Colorado River Drought Response Act

Bill: 117-hr-8435
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2022-07-20
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Colorado River Drought Response Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes appropriations for the Department of the Interior to reduce the near-term likelihood of Lake Mead (in Arizona and Nevada) and Lake Powell (in Arizona and Utah) declining to critically low water elevations. These reservoirs are part of the Colorado River Basin.</p> <p>The bill also decreases the amount of time Interior has to act on existing requirements to establish grant programs for watershed habitat restoration and large-scale water recycling and reuse in certain western states.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8435 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 20, 2022 Mr. Stanton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To provide for near-term actions to preserve the Colorado River system and to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to expedite measures for drought response.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Colorado River Drought Response Act . 2. Near-term actions to preserve Colorado River system In addition to the amounts otherwise available and consistent with contractual arrangements and applicable State and Federal law, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior $500,000,000, for the period of fiscal years 2023 through 2026, to use available legal authorities to reduce the near-term likelihood of Lake Mead and Lake Powell declining to critically low water elevations. 3. Expedited measures for drought response (a) Expedited program implementation Section 40905(h) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( 43 U.S.C. 3205(h) ; 135 Stat. 1124) is amended by striking Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and inserting Not later than August 31, 2022 . (b) Establishment of program Section 40907(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( 43 U.S.C. 3207(b) ; 135 Stat. 1125) is amended by striking Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and inserting Not later than August 31, 2022 .