HR 1107 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act

Introduced Feb 26, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Paul A. Gosar R-AZ

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Dec 3, 2015 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 279.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedFeb 26, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act

(Sec. 4) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to submit to Congress, make publicly available, and biennially update an Asset Management Report that describes the Bureau of Reclamation's efforts to maintain in a reliable manner all reserved works (buildings, structures, facilities, or equipment owned by the Bureau for which operations and maintenance are performed by Bureau employees or through a contract with the Bureau) at Reclamation facilities (infrastructure assets that are owned by the Bureau at each Reclamation project owned by the Bureau) and to standardize and streamline data reporting and processes across regions and areas for the purpose of maintaining such works.

Such Report must include: (1) a detailed assessment of major repair and rehabilitation needs for all such works; and (2) an itemized list of major repair and rehabilitation needs of individual Reclamation facilities at each Reclamation project, including a budget level cost estimate of appropriations needed to complete each item and an assignment of a categorical rating for each item consistent with existing uniform categorization systems to inform the annual budget process and agency requirements.

Interior may exclude from the public version of the Report any information that it identifies as sensitive or classified, but shall make available to specified congressional committees a version of the report containing the sensitive or classified information.

(Sec. 5) Interior must: (1) coordinate with the non-federal entities responsible for the operation and maintenance of transferred works (Reclamation facilities at which operations and maintenance are carried out by a non-federal entity under a formal agreement with the Bureau) in developing reporting requirements for Asset Management Reports regarding major repair and rehabilitation needs for transferred works, and (2) develop and implement a categorical rating system for transferred works that incorporates the rating system for major repair and rehabilitation needs for reserved works.

Cosponsors 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2015 to Oct 6, 2015; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-AZAnn KirkpatrickOriginalFeb 26, 2015
R-NVCresent HardyOriginalFeb 26, 2015
R-WYCynthia M. LummisOriginalFeb 26, 2015
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalFeb 26, 2015
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalFeb 26, 2015
R-CAJeff DenhamOriginalFeb 26, 2015
R-FLJeff MillerOriginalFeb 26, 2015
R-TXJoe BartonOriginalFeb 26, 2015
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalFeb 26, 2015
R-NVJoseph J. HeckOriginalFeb 26, 2015
I-AZKyrsten SinemaOriginalFeb 26, 2015
R-NVMark E. AmodeiOriginalFeb 26, 2015
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalFeb 26, 2015
R-AZMatt SalmonOriginalFeb 26, 2015
R-COMike CoffmanOriginalFeb 26, 2015
R-MTRyan K. ZinkeOriginalFeb 26, 2015
R-COScott R. TiptonOriginalFeb 26, 2015
R-NMStevan PearceOriginalFeb 26, 2015
D-CATed LieuOriginalFeb 26, 2015
R-CATom McClintockOriginalFeb 26, 2015
R-AZTrent FranksOriginalFeb 26, 2015
R-AZMartha McSallyJun 4, 2015
R-NYChristopher P. GibsonJul 23, 2015
D-WIMark PocanJul 27, 2015
D-CAJim CostaOct 6, 2015

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Feb 26, 2015Markup Oct 8, 2015Reported Dec 3, 2015
Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee
Referred Mar 23, 2015Hearings Jun 25, 2015Discharged Oct 8, 2015

Actions 10

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 3, 2015Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-366.
  2. Dec 3, 2015Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 279.
  3. Oct 8, 2015Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
  4. Oct 8, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  5. Oct 8, 2015Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
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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

  1. Oct 20, 2015H.R. 1107, Bureau of Reclamation Transparency ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 8, 2015

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This legislation is constitutionally appropriate pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 (the Spending Clause). The Supreme Court, in South Dakota v. Dole (1987), reasoned that conditions and limitations on funds were consittuional and within the power of Congress under the Spending Clause. Article 1 Section 8 Clause 3 (Commerce Clause) If the matter in quetion is not a purely local matter (intra-state) or if it has an impact on inter-state commerce, it falls within Congress' power to ``regulate commerce amng the severl states.'' Article 1 Section 8 Clause 18 (the Necessary and Proper Clause) which grants Congress the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Consitutioon of the United satets, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 33, February 26, 2015, page H1371.

Related bills 3

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 593Bureau of Reclamation Transparency ActRelated billSep 9, 2015
HR 660Bureau of Reclamation Transparency ActReintroduced BillSep 17, 2018
S 2902Western Water Supply and Planning Enhancement Act of 2016Related billSep 15, 2016

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require the Secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress a report on the efforts of the Bureau of Reclamation to manage its infrastructure assets.
Short Titles as Introduced
Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act
Short Titles as Reported to House
Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 3, 2015Reported in House
  2. Feb 26, 2015Introduced in House

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