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Western Water Storage Infrastructure Act

Introduced: April 24, 2020 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 29, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Apr 24, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Apr 24, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Western Water Storage Infrastructure Act

This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to provide grants to support qualifying water storage projects in western states. For such grants, Interior may enter into agreements for the design, study, construction, upgrade, or capital repair of qualifying federal and nonfederal water storage projects.

What's happening now April 29, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 8166 Related bill Western Water Storage Infrastructure Act
  • S 1932 Related bill Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Infrastructure Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Costa, Jim
California · Apr 24, 2020
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Apr 24, 2020
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Harder, Josh
California · Apr 24, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6617: Western Water Storage Infrastructure Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6617/
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"H.R. 6617: Western Water Storage Infrastructure Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6617/.
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H.R. 6617, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6617/.
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