WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act
Latest action · May 12, 2022 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedDec 9, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act
This bill allows the Department of the Interior to reduce or waive the nonfederal share of certain grants and agreements for assisting Indian tribes in planning, designing, or constructing any water management improvement or carrying out any water-related activity if the tribe does not have sufficient funds to pay the cost share.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 9, 2021 to Jun 8, 2022; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Jan 6, 2022 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Jan 12, 2022 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jan 20, 2022 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 6, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | May 12, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jun 8, 2022 |
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 Dec 9, 2021 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Dec 20, 2021Hearings May 12, 2022 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 12, 2022Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Dec 20, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Dec 9, 2021Introduced in House
- Dec 9, 2021Referred 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 213, December 9, 2021, page H7638.
Titles 2
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 increase Tribal access to water conservation and efficiency grants, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2021Introduced 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.
