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S 285 115th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Colorado Land use and conservation Water storage Water use and supply Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act

Introduced: February 2, 2017 See on congress.gov
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May 9, 2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 66.
May 9, 2017
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-53.
Mar 30, 2017
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 2, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 2, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act

(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to permit by special use authorization nonmotorized access and use of the Bolts Ditch headgate and the Bolts Ditch within the Holy Cross Wilderness in Colorado for the diversion of water and use, maintenance, and repair of the ditch and headgate by the town of Minturn, Colorado.

What's happening now May 9, 2017

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 66.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2337 Related bill Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy Act
  • HR 689 Identical bill Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Feb 2, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 285: Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-285/
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"S. 285: Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-285/.
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S. 285, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-285/.
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