WOW Act

Bill: 116-hr-5217
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2019-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
California
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Disaster relief and insurance
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Farmland
Federal-Indian relations
Fishes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Hydrology and hydrography
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Performance measurement
Pest management
Pipelines
Public contracts and procurement
Railroads
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees
Utah
Washington State
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: 

Water Optimization for the West Act or the WOW Act

 
This bill addresses issues related to water projects in the Western States. Among other things, the bill 
 
 
makes the Bureau of Reclamation the lead agency for coordinating permitting activities required for the construction of certain new surface-water storage projects,
 
directs the bureau to convey certain facilities and easements to the Kennewick Irrigation District in Washington State,
 
redirects Department of Transportation funds previously intended for high-speed rail development in California to the Department of the Interior for certain water-related programs,
 
gives the Fish and Wildlife Service the sole authority to protect endangered or threatened fish species that are anadromous species or catadromous species,
 
authorizes the use of certain bureau facilities to convey water to recharge certain aquifers, and 
 
prohibits Interior or the Department of Agriculture from requiring a water user to apply for or acquire a water right in order to obtain certain permits or licenses.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-12-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-11-21
text: Introduced in House