S. 1932 · 116th Congress
Drought Resiliency and Water Supply Infrastructure Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Cory Gardner
- Introduced
- 2019-06-20
- Latest action
- 2019-07-18 · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-330.
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.