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HR 3105 111th Congress House Water Resources Development California Endangered and threatened species Water use and supply Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Turn on the Pumps Act

Introduced: September 22, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Dec 2, 2009
Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Nunes. Petition No: 111-8. (Discharge petition text with signatures.)
Jun 26, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jun 26, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Turn on the Pumps Act - Prohibits the Bureau of Reclamation or any state agency in California operating a water project in coordination with the Central Valley Project from restricting operations pursuant to any biological opinion issued under the Endangered Species Act, if such restrictions would result in levels of export less than the historical maximum level of export.

What's happening now December 2, 2009

Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Nunes. Petition No: 111-8. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/111/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis8.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 2
R
McClintock, Tom
California · Oct 6, 2009
BONO MACK, MARY
· Sep 22, 2009
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 22, 2009
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Jul 8, 2009
McCarthy, Kevin
· Jul 8, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3105: Turn on the Pumps Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3105/
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"H.R. 3105: Turn on the Pumps Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3105/.
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H.R. 3105, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3105/.
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