A bill to clarify jurisdiction with respect to certain Bureau of Reclamation pumped storage development, and for other purposes.
This bill permanently reserves specific National Forest land along the Salt River in Arizona for the Salt River Project (SRP), a water and power district. It withdraws this land from public access, mining, and other uses to ensure the U.S. government controls it for SRP's electrical power development and transmission under the Salt River Federal Reclamation Project. The bill clarifies that facilities built by SRP on this land will be owned by the U.S. government but operated and maintained by SRP under existing agreements. It directly affects SRP's operations and the Bureau of Reclamation's management of the Salt River Project.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 9, 2023
Last action Nov 21, 2024
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Nov 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
upper
Nov 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
upper
Jul 19, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-287.
upper
Mar 9, 2023
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
upper
Mar 9, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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