Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act
Latest action · Jul 9, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 352.
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.
- IntroducedMar 27, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act
This bill makes permanent, and provides funding for, the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund. Currently, the fund terminates at the end of FY2034.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 27, 2019 to May 22, 2019; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Original | Mar 27, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Mar 27, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Original | Mar 27, 2019 |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Original | Mar 27, 2019 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Apr 9, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Apr 9, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Apr 9, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | May 22, 2019 |
Withdrew 5 Ken Buck R-CO Apr 4, 2019·Mark E. Amodei R-NV Apr 4, 2019·Scott R. Tipton R-CO Apr 4, 2019·Susie Lee D-NV Apr 4, 2019·Xochitl Torres Small D-NM Apr 4, 2019
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 Mar 27, 2019Hearings Apr 4, 2019Markup Feb 12, 2020Reported Jul 9, 2020 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 9, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-440.
- Jul 9, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 352.
- Feb 12, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Feb 12, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 14.
- Apr 4, 2019Committee Hearings Held.
- Mar 27, 2019Introduced in House
- Mar 27, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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 24, 2020H.R. 1904, Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 12, 2020
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 53, March 27, 2019, page H2886.
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. 116-338 | S. 2165, S. 2716, S. 2912, S. 3019, S. 3044, S. 3099, AND S. 3100141 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Jun 24, 2020 |
| Serial No. 116-34 | THE IRREPARABLE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION COPPER MINING OPERATION134 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Mar 12, 2020 |
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44148 | Indian Water Rights Settlements | Report | Jun 17, 2025 |
| IF11586 | Proposed Extension of the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund Archived | Resource | Jul 9, 2020 |
| R46303 | Bureau of Reclamation: History, Authorities, and Issues for Congress Archived | Report | Apr 3, 2020 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2 | Moving Forward Act | Related bill | Jul 20, 2020 |
| S 886 | Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act | Identical bill | Jun 15, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund permanent.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 9, 2020Reported in House
- Mar 27, 2019Introduced 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.
