Help Hoover Dam Act
Latest action · Nov 21, 2024 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 610.
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 21, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Help Hoover Dam Act
This bill authorizes the Bureau of Reclamation to use amounts from a specified account within the Colorado River Dam Fund to pay for operations, maintenance, investigation and cleanup actions, and capital improvements within the Boulder Canyon Project at the Hoover Dam or on land used for the construction and operation of the Hoover Dam.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 21, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | Mar 21, 2024 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Mar 21, 2024 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Mar 21, 2024 |
| D-CA | Laphonza R. Butler | Original | Mar 21, 2024 |
| D-AZ | Mark Kelly | Original | Mar 21, 2024 |
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 Mar 21, 2024Markup 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 with an amendment. Without written report.
- Nov 21, 2024Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 610.
- Nov 19, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- Sep 11, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-405.
- Mar 21, 2024Introduced in Senate
- Mar 21, 2024Read 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 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7776 | Help Hoover Dam Act | Identical bill | Dec 10, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Boulder Canyon Project Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to expend amounts in the Colorado River Dam fund, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Help Hoover Dam Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Help Hoover Dam Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2024Reported to Senate
- Mar 21, 2024Introduced 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.
