New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act
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.
- IntroducedAug 1, 2013
- Passed SenateDec 4, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Aug 1, 2013 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Referred Aug 1, 2013Hearings Sep 10, 2013Markup Jun 11, 2014Reported Aug 26, 2014 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Dec 8, 2014 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Dec 9, 2014 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
- Dec 8, 2014Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 8, 2014Received in the House.
- Dec 8, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Dec 4, 2014Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed 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)
- Aug 26, 2014Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Tester under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/05/2014 with an amendment and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 113-246.
- Aug 26, 2014Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 536.
- Jun 11, 2014Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- Sep 10, 2013Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-143.
- Aug 1, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Aug 1, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6355Text printed S6355Amendments S6355 | Harry Reid D-NV (amendment) | Dec 4, 2014 |
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 estimate
- Jul 21, 2014S. 1447, New Mexico Navajo Water Settlements Technical Corrections ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on June 11, 2014
Printed hearings 1
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. 113-143 | S. 1448, THE SPOKANE TRIBE OF INDIANS OF THE SPOKANE RESERVATION EQUITABLE COMPENSATION ACT; S. 1219, THE PECHANGA BAND OF LUISENO MISSION INDIANS WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT; AND S. 1447, A BILL TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENTS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO86 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Sep 10, 2013 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3564 | New Mexico Native American Water Settlements Technical Corrections Act | Identical bill | Nov 29, 2013 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to make technical corrections to certain Native American water rights settlements in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by Senate
- A bill to make technical corrections to the Navajo water rights settlement in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- New Mexico Native American Water Settlements Technical Corrections Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2014Referred in House
- Dec 4, 2014Engrossed in Senate
- Aug 26, 2014Reported to Senate
- Aug 1, 2013Introduced in Senate
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.
