S. 3128 (110th): White Mountain Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization Act

Introduced:
Jun 12, 2008 (110th Congress, 2007–2009)
Sponsor:
Sen. Jon Kyl [R-AZ]
Status:
Signed by the President

The bill’s title was written by the bill’s sponsor. S. stands for Senate bill.

(About Ads | Go Ad-Free for $5)
Status

This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on October 10, 2008.

Progress
Introduced Jun 12, 2008
Referred to Committee Jun 12, 2008
Reported by Committee Sep 11, 2008
Passed Senate Sep 25, 2008
Passed House Sep 29, 2008
Signed by the President Oct 10, 2008
Cosponsors
none
Committees

House Natural Resources

Senate Indian Affairs

The committee chair determines whether a bill will move past the committee stage.

Full Title

A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide a loan to the White Mountain Apache Tribe for use in planning, engineering, and designing a certain water system project.

Summary

No summaries available.

Text

Read Bill Text »

Last updated Jan 01, 2008.
2 pages

Primary Source

View on THOMAS (The Library of Congress)

GovTrack gets most information from THOMAS, which is updated generally one day after events occur. Activity since the last update may not be reflected here.

Citation

Click a format for a citation suggestion:

GovTrack’s Bill Summary

We don’t have a summary available yet.

Library of Congress Summary

The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress.

10/10/2008. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to provide a loan to the White Mountain Apache Tribe to carry out planning, engineering, and design of the Miner Flat Project (defined as the White Mountain Apache Rural Water System) in Arizona. Requires such loan to be interest free (0% rate) and to be repaid over a term of 25 years, beginning on January 1, 2013.
Directs the Secretary to offer to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Tribe for the planning, engineering, and design of the Project, which shall be subject to the requirements of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
Authorizes appropriations.

House Republican Conference Summary

The summary below was written by the House Republican Conference, which is the caucus of Republicans in the House of Representatives.

No summary available.

House Democratic Caucus Summary

The House Democratic Caucus does not provide summaries of bills.

So, yes, we display the House Republican Conference’s summaries when available even if we do not have a Democratic summary available. That’s because we feel it is better to give you as much information as possible, even if we cannot provide every viewpoint.

We’ll be looking for a source of summaries from the other side in the meanwhile.

The bill contains the following citations to other parts of U.S. law:

United States Code

The United States Code is the compilation of permanent laws enacted by Congress. Temporary and other non-permanent laws do not appear in the United States Code. (About half of the United States Code is the law itself, called positive law. The other half is merely a compilation of the laws but has no legal significance.)