Senate Bill 1932
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Infrastructure Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jun 20, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
1932
Congress
116
Policy Area
Water Resources Development
Water Resources Development
Primary focus of measure is the supply and use of water and control of water flows; watersheds; floods and storm protection; wetlands. Measures concerning water quality may fall under Environmental Protection policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Infrastructure Act
This bill establishes and modifies various Department of the Interior water programs that target western states.
Provisions in the bill include those
- authorizing Interior to provide grants to support qualifying water-storage projects in western states;
- reauthorizing through FY2024 the CALFED Bay-Delta program, which handles water issues in California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta;
- reauthorizing through FY2024 an Interior grant program to support qualifying water recycling and reuse projects and establishing new priorities for awarding such grants; and
- establishing a one-time process for de-authorizing certain Bureau of Reclamation projects.
June 20, 2019
07/18/2019
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-330.
06/20/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
06/20/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 1:50:58 PM