US Congress Senate Bill 1556 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Introduced on July 13 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-02-28 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act This bill establishes the Reclamation Rural Water Construction and Settlement Implementation Fund, which shall consist of the Rural Water Project Account and the Reclamation Infrastructure and Settlement Implementation Account. The Department of the Treasury shall deposit into such accounts for each of FY2018-FY2038 specified revenues that would otherwise be deposited in the reclamation fund established by the Reclamation Act of 1902. The bill permits the Department of the Interior to use specified Rural Water Project Account funds to complete construction of rural water projects: (1) authorized before this bill's enactment, or (2) for which a feasibility study was submitted by February 27, 2015, pursuant to the Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 and for which Congress authorizes construction after enactment of this bill. Interior may not expend any amounts from the fund to carry this out until development of: (1) programmatic goals that would enable the completion of construction of the authorized rural water projects as expeditiously as practicable and that reflect the priorities identified in the laws authorizing the projects; and (2) funding prioritization criteria to serve as a methodology for distributing funds that take into account specified factors, including the need for potable water supplies in the affected rural and tribal communities. Interior shall use specified Reclamation Infrastructure and Settlement Implementation Account funds to: (1) provide authorized compensation to resolve all monetary claims of an Indian tribe against the United States relating to use of tribal land by the United States for the generation of hydropower; or (2) complete projects and implement provisions authorized by Congress that resolve litigation involving the United States and the water rights of Indian tribes or that implement approved agreements limiting such rights.

Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act

Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-28	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
2017-07-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1556/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1556/BILLS-115s1556is.pdf