Water Use And Supply
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Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Water Rights Settlement Act [HB-3491]
[Water ]
[Native American Affairs ]
To approve the Kickapoo Tribe Water Rights Settlement Agreement, and for other purposes.
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National Green Bank Act of 2019 [HB-3423]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishes a U.S. Green Bank to finance climate change mitigation and adaptation projects at the state and local level by capitalizing regional, state, and municipal green banks. The Department of the Treasury must issue green bonds to provide the bank with (1) an initial capitalization of $10 billion; and (2) additional capitalization, upon the bank's request, of no more than $50 billion in aggregate at any one time. The bill also establishes in the Treasury a revolving Green Bank Establishment Fund.
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Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Infrastructure Act [S.1932]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishes and modifies various Department of the Interior water programs that target western states. Provisions in the bill include those authorizing Interior to provide grants to support qualifying water-storage projects in western states; reauthorizing through FY2024 the CALFED Bay-Delta program, which handles water issues in California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; reauthorizing through FY2024 an Interior grant program to support qualifying water recycling and reuse projects and establishing new priorities for awarding such grants; and establishing
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Aamodt Litigation Settlement Completion Act of 2019 [HB-3292]
[Water ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Ratifies an agreement relating to the settlement of the Aamodt litigation, which resolved claims concerning Pueblo water resources. The bill also reauthorizes through FY2028 activities to construct a regional water system as part of the settlement. Specifically, the bill ratifies an agreement between the United States, New Mexico, the city of Santa Fe, and the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque relating to the litigation. (This agreement is in addition to previously ratified agreements settling the litigation.)
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A bill to make available the continued use of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program project use power by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District, and for other purposes. [S.1882]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Agriculture ]
Provides for the continued use of power from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District in Montana.
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Aamodt Litigation Settlement Completion Act of 2019 [S.1875]
[Water ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Ratifies an agreement relating to the settlement of the Aamodt litigation, which resolved claims concerning Pueblo water resources. The bill also reauthorizes through FY2028 activities to construct a regional water system as part of the settlement. Specifically, the bill ratifies an agreement between the United States, New Mexico, the city of Santa Fe, and the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque relating to the litigation. (This agreement is in addition to previously ratified agreements settling the litigation.)
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PIPE Act Protecting Infrastructure and Promoting the Economy Act [S.1837]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Health ]
Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program for drinking water or wastewater infrastructure projects.
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Federal Energy and Water Management Performance Act of 2019 [S.1857]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
Revises federal energy and water performance requirements for federal buildings and directs the Department of Energy to establish a Federal Energy Management Program.
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PIPE Act Protecting Infrastructure and Promoting the Economy Act [HB-3254]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Health ]
Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program for drinking water or wastewater infrastructure projects.
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Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act [HB-3239]
[Immigration ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Imposes requirements and standards related to the care of aliens in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody. CBP shall conduct an initial health screening of each alien in custody to identify those with acute conditions and high-risk vulnerabilities and to provide appropriate healthcare. CBP shall conduct the screening within 12 hours of each alien's arrival at a CBP facility, and within 6 hours for certain priority individuals such as children, pregnant women, and those with disabilities. The bill imposes various requirements related to
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Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Extension Act [HB-3237]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
Revises the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program. The program is a cooperative agreement among Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, and the Bureau of Reclamation to protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats in the Central and Lower Platte River Basin. The bill extends Reclamation's authority to implement the first increment of the program through FY2033.
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Water Resources Development Act of 2020 [S.1811]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
Addresses water resources infrastructure funding as well as Army Corps of Engineers projects for navigation, flood risk management, and ecosystem restoration. The bill removes from annual discretionary spending limits funds appropriated from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) for harbor operations and maintenance purposes, up to a specified amount. This allows additional funds from the HMTF to be appropriated for these purposes without these amounts counting against annual discretionary spending limits. Similarly, the bill removes from annual
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 [S.1790]
[Defense ]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Military ]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
Authorizes FY2020 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation. The bill authorizes appropriations to DOD for Procurement, including aircraft, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, shipbuilding and conversion, missiles, and space procurement; Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; Operation and Maintenance; Working Capital Funds; Chemical Agents and Munitions
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A bill to extend a repayment contract relating to the Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District and to authorize the District to develop an excess capacity contract to offset repayment costs, and for other purposes. [S.1758]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Allows the Bureau of Reclamation to extend the repayment contract with the Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District relating to the Purgatoire project for the Trinidad Dam on Purgatoire River in Colorado. The bill also allows Reclamation to enter into excess capacity contracts with respect to the project; revenues from such contracts must be first credited toward the district's outstanding payment obligation under its repayment contract.
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Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act [S.1751]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Infrastructure ]
Provides the Department of the Interior exclusive authority to develop hydropower facilities in certain instances and contains other related provisions. Specifically, Interior shall have exclusive authority to develop small conduit hydropower using Bureau of Reclamation facilities and pumped storage hydropower that exclusively use bureau reservoirs. Currently, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) also has regulatory authority over some of the bureau infrastructure involved in such projects, so some projects require approval from both
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Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2019 [HB-3079]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
Revises requirements for energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts in federal facilities. These contracts allow federal agencies to work with private contractors on energy efficiency upgrades to federal facilities, unless the facilities are dams, reservoirs, or hydropower facilities owned or operated by federal agencies.
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Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2019 [S.1706]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
Revises requirements for energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts in federal facilities. These contracts allow federal agencies to work with private contractors on energy efficiency upgrades to federal facilities, unless the facilities are dams, reservoirs, or hydropower facilities owned or operated by federal agencies.
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Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020 [HB-3055]
[Agriculture ]
[Defense ]
[Environmental ]
[Finance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Immigration ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Military ]
[Food ]
Provides continuing FY2020 appropriations to federal agencies through December 20, 2019, and extends several expiring health programs. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2020 appropriations bills have not been enacted when the existing CR expires after November 21, 2019. The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2019 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations to various programs, including the 2020 Census, the
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A bill to permit States to transfer certain funds from the clean water revolving fund of a State to the drinking water revolving fund of the State in certain circumstances, and for other purposes. [S.1689]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
Allows—for one year—a state to transfer amounts from its clean water state revolving fund to its drinking water state revolving fund in order to address a threat to public health as a result of heightened exposure to lead in drinking water. Specifically, a state may transfer no more than 5% of the cumulative amount of the federal grant dollars awarded for its clean water state revolving fund to its drinking water state revolving fund.
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Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 [S.1589]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Defense ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
Authorizes various intelligence-related activities for FY2018-FY2020 and contains other intelligence-related provisions. The bill's provisions include increasing the maximum amount of voluntary separation pay for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employees; providing 12 weeks of paid parental leave for civilian intelligence community employees for the birth or adoption of a child, subject to various limitations; allowing an intelligence community employee who has been subjected to a possible prohibited personnel action to submit a claim to the inspector
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