Dams And Canals
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Missouri River Flood Control Prioritization Act [S.1571]
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[Public Safety ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Addresses the management of the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System. Specifically, it designates flood control as the highest priority of the system. The system may not be managed for the protection of fish and wildlife.
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REPAIR Act Reinventing Economic Partnerships And Infrastructure Redevelopment Act [S.1535]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Addresses the financing of infrastructure projects through the establishment of the Infrastructure Financing Authority (IFA) and increases the national limitation on the amount of tax-exempt highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds. Specifically, the bill directs the IFA to provide direct loans and loan guarantees to facilitate certain infrastructure projects that are economically viable, in the public interest, and of regional or national significance, including the construction, consolidation, alteration, or repair of airports and air
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To rename the Success Dam in Tulare County, California, as the Richard L. Schafer Dam. [HB-2695]
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Designates the Success Dam in Tulare County, California, as the "Richard L. Schafer Dam."
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St. Mary's Reinvestment Act [S.1305]
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[Grants ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Requires the government to pay 75% of the costs, including repair costs, for the Bureau of Reclamation's Milk River Project, which provides water for irrigation of land in Montana.
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St. Mary's Reinvestment Act [HB-2492]
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[Budget and Spending ]
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[Grants ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Requires the government to pay 75% of the costs, including repair costs, for the Bureau of Reclamation's Milk River Project, which provides water for irrigation of land in Montana.
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Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Reauthorization Act [HB-2288]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Funding ]
[Recreation ]
Increases the maximum amount of funding that may be authorized for the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor in the state of New York.
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To remove fish and wildlife as an authorized purpose of the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System and to make flood control the highest priority of authorized purposes of such system, and for other purposes. [HB-2174]
[Water ]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Addresses the management of the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System. Specifically, it designates flood control as the highest priority of the system. The system may not be managed for the protection of fish and wildlife.
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Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Project Modification Act [HB-1936]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify the terms of the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project in Colorado, and for other purposes.
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Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Project Modification Act [S.860]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Infrastructure ]
Modifies cost-sharing requirements between the Department of the Interior and the Mancos Water Conservancy District for the Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Project in Colorado.
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National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act [HB-1865]
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[Agriculture ]
[Energy ]
[Veterans ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
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[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Military ]
Provides FY2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 8 of the 12 regular FY2020 appropriations bills: the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Legislative
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RIVER Act Reliable Investment in Vital Energy Reauthorization Act [S.859]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
Extends through FY2036 authorization and eligibility for the program of hydroelectric production incentives and incentive payments to the owners or operators of hydroelectric facilities at existing dams to make capital improvements directly related to improving efficiency.
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Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act [HB-1268]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
Directs the Department of the Interior to publish, and update every two years, an Asset Management Report. The report must describe the Bureau of Reclamation's efforts to (1) maintain in a reliable manner its reserved works (e.g., buildings, structures, facilities, or equipment); and (2) standardize and streamline data reporting and processes across regions and areas for the purpose of maintaining reserved works. The report must include (1) an assessment of major repair and rehabilitation needs for reserved works, and (2) an itemized and prioritized
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To amend the Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Canalway Act of 1996 to repeal the funding limitation. [HB-1211]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Recreation ]
Repeals the limitation on the total amount that may be appropriated for the Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canalway.
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Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2019 [S.376]
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[Water ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Defense ]
[Property Tax ]
Revises the scope, jurisdiction, and requirements of the Clean Water Act. It specifies the types of water bodies that are navigable waters and therefore receive protection. It defines navigable waters as waters of the United States that are (1) navigable-in-fact; or (2) permanent, standing, or continuously flowing bodies of water that form geographical features commonly known as streams, oceans, rivers, and lakes that are connected to waters that are navigable-in-fact. The bill limits the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the
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A bill to amend the Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canalway Act of 1996 to modify the funding limitation. [S.364]
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Increases the maximum total amount that may be appropriated to fund the Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canalway in Ohio.
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Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act [S.241]
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[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Mining ]
[Water ]
[Recreation ]
[Climate Change ]
Provides for the conservation of specified lands in Colorado. Specifically, the bill designates specified federal lands within the White River National Forest as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, the proposed Williams Fork Wilderness as a potential wilderness area, the Tenmile Recreation Management Area, the Porcupine Gulch Wildlife Conservation Area, the Williams Fork Wildlife Conservation Area, the Camp Hale National Historic Landscape, the Sheep Mountain and Liberty Bell East Special Management Areas, and the Curecanti
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Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act [S.216]
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[Energy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requires the Bonneville Power Administration to make specified settlement payments to the Spokane Tribe in relation to the construction and operation of the Grand Coulee Dam. Payments made to the tribe may be used or invested in the same manner as other tribal governmental funds. The initial payment extinguishes all monetary claims that the tribe may have against the United States to a fair share of the annual hydropower revenues generated by the Grand Coulee Dam.
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Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act [S.129]
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[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
Establishes the Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Monument and authorizes the Department of Agriculture to establish the Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial to honor the victims of the dam disaster of March 12, 1928. The monument comprises approximately 353 acres of National Forest System land in Los Angeles County, California. The memorial must be established at the dam site and be managed by the Forest Service.
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Contra Costa Canal Transfer Act [S.93]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Infrastructure ]
Provides for the conveyance of the Contra Costa Canal and the Rock Slough fish screen facility from the Department of the Interior to the Contra Costa Water District in California.
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John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act [S.47]
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[Environmental ]
[Recreation ]
[Energy ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Water ]
[Mining ]
[Education ]
[Climate Change ]
Sets forth provisions regarding various programs, projects, activities, and studies for the management and conservation of natural resources on federal lands. Specifically, the bill addresses, among other matters land conveyances, exchanges, acquisitions, withdrawals, and transfers; national parks, monuments, memorials, wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, historic and heritage sites, and other conservation and recreation areas; wildlife conservation; helium extraction; small miner waivers of claim maintenance fees; wildland fire operations;
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