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, Government Operations, Transportation.
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 This Act may be cited as the Drought Resilient Infrastructure Act of 2024.
- Section id5b4b7239465449549782a6d692437207: 2. Definition of Secretary In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of the Army.
- Section id55b2a72b47b2455fb2f45eb9b9a5ac7f: 3. Declaration of policy It is the policy of the United States for the Corps of Engineers, consistent with applicable statutory authorities— to maximize...
- Section H0011C063CA694EFF9E95B24A1040DFB5: 4. Forecast-informed reservoir operations In updating a water control manual for any reservoir constructed, owned, or operated by the Secretary, including a...
- Section H83390C3FE0E3441C82382D432D95B6F7: 5. Updates to certain water control manuals Section 8109 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3702) is amended by inserting or that...
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, Government Operations, Transportation
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
Mark Kelly
D-AZ | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Kelly (for himself and Mr. Padilla) introduced the following …
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?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a project— that is located in the State of California, the State of Nevada, or the State of Arizona
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