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H.R. 23 (115th): Gaining Responsibility on Water Act of 2017

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About the bill

Source: Republican Policy Committee

H.R. 23 modernizes water policies throughout the western United States and provides drought relief and water reliability in the State of California. A detailed section-by-section can be found here. Provisions of the legislation include:

Title I – Central Valley Project Water Reliability

H.R. 23 provides for the necessary replacement of water dedicated to fish and wildlife purposes by the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) at a reasonably low cost and targets CVPIA actions on a priority basis towards salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. The title removes American shad and striped bass, both non-native species, from the definition of “anadromous fish” and defines “reasonable flows” as water flows capable of being maintained taking into account competing consumptive uses of water and economic, environmental ...

Sponsor and status

Photo of sponsor David Valadao

David Valadao

Sponsor. Representative for California's 21st congressional district. Republican.

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Last Updated: Jul 18, 2017
Length: 137 pages
Introduced
Jan 3, 2017
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Status
Died in a previous Congress

This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on July 12, 2017 but was never passed by the Senate.

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Position statements

What legislators are saying

“Valadao Announces USDA Funding for Sites Reservoir”
    — Rep. David Valadao [R-CA21, 2013-2018] (Sponsor) on Nov 27, 2018

“Rep. Royce: The GROW Act will help American families put food on the dinner table”
    — Rep. Edward “Ed” Royce [R-CA39, 2013-2018] (Co-sponsor) on Jul 13, 2017

“Rep. McNerney Statement on Divisive California Water Bill”
    — Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA9] on Jul 12, 2017

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What stakeholders are saying

Institute for Spending Reform SpendingTracker.org estimates new spending due to H.R. 23 will be negligible.

History

Jan 3, 2017
 
Introduced

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Jul 12, 2017
 
Passed House (Senate next)

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H.R. 23 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 23. This is the one from the 115th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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