To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska.
Latest action · Jun 2, 2015 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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.
- IntroducedJan 16, 2015
- Passed HouseJun 1, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Authorizes any landowner within the Northport Irrigation District in Nebraska to repay, at any time, the construction costs of project facilities allocated to the landowner's land within the District. Provides that upon discharge in full of the obligation for repayment of all such costs, the parcels of land shall not be subject to the ownership and full-cost pricing limitations under federal reclamation law. Directs the Department of the Interior, upon request, to provide to the landowner who has repaid such costs in full a certificate acknowledging that the landholding is free of such limitations.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Jan 16, 2015Markup Mar 25, 2015Reported Apr 15, 2015 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Mar 2, 2015Discharged Mar 25, 2015 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jun 2, 2015 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 2, 2015Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Jun 1, 2015Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jun 1, 2015Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3586-3587)
- Jun 1, 2015DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 404.
- Jun 1, 2015Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3586)
- Jun 1, 2015Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 15, 2015Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-76.
- Apr 15, 2015Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 55.
- Mar 25, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 25, 2015Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 25, 2015Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
- Mar 24, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 2, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
- Jan 16, 2015Introduced in House
- Jan 16, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3586Text printed H3586 | Adrian Smith R-NE, Donald S. Beyer, Jr. D-VA, Rob Bishop R-UT | Jun 1, 2015 |
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
- Mar 31, 2015H.R. 404, a bill to authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of NebraskaAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 25, 2015
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 8, January 16, 2015, page H412.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1291 | A bill to authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska. | Identical bill | Jun 18, 2015 |
| S 2012 | Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016 | Related bill | Sep 8, 2016 |
| HR 4689 | To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska. | Reintroduced Bill | Jan 10, 2019 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 2, 2015Referred in Senate
- Jun 1, 2015Engrossed in House
- Apr 15, 2015Reported in House
- Jan 16, 2015Introduced 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.
