Energy and Water Research Integration Act of 2019 [HB-34]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
[Climate Change ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to integrate water considerations into its energy research, development, and demonstration programs and projects. Specifically, the DOE must develop and implement a strategic plan that advances energy and energy efficiency technologies and practices to minimize freshwater withdrawal and consumption, seismic impacts, and deleterious impacts on water bodies, groundwater, and waterways; increase water use efficiency; and utilize nontraditional water sources. Further, the strategic plan must (1) consider the effects
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HB-34: Energy and Water Research Integration Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 07/24/2019
To deauthorize a portion of the project for navigation, Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [HB-4193]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
To deauthorize a portion of the project for navigation, Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This bill deauthorizes a portion of a specified project for navigation, Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, consisting of the navigation channel within the Menomonee River that extends from the 16th Street Bridge upstream to the upper limit of the authorized navigation channel.
HB-4193: To deauthorize a portion of the project for navigation, Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gwen Moore
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 11/01/2017
Sustainable Water Supplies Act [HB-6782]
[Water ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Animals ]
Sustainable Water Supplies Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with nonfederal entities to provide water supplies for: contractors for the Central Valley Project, California; units of the National Wildlife Refuge System; state wildlife areas; and private wetland areas. Interior shall report on the long-term feasibility of these agreements to augment the federal water supply.
HB-6782: Sustainable Water Supplies Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry McNerney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 09/20/2018
To deauthorize a portion of the Raritan River Navigation Channel, New Jersey. [HB-6675]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
To deauthorize a portion of the Raritan River Navigation Channel, New Jersey. This bill deauthorizes a portion of the project for navigation, Raritan River, New Jersey, authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937. The portion deauthorized is known as the Titanium Reach of the South Channel.
HB-6675: To deauthorize a portion of the Raritan River Navigation Channel, New Jersey.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Pallone
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 08/22/2018
Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act [S.1926]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Recreation ]
[Water ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial at the Dam site in Los Angeles County, California, to honor the victims of the Saint Francis Dam disaster of March 12, 1928. The Memorial shall be managed by the Forest Service. USDA shall submit to Congress, by three years after this bill's enactment, recommendations regarding: the planning, design, construction, and long-term management of the Memorial; the proposed boundaries;
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S.1926: Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On National Parks. Hearings Held. on 08/15/2018
HB-6652: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain facilities, easements, and rights-of-way to the Kennewick Irrigation District, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Newhouse
Received In The Senate. on 12/20/2018
You have voted HB-6652: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain facilities, easements, and rights-of-way to the Kennewick Irrigation District, and for other purposes..
Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act [S.3168]
[Water ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act This bill amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund permanent (currently, it terminates at the end of FY2034).
S.3168: Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Committee On Indian Affairs. Hearings Held. on 07/18/2018
Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act [S.3119]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
[Water ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act This bill amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to authorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to issue one-year permits allowing Washington, Oregon, Idaho, the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, and the Cowlitz Indian Tribe to kill sea lions in a portion of
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To rename a waterway in the State of New York as the "Joseph Sanford Jr. Channel". [HB-6125]
[Community Development ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Water ]
To rename a waterway in the State of New York as the "Joseph Sanford Jr. Channel". This bill redesignates the waterway in New York State known as the Negro Bar Channel as the "Joseph Sanford Jr. Channel."
HB-6125: To rename a waterway in the State of New York as the "Joseph Sanford Jr. Channel".
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 06/18/2018
HB-6083: 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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Tipton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 06/19/2018
You have voted HB-6083: 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..
HB-6039: To establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property around the Jamestown Reservoir in the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Cramer
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-901. on 08/14/2018
You have voted HB-6039: To establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property around the Jamestown Reservoir in the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes..
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 [S.3021]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 This bill designates the U.S. courthouse at 300 South Fourth Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the "Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse."
S.3021: America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Became Public Law No: 115-270. on 10/23/2018