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St. Mary's Reinvestment Act [HB-2492]
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[Agriculture ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[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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Smart Energy and Water Efficiency Act of 2019 [HB-2019]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Grants ]
[Science ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish and carry out a smart energy and water efficiency management pilot program. Under the program, DOE must award grants to water authorities (i.e., authorities that provide water, wastewater, or water reuse services) for demonstrating advanced and innovative technology-based solutions that will increase and improve the energy efficiency of water, wastewater, and water reuse systems; support the implementation of innovative processes and the installation of advanced automated systems that provide
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Environmental Infrastructure Assistance Act [HB-2206]
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[Water ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
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[Grants ]
The bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to establish a program that provides environmental assistance to nonfederal interests in Arizona, such as construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure, assistance for surface water resource protection and development, or technical assistance to small and rural communities for water planning and issues relating to access to water resources.
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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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An Act Targeting Resources to Communities in Need [HB-2055]
[Community Development ]
[Poverty ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Agriculture ]
[Human Services ]
Targets funding for designated development programs to counties and census tracts with persistently high poverty rates. Specifically, agencies that administer these programs must direct at least 10% of funding to counties with poverty rates that have equaled or exceeded 20% for at least 30 years. In addition, agencies must allocate, based on a formula, a certain level of funding to census tracts that have sustained poverty rates of 20% or higher for the past five years. This funding model, known as the 10-20-30 proposal, has been applied through
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Protect Our Workers Act [HB-2122]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Military ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study on the contracting practices of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, particularly with respect to compliance with the requirement to pay prevailing wages on federally financed construction jobs.
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To exempt certain structures from removal from Army Corps of Engineers property on Table Rock Lake, and for other purposes. [HB-2132]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Water ]
[Veterans ]
Directs the Department of the Army to (1) suspend activities requiring certain property owners to remove eligible structures from the Table Rock Lake project, and (2) provide various land rights required for the maintenance of such eligible structures.
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Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan Authorization Act [S.1057]
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[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requires the Department of the Interior to carry out the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan which was submitted to Congress on March 19, 2019, by Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Interior must execute the plan without delay and operate applicable Colorado River System reservoirs accordingly.
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An Act Targeting Resources to Communities in Need [S.1066]
[Community Development ]
[Poverty ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Agriculture ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
Targets funding for designated development programs to counties and census tracts with persistently high poverty rates. Specifically, agencies that administer these programs must direct at least 10% of funding to counties with poverty rates that have equaled or exceeded 20% for at least 30 years. In addition, agencies must allocate, based on a formula, a certain level of funding to census tracts that have sustained poverty rates of 20% or higher for the past five years. This funding model, known as the 10-20-30 proposal, has been applied through
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Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan Authorization Act [HB-2030]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
Requires the Department of the Interior to carry out the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan which was submitted to Congress on March 19, 2019, by Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Interior must execute the plan without delay and operate applicable Colorado River System reservoirs accordingly.
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Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act [S.886]
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[Native American Affairs ]
Makes the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund permanent. Currently, it terminates at the end of FY2034.
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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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Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act [HB-1904]
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[Native American Affairs ]
[Funding ]
Makes permanent, and provides funding for, the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund. Currently, the fund terminates at the end of FY2034.
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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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Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act [HB-1621]
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[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Makes the Bureau of Reclamation the lead agency for the purpose of coordinating all permitting and related activities required to construct certain new surface-water storage projects. Additionally, the bureau is authorized to accept and expend funds contributed by a nonfederal public entity to expedite the evaluation of a permit for such a project.
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Repurposing Assets to Increase Long-term Water Availability and Yield Act [HB-1600]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Environmental ]
[Grants ]
Redirects Department of Transportation funds previously intended for high-speed rail development in California to the Department of the Interior. Such funds shall be available for various existing water-storage and wastewater-disposal programs and new water-related grant programs.
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Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019 [HB-1417]
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[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
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Provides funding for several programs related to controlling water pollution or protecting drinking water. Specifically, it establishes a Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Trust Fund, increases the corporate income tax rate to 24.5% to provide revenues for such programs, revises requirements concerning the clean water state revolving fund (SRF) and the drinking water SRF, and creates or reauthorizes several grant programs for water infrastructure. For example, the Environmental Protection Agency must establish a grant program
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Sites Reservoir Project Act [HB-1435]
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[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Directs the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior to take certain actions related to federal support for the construction of water infrastructure in California. Specifically, with respect to the Sites Project (a water storage project in Glenn and Colusa Counties, California), Reclamation shall (1) be the lead federal agency for the purposes of all federal reviews, approvals, or decisions required under federal law to allow either Reclamation or the Sites Project Authority to construct the project; and (2) ensure that all such reviews,
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Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019 [S.611]
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[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
Provides funding for several programs related to controlling water pollution or protecting drinking water, revises requirements concerning the clean water state revolving fund (SRF) and the drinking water SRF, and creates or reauthorizes several grant programs for water infrastructure. For example, the Environmental Protection Agency must establish a grant program for repairing, replacing, or upgrading septic tanks and drainage fields. In addition, the bill makes permanent a grant program for household water well systems in rural areas. It also
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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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