Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2004
Latest action · Oct 7, 2004 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 470.
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.
- IntroducedJun 16, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize specified additional projects, including projects for water conservation and improvement in Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy, Hudspeth, and El Paso counties, Texas.
Permits each project that the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, conducts or participates in to include: (1) the replacement of irrigation canals and lateral canals with buried pipelines; (2) the impervious lining of irrigation canals and lateral canals; (3) the installation of water level, flow measurement, pump control, and telemetry systems; (4) the renovation and replacement of pumping plants; and (5) other activities that will result in water conservation or an improved water supply. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer and use for another such project up to ten percent of amounts made available for a project.
Reauthorizes appropriations for Lower Rio Grande construction.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 16, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Original | Jun 16, 2004 |
| R-TX | Henry Bonilla | Original | Jun 16, 2004 |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Original | Jun 16, 2004 |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Original | Jun 16, 2004 |
Committees 1
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 Jun 16, 2004Markup Sep 15, 2004Reported Oct 7, 2004 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Jun 21, 2004Hearings Jul 8, 2004Discharged Sep 15, 2004 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 7, 2004Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-758.
- Oct 7, 2004Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 470.
- Sep 15, 2004Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
- Sep 15, 2004Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 15, 2004Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 8, 2004Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jun 21, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
- Jun 16, 2004Introduced in House
- Jun 16, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Sep 21, 2004H.R. 4588, Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2004<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 15, 2004</p>
- Sep 21, 2004H.R. 4588, Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2004Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 15, 2004
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2564 | Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2004 | Related bill | Jun 23, 2004 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize additional projects and activities under that Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2004
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 7, 2004Reported in House
- Jun 16, 2004Introduced 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.