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S 1305 114th Congress Senate Water Resources Development Dams and canals Water storage Water use and supply Wyoming

A bill to amend the Colorado River Storage Project Act to authorize the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir.

Introduced: May 12, 2015 Introduced by: Barrasso, John Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Sep 9, 2015
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 215.
Sep 9, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 114-135.
Jul 30, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 18, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-399.
May 12, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 12, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(Sec. 1) This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior, in cooperation with the state of Wyoming, to amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project (authorized under the Colorado River Storage Project Act) to provide for the study, design, planning, and construction activities that will enable the use of all active storage capacity of Fontenelle Dam and Reservoir, including the placement of sufficient riprap on the upstream face of the Dam to allow such storage capacity to be used for authorized Project purposes.

Interior may enter into: (1) any contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other agreement that is necessary to carry out this Act; and (2) contracts with Wyoming for division of any additional active capacity made available under this Act.

Interior must enter into a cooperative agreement with Wyoming for planning, design, related preconstruction activities, and construction of any modification of the Fontenelle Dam, which shall specify the responsibilities of Interior and Wyoming regarding: (1) completing the planning and final design of the modification of the Dam, (2) any environmental and cultural resource compliance activities required for the modification of the Dam, and (3) the construction of the modification of the Dam.

What's happening now September 9, 2015

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 215.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 2902 Related bill Western Water Supply and Planning Enhancement Act of 2016
  • S 2012 Related bill Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016
  • HR 2273 Identical bill To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project to enable the u…
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1305: A bill to amend the Colorado River Storage Project Act to authorize the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1305/
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