Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act
Latest action · Sep 9, 2015 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 208.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act
(Sec. 4) 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.
Requires such Report to 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.
(Sec. 5) Directs Interior to: (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.
(Sec. 6) Reduces the maximum amount of the federal share of the cost of the Central Valley Water Recycling Project otherwise available as of the date of enactment of this Act by $2 million.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 26, 2015.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Feb 26, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 26, 2015Markup Jul 30, 2015Reported Sep 9, 2015 |
| Water and Power Subcommittee | Hearings Jun 18, 2015 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 9, 2015Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 114-128.
- Sep 9, 2015Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 208.
- Jul 30, 2015Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- Jun 18, 2015Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-399.
- Feb 26, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Feb 26, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8843 | Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD | Dec 18, 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
- Sep 4, 2015S. 593, Bureau of Reclamation Transparency ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 30, 2015
Printed hearings 2
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. 114-399 | PENDING WATER AND POWER LEGISLATION144 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jun 18, 2015 |
| S. Hrg. 114-376 | THE STATUS OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND ACTIONS STATES AND OTHERS ARE TAKING TO ADDRESS THEM364 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jun 2, 2015 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44738 | Water Resource Issues in the 115th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 13, 2017 |
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 216 | Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jun 8, 2017 |
| HR 1107 | Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act | Related bill | Dec 3, 2015 |
| S 2012 | Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016 | Related bill | Sep 8, 2016 |
| S 2902 | Western Water Supply and Planning Enhancement Act of 2016 | Related bill | Sep 15, 2016 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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 Senate
- 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.
- Sep 9, 2015Reported to Senate
- Feb 26, 2015Introduced 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.
