Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act

Bill: 119-s-154
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2025-01-21
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Arizona

California

Colorado

Congressional oversight

Nevada

New Mexico

Utah

Water resources funding

Wyoming
Latest action: action_date: 2025-06-23
text: Held at the desk.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act</strong></p><p>This bill extends through FY2026 the Bureau of Reclamation's pilot projects&nbsp;to increase water levels in the Upper Colorado River Basin and Lake Mead due to drought conditions.</p>

tv_txt: 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 154 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize the Colorado River System conservation pilot program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act . 2. Reauthorization of Colorado River System conservation pilot program Section 206 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 ( 43 U.S.C. 620 note; Public Law 113–235 ), is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking this Act and inserting the Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act ; (2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking 2024 and inserting 2026 ; and (3) in subsection (d), by striking 2025 and inserting 2027 .

Passed the Senate June 18, 2025. Secretary

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 154 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 21, 2025 Mr. Hickenlooper (for himself, Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Curtis , Ms. Lummis , and Mr. Bennet ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize the Colorado River System conservation pilot program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act . 2. Reauthorization of Colorado River System conservation pilot program Section 206 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 ( 43 U.S.C. 620 note; Public Law 113–235 ), is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking this Act and inserting the Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act ; (2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking 2024 and inserting 2026 ; and (3) in subsection (d), by striking 2025 and inserting 2027 .