Western Water Enhancement Security Act
Latest action · Sep 13, 2001 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 24, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs: (1) the Secretary and the State of California to develop a Governance Board for managing CALFED program operations; and (2) such Federal agencies to develop a program to achieve increased yield and environmental benefits, as well as improved water system reliability, water quality, water use efficiency, watershed management, water transfers, and levee protection.
Requires the Governance Board to undertake a competitive grant program to: (1) investigate and identify opportunities for the design and construction of demonstration and permanent facilities to increase yield and improve water quality; (2) carry out design and construction of identified facilities; and (3) conduct research.
Requires specific congressional authorization of new CALFED projects.
Small Reclamation Water Resources Project Act of 2001 - Amends the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956 to: (1) provide that eligible projects shall include, but not be limited to, irrigation projects; and (2) modify loan and grant programs to establish within the Bureau of Reclamation a program for grants and loan guarantees to organizations to carry out reclamation projects, a Small Reclamation Water Resources Management Partnership Program, and a loan guarantee demonstration program.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 24, 2001 to Jun 12, 2001; 26 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| D-CA | Calvin M. Dooley | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| R-CA | Christopher Cox | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| R-CA | David Dreier | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| R-CA | Doug Ose | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| D-CA | Gary A. Condit | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| R-CA | Gary G. Miller | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| R-CA | George Radanovich | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| R-CA | Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| R-CA | Jerry Lewis | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| R-CA | John T. Doolittle | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| R-CA | Mary Bono | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| R-CA | Richard W. Pombo | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| R-CA | Stephen Horn | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| R-CA | William M. Thomas | Original | May 24, 2001 |
| R-CA | Randy (Duke) Cunningham | Jun 12, 2001 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 24, 2001 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Jun 6, 2001Hearings Jul 26, 2001Markup Sep 13, 2001Reported Sep 13, 2001 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred May 24, 2001 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred May 25, 2001 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 13, 2001Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 13, 2001Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jul 26, 2001Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jun 6, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
- Jun 6, 2001Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E941 | Gary A. Condit D-CA | May 24, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 7
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-853 | MISCELLANEOUS WATER AND POWER BILLS81 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 31, 2002 |
| Serial No. 107-106 | OVERSIGHT HEARING ON ``OIL AND GAS RESOURCE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY''97 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Apr 18, 2002 |
| — | ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2003876 pages | Appropriations Committee | Feb 28, 2002 |
| Serial No. 107-53 | H.R. 1985 AND H.R. 240490 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Jul 26, 2001 |
| S. Hrg. 107-253 | CALIFORNIA ECOSYSTEM, WATER SUPPLY, AND WATER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2001103 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 19, 2001 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 976 | California Ecosystem, Water Supply, and Water Quality Enhancement Act of 2001 | Related bill | Jul 19, 2001 |
| HR 3208 | Western Water Security Enhancement Act | Related bill | Mar 14, 2002 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize funding through the Secretary of the Interior for the implementation of a comprehensive program in California to achieve increased water yield and environmental benefits, as well as improved water system reliability, water quality, water use efficiency, watershed management, water transfers, and levee protection.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Western Water Enhancement Security Act
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Small Reclamation Water Resources Project Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
- Administrative fees
- Administrative procedure
- Agriculture and Food
- Animals
- Appropriations
- Authorization
- California
- Central Valley Reclamation Project (California)
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction costs
- Cost accounting
- Cost effectiveness
- Dams
- Decision making in public administration
- Department of the Interior
- Dikes (Engineering)
- Droughts
- Economics and Public Finance
- Ecosystem management
- Emergency Management
- Endangered animals
- Endangered species
- Energy
- Energy conservation
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental research
- Environmental technology
- Estuaries
- Estuarine area conservation
- Estuarine ecology
- Estuarine fisheries
- Estuarine pollution
- Federal aid to water pollution control
- Federal aid to water resources development
- Federal-Indian relations
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fishery management
- Flood control
- Flood damage prevention
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Groundwater
- Habitat conservation
- Health
- Indexing (Economic policy)
- Infrastructure
- Irrigation
- Land transfers
- Land use
- Law
- Legislation
- Licenses
- Maps
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Minorities
- Performance measurement
- Planning
- Public health
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public meetings of administrative bodies
- Public-private partnerships
- Regional planning
- Reservoirs
- Restoration ecology
- Riparian ecology
- Saline water conversion
- Saline waters
- Science, Technology, Communications
- State laws
- Technological innovations
- Urban affairs
- Urban areas
- Waste water treatment
- Water conservation
- Water districts
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
- Water rights
- Water storage
- Water supply
- Water treatment plants
- Water use
- Watershed management
- Wetland conservation
- Wildlife conservation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 24, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
