118th Congress Water Resources Development
S. 5011: Sacramento RIVER Act of 2024
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Summary
This bill authorizes a federal leadership committee to support habitat restoration projects. It also allows revenue from the sale of surplus water to be used for drought resilience investments, extraordinary maintenance activities, and dam safety investments.
Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of the Interior, upon the request of an eligible entity, to establish the Integrated Water Management Federal Leadership Committee. Eligible entity means an entity or qualified partner sponsoring a habitat restoration project in a watershed in which a Bureau of Reclamation project is located and that receives a grant, cooperative agreement, or other financial assistance agreement from Interior.
Committee members must establish the duties and responsibilities of the committee, which must include facilitating communication and collaboration among federal agencies to support and advance any habitat restoration projects for which an eligible entity requests committee assistance.
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Additionally, under current law, revenue from the sale of surplus water must be deposited into the Reclamation Fund and credited to the capital repayment of the associated project. This bill allows revenue that would otherwise be deposited into this fund, upon completion of capital repayment, to be used for additional activities. Specifically, this revenue may be used for drought resilience investments, extraordinary maintenance activities, and dam safety investments.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Who scored on this bill
- 1Alejandro Padilla SponsorIntroduced, reported2 events+20
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Alejandro Padilla.
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- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. Without written report.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 641.
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-405.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.