WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act
Latest action · Nov 21, 2024 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 593.
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.
- IntroducedSep 26, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act
This bill allows the Bureau of Reclamation to reduce or waive the nonfederal cost share of WaterSMART grants for Indian tribes if paying that cost share would result in a financial hardship for the tribe. (WaterSMART grants support projects related to water conservation and water use efficiency.)
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 26, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Sep 26, 2023 |
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Original | Sep 26, 2023 |
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 Sep 26, 2023Markup Nov 19, 2024Reported Nov 21, 2024 |
| Water and Power Subcommittee | Hearings Sep 11, 2024 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. Without written report.
- Nov 21, 2024Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 593.
- Nov 19, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Sep 11, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-405.
- Sep 26, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Sep 26, 2023Read 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.
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. 118-405 | PENDING LEGISLATION126 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Sep 11, 2024 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4356 | WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act | Related bill | Jun 23, 2023 |
| HR 4365 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024 | Related bill | Oct 16, 2023 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2024Reported to Senate
- Sep 26, 2023Introduced 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.
