To remove the authorized purpose of maintaining water supply for agricultural uses for the project for Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas, Florida.

Bill: 116-hr-4844
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2019-10-23
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations

Florida

Lakes and rivers

Water use and supply

Watersheds
Latest action: action_date: 2019-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-10-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits maintaining water supply for agricultural uses from being an authorized purpose of the project for Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas in Florida.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4844 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 23, 2019 Mr. Rooney of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To remove the authorized purpose of maintaining water supply for agricultural uses for the project for Ca­loo­sa­hat­chee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas, Florida.

1. Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas, Florida Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, maintaining water supply for agricultural uses shall not be an authorized purpose of the project for Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas, Florida, authorized under the Act of July 3, 1930 (Chapter 847; 46 Stat. 925).