Bills · 119th Congress · Water Resources Development
Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act
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Roll calls on this bill
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- Democratic213 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Present · 0 Not voting
- Republican34 Yea · 177 Nay · 1 Present · 5 Not voting
- Independent / Other1 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Present · 0 Not voting
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Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act
This bill reduces payments that communities within the Arkansas River Valley must pay to the Bureau of Reclamation for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit, a pipeline in Colorado for delivering water from the Pueblo Reservoir to such communities. Specifically, it removes interest payments and extends the repayment period to 100 years.
Cosponsors
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Introduced
1/3/25
1/3/25
Status
1/3/25Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
1/3/25Introduced in House
6/25/25Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
6/25/25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
7/10/25Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 152.
7/10/25Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-187.
7/21/25Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
7/21/25On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3497-3498)
7/21/25Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3497-3498)
7/21/25DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 131.
7/21/25Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3497-3498)
7/21/25Mr. Gosar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
7/22/25Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
12/16/25Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8766-8768)
12/16/25Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
12/16/25Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
12/17/25Message on Senate action sent to the House.
12/18/25Presented to President.
12/29/25Vetoed by President.
1/2/26POSTPONED CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGE - The Chair announced that further consideration of the veto message and the bill, H.R. 131, is postponed until the legislative day of January 8, 2026. Agreed to without objection.
1/2/26The Chair announced that the objections of the President to H.R. 131 would be spread at large upon the Journal and the veto message would be printed as a House Document (119-119).
1/2/26The Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President.
1/8/26The Chair directed the Clerk to notify the Senate of the action of the House.
1/8/26On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Natural Resources. Agreed to without objection.
1/8/26Motion to refer the bill and accompanying veto message to the Committee on Natural Resources.
1/8/26On passage, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 248 - 177, 1 Present (Roll no. 9).
1/8/26Failed of passage in House over veto On passage, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 248 - 177, 1 Present (Roll no. 9).
1/8/26The Chair announced the unfinished business to be the consideration of the veto. (consideration: CR H212)
1/8/26POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the veto message of the President to H.R. 131, the Chair put the question on will the House, on reconsideration, pass the bill, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding. Under the Constitution, the vote must be taken by the yeas and nays. Further proceedings were postponed until a time to be announced.
1/8/26The previous question was ordered without objection.
1/8/26DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House of January 2, 2026, the unfinished business is the further consideration of the veto message of the President on H.R. 131. The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding. (consideration: CR H205-208)
1/8/26The Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President.