Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act
Latest action · Sep 17, 2018 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 573.
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 24, 2017
- Passed HouseSep 12, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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 Reclamation for which operations and maintenance are performed by its employees or through a contract with Reclamation) at Reclamation facilities, and to standardize and streamline data reporting and processes across regions and areas for the purpose of maintaining such works.
Such report shall 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) Interior shall: (1) coordinate with the nonfederal entities responsible for the operation and maintenance of transferred works (Reclamation facilities at which operations and maintenance are carried out by a nonfederal entity under a formal agreement with Reclamation) in developing reporting requirements for Asset Management Reports with respect to major repair and rehabilitation needs for such works, and (2) develop and implement a categorical rating system for transferred works.
(Sec. 6) The bill 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 bill by $2 million.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2017 to Mar 1, 2017; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| R-TN | Diane Black | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| R-CA | Jeff Denham | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| R-AZ | Martha McSally | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
Committees 1
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 24, 2017Markup Apr 27, 2017Reported Jun 2, 2017 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Feb 10, 2017Discharged Apr 27, 2017 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2018Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 573.
- Sep 12, 2018Mr. Gianforte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Sep 12, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8142-8144)
- Sep 12, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 660.
- Sep 12, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8142-8143)
- Sep 12, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 2, 2017Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-156.
- Jun 2, 2017Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 103.
- Apr 27, 2017Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
- Apr 27, 2017Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Apr 27, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Feb 10, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
- Jan 24, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 24, 2017Referred 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 H8142–H8144Text printed H8142 | Greg Gianforte R-MT, Niki Tsongas D-MA, Paul A. Gosar R-AZ | Sep 12, 2018 |
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
- May 10, 2017H.R. 660, Bureau of Reclamation Transparency ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 27, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 13, January 24, 2017, page H688.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45492 | Water Resource Issues in the 116th Congress Archived | Report | Feb 7, 2019 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 216 | Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act | Identical bill | Jun 8, 2017 |
| HR 1107 | Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act | Reintroduction of | Dec 3, 2015 |
| S 2563 | Water Supply Infrastructure and Drought Resilience Act of 2018 | Related bill | Mar 22, 2018 |
Titles 4
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
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2018Placed on Calendar Senate
- Sep 12, 2018Engrossed in House
- Jun 2, 2017Reported in House
- Jan 24, 2017Introduced 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.
