Watersheds

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US Congress 115th Congress

A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to provide for stewardship contracting projects, and for other purposes. [S.1033] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Energy ] [Water ] [Community Development ]
A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to provide for stewardship contracting projects, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Forest Service to enter into stewardship contracting projects with private persons or other public entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for the National Forest System that meet local and rural community needs. The bill states that the land management goals of a project may include: (1) road and trail maintenance or (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Pat Roberts Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 05/03/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act of 2018 [S.1012] [Water ] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Climate Change ] [Disaster Relief ] [Energy ] [Science ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Native American Affairs ] [Public Safety ] [Agriculture ]
New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act of 2018 This bill directs the Bureau of Reclamation to carry out a water acquisition program in specified basins in New Mexico, under which Reclamation shall: (1) make acquisitions of water by lease or purchase of water rights or contractual entitlements from willing lessors or sellers, consistent with the Rio Grande Compact and applicable state water rights law; and (2) take other actions to enhance stream flow to benefit fish and wildlife (including endangered species), water quality, and river ecosystem restoration (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 115-358. on 11/14/2018

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