HR 131
Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act
Summary
Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act This bill reduces payments that communities within the Arkansas River Valley must pay to the Bureau of Reclamation for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit, a pipeline in Colorado for delivering water from the Pueblo Reservoir to such communities. Specifically, it removes interest payments and extends the repayment period to 100 years.
Bill status
- Status
- Vetoed
- Sponsor
- Rep. Lauren Boebert [R-CO-4]
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Policy area
- Water Resources Development
- Introduced
- 2025-01-03
- Latest action
- 2026-01-08: The Chair directed the Clerk to notify the Senate of the action of the House.
Committee referrals
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Unknown · 2026-01-08
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Unknown · 2026-01-08
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee: Senate · Discharged From · 2025-12-16
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2025-07-22
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Reported By · 2025-07-10
Recent actions
- 2026-01-08: The Chair directed the Clerk to notify the Senate of the action of the House.
- 2026-01-08: On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Natural Resources. Agreed to without objection.
- 2026-01-08: Motion to refer the bill and accompanying veto message to the Committee on Natural Resources.
- 2026-01-08: On passage, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 248 - 177, 1 Present (Roll no. 9).
- 2026-01-08: Failed of passage in House over veto On passage, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 248 - 177, 1 Present (Roll no. 9).