Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act
Latest action · Oct 29, 2019 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 276.
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.
- IntroducedMay 21, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act
This bill authorizes the use of certain Bureau of Reclamation facilities and federal land, excluding facilities and land in California, to convey water to recharge certain aquifers.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 May 21, 2019Markup Sep 25, 2019Reported Oct 29, 2019 |
| Water and Power Subcommittee | Hearings Jul 18, 2019 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 29, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-155.
- Oct 29, 2019Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 276.
- Sep 25, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jul 18, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-330.
- May 21, 2019Introduced in Senate
- May 21, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 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
- Jan 28, 2020S. 1570, Aquifer Recharge Flexibility ActAs reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on October 29, 2019
Printed hearings 1
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. 116-330 | OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE WATER STORAGE AND CONSERVATION THROUGH REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF WATER SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TESTIMONY ON PENDING LEGISLATION153 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 18, 2019 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45259 | The Federal Role in Groundwater Supply | Report | May 22, 2020 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2871 | Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act | Identical bill | Jun 25, 2020 |
| HR 5217 | WOW Act | Related bill | Dec 11, 2019 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide flexibility to allow greater aquifer recharge, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 29, 2019Reported to Senate
- May 21, 2019Introduced 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.
