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Union Calendar No. 152 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 131 
[Report No. 119–187] 
To make certain modifications to the repayment for the Arkansas Valley 
Conduit in the State of Colorado. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2025 
Ms. BOEBERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
JULY 10, 2025 
Additional sponsor: Mr. HURD of Colorado 
JULY 10, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 3, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To make certain modifications to the repayment for the 
Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of Colorado. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Finish the Arkansas Val-
ley Conduit Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ARKANSAS VALLEY CONDUIT, COLORADO. 
Public Law 87–590 (76 Stat. 389; 123 Stat. 1320) is 
amended— 
(1) in the first section— 
(A) in subsection (c), in the second sentence, 
by striking ‘‘or in the case of the Arkansas Val-
ley Conduit, payment in an amount equal to 35 
percent of the cost of the conduit that is com-
prised of revenue generated by payments pursu-
ant to a repayment contract and revenue that 
may be derived from contracts for the use of 
Fryingpan-Arkansas project excess capacity or 
exchange contracts using Fryingpan-Arkansas 
project facilities,’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) ARKANSAS VALLEY CONDUIT.— 
‘‘(1) REPAYMENT CONTRACT.—To provide domes-
tic water supplies to communities and households that 
do not have reliable access to domestic water supplies, 
the contract for the Arkansas Valley Conduit shall 
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provide for payment in an amount equal to 35 per-
cent of the cost of the conduit, notwithstanding the 
reclamation laws or any other provision of this Act. 
The contract payments shall consist of— 
‘‘(A) funding provided during construction 
from any entity other than the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) based on a demonstration of financial 
hardship, as determined by the Secretary, repay-
ment of the balance not covered under subpara-
graph (A) for a period of not more than 75 years 
with simple interest at a rate that is equal to 50 
percent of the interest rate determined by the 
Secretary of the Treasury under section 2(c), in-
cluding revenue derived from contracts for the 
use of excess capacity or exchange contracts 
using Fryingpan-Arkansas project facilities. 
‘‘(2) OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.—The con-
tract for the Arkansas Valley Conduit shall provide 
for the assumption by the contracting parties of the 
care, operation, maintenance, and replacement of the 
conduit.’’; and 
(2) in section 2(b)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘this sec-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d) of the first sec-
tion’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 152 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 131 
[Report No. 119–187] 
A BILL 
To make certain modifications to the repayment for 
the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of Col-
orado. 
JULY 10, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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