To provide for water conservation, drought operations, and drought resilience at water resources development projects, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide for water conservation, drought operations, and drought resilience at water resources development projects, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Civil Rights, Government Operations.
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 id94de819ff3474c35a59133c728ac4c65: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Drought Resilient Infrastructure Act of 2024.
- Section id3eb185730b6945d0a2fada61a38d10d8: 2. Definition of Secretary In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of the Army.
- Section id16f897162333487bb0f95a8b4ed150a7: 3. Water conservation measures The Secretary is authorized to carry out water conservation measures as part of water resources development projects for which...
- Section idd297abd61db147f7b6dc4ba5ec78847a: 4. Emergency drought operations In this section, the term covered project means any of the following: A project of the Corps of Engineers. A project for which...
- Section id3dbcfec93b2a4f2f8fe8f7fa240b5b24: 5. Drought resilience The Secretary may carry out a drought resilience project if the Secretary determines that the project— will provide for drought...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide for water conservation, drought operations, and drought resilience at water resources development projects, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Civil Rights, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To provide for water conservation, drought operations, and drought resilience at water resources development projects, and for other purposes., 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
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Kelly (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Heinrich, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
any of the following: A project of the Corps of Engineers. A project for which the Secretary develops a water control manual under section 7 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the Flood Control Act of 1944) (58 Stat. 890, chapter 665
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