HR 5217
116th Congress
House
Water Resources Development
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
California
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Disaster relief and insurance
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Farmland
Federal-Indian relations
Fishes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
WOW Act
Introduced: November 21, 2019
Introduced by:
McClintock, Tom
Republican
· California
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 11, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Dec 9, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Nov 22, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Nov 21, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Nov 21, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 21, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Water Optimization for the West Act or the WOW Act
This bill addresses issues related to water projects in the Western States. Among other things, the bill
- makes the Bureau of Reclamation the lead agency for coordinating permitting activities required for the construction of certain new surface-water storage projects,
- directs the bureau to convey certain facilities and easements to the Kennewick Irrigation District in Washington State,
- redirects Department of Transportation funds previously intended for high-speed rail development in California to the Department of the Interior for certain water-related programs,
- gives the Fish and Wildlife Service the sole authority to protect endangered or threatened fish species that are anadromous species or catadromous species,
- authorizes the use of certain bureau facilities to convey water to recharge certain aquifers, and
- prohibits Interior or the Department of Agriculture from requiring a water user to apply for or acquire a water right in order to obtain certain permits or licenses.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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