2005
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9018-9052; text as passed Senate: CR S9033)
Jul 26, 2005
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9018-9052; text as passed Senate: CR S9033)
Mar 10, 2005
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 43.
Mar 10, 2005
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici without amendment. With written report No. 109-30.
Feb 9, 2005
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 1, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 1, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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Wallowa Lake Dam Rehabilitation and Water Management Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to provide grants to, or enter into cooperative or other agreements with, tribal, state, and local governmental entities and the Associated Ditch Companies, Incorporated (ADC) (nonprofit corporation that operates the Wallowa Lake Dam) to plan, design, and construct facilities needed to implement the Wallowa Lake Dam Rehabilitation Program and Phase II (fish passage improvements and water conservation measures) and Phase III (implementation of water exchange infrastructure) of the Wallowa Valley Water Management Plan.

Directs the Secretary, as a condition of providing funds, to ensure that: (1) the Rehabilitation Program meets the standards of the dam safety program of Oregon; (2) ADC agrees to assume liability for any work performed or supervised with funds provided to it under this Act; and (3) the United States shall not be liable for damages arising out of any act relating to a facility rehabilitated or constructed under this Act.

Limits the federal share of the cost of activities authorized under this Act to 80%.

Prohibits the federal government from holding title to, or being responsible for the operation and maintenance of, any facility rehabilitated or constructed under this Act. Permits only the Nez Perce Tribe to own and operate any facility constructed using federal funds authorized by this Act located at the Dam for trapping and transportation of migratory adult salmon.

What's happening now August 2, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5019 Related bill Wallowa Lake Dam Rehabilitation Act
 Bill text 4 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Feb 1, 2005
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