Colorado River Drought Response Act
Summary
Colorado River Drought Response Act 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. 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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 20, 2022
Last action Jul 20, 2022
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2
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Committee
1
Jul 20, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Jul 20, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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