S2514-118

Introduced

To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to modify certain requirements applicable to salinity control units, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 26, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to modify certain requirements applicable to salinity control units, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Energy, 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 id94766ed6b18f40dd9d7e98a244c10fca: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Colorado River Salinity Control Fix Act.
  • Section id30075125e104450eba631ac7050b2bab: 2. Salinity control units Section 205 of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1595) is amended— by striking the section designation and all...
  • Section idafdbe4b39f684233a88a4a294c05427b: 205. Salinity control units; authority and functions of the Secretary of the Interior The Secretary

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to modify certain requirements applicable to salinity control units, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Energy, Agriculture

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to modify certain requirements applicable to salinity control units, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Energy Agriculture

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: es

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 26, 2023

Mr. Bennet (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Barrasso, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Energy Agriculture
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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