WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act
Latest action · Jan 22, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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.
- IntroducedJan 22, 2025
- 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 cost 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 Interior determines that paying the cost share would result in a financial hardship for the tribe.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 22, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
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 Jan 22, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 22, 2025Referred 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. 171, no. 13, January 22, 2025, page H300.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF12414 | Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART Program | Resource | Feb 12, 2026 |
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: Native Americans.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2025Introduced 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.
