To provide for drought preparedness and improved water supply reliability.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide for drought preparedness and improved water supply reliability., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Finance, Agriculture.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Water for Conservation and Farming Act. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
- Section id9fc611c3b2c4490ba3f251a3ac7b34f1: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Fund means the Bureau of Reclamation Infrastructure Fund established by section 101(a). The term Reclamation State has the...
- Section idd1e707731e1e453baa1fb3778dec1cf7: 101. Bureau of Reclamation Infrastructure Fund There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the Bureau of Reclamation...
- Section id55a6c35e509948b881c4b36a2548a8db: 102. Watersmart extension and expansion Section 9504(a) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(a)) is amended— in paragraph (1)— in...
- Section id09ef76decb41491888701a2e1c1717b5: 201. Waterbird and shorebird habitat creation program Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall establish a program under which the Secretary...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide for drought preparedness and improved water supply reliability., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Finance, Agriculture
Primary Purpose
This bill, To provide for drought preparedness and improved water supply reliability., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Sponsors
Ron Wyden
D-OR | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Merkley) introduced the following …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the Bureau of Reclamation Infrastructure Fund established by section 101(a). The term Reclamation State has the meaning given the term in section 4014 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (43 U.S.C. 390b note
any government of an Indian Tribe that the Secretary determines— is involved in fishery management and recovery activities, including activities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
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