S 1447 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 9, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.

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.

  1. IntroducedAug 1, 2013
  2. Passed SenateDec 4, 2014
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on August 26, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to expand the current authorization for the construction or rehabilitation and operation and maintenance of conjunctive use wells in the San Juan River Basin, Little Colorado River Basin, and Rio Grande Basin in New Mexico to include the planning and design of those wells.

Revises the percentages of funds authorized for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, conjunctive use wells, and San Juan River Irrigation Projects that may be made available for specified purposes by:

  • increasing from 2% to 4% the portion of funds that may be used for the survey, recovery, protection, preservation, and display of archaeological resources in the area of a Project facility or conjunctive use well; and
  • decreasing from 4% to 2% the portion of funds that may be used for purchasing land and constructing and maintaining facilities to mitigate the loss of, and improve conditions for the propagation of, fish and wildlife.

Makes technical corrections.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Aug 1, 2013.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NMMartin HeinrichOriginalAug 1, 2013

Actions 12

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 9, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
  2. Dec 8, 2014Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  3. Dec 8, 2014Received in the House.
  4. Dec 8, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  5. Dec 4, 2014Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6355; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S6355; text as passed Senate: CR S6355)

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3564New Mexico Native American Water Settlements Technical Corrections ActIdentical billNov 29, 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 8, 2014Referred in House
  2. Dec 4, 2014Engrossed in Senate
  3. Aug 26, 2014Reported to Senate
  4. Aug 1, 2013Introduced in Senate

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