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S 4579 117th Congress Senate Water Resources Development Arizona California Colorado Hydrology and hydrography Lakes and rivers Nevada New Mexico Utah Water storage Water use and supply Wyoming

Colorado River Basin Conservation Act

Introduced: July 21, 2022 Introduced by: Hickenlooper, John W. Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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Dec 1, 2022
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-523.
Jul 21, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 21, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Colorado River Basin Conservation Act

This bill reauthorizes the Department of the Interior to fund or participate in pilot projects to increase Colorado River System water in Lake Mead and the Colorado River Storage Project reservoirs through FY2026.

Interior administers these pilot projects to address the effects of drought conditions on the Colorado River Basin, which includes the Upper Basin states (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) and Lower Basin states (Arizona, California, and Nevada).

The bill also requires Interior to submit an updated report to Congress by the end of FY2027 on the effectiveness of the pilot projects and a recommendation on whether to continue the program.

What's happening now December 1, 2022

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-523.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 9173 Identical bill Colorado River Basin Conservation Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
D
Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Jul 27, 2022
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Jul 27, 2022
 R
Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Jul 21, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4579: Colorado River Basin Conservation Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4579/
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