Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2007

To amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize additional projects and activities under that Act, and for other purposes.

6/5/2007--Passed House without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize specified additional projects, including projects for water conservation and improvement in Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy, Hudspeth, and El Paso counties, Texas. Authorizes appropriations.
Permits each project that the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, conducts or participates in under such Act to include:
(1) the replacement of irrigation canals and lateral canals with buried pipelines;
(2) the impervious lining of canals;
(3) the installation of water level, flow measurement, pump control, and telemetry systems;
(4) the renovation and replacement of pumping plants; and
(5) other activities that will result in water conservation or an improved water supply.
Authorizes the Secretary to transfer and use up to 10% of amounts made available for any project authorized by this Act for any other such project.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
• and 4 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Henry Cuellar [D, TX-28]
  • Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D, TX-27]
  • Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D, TX-16]
  • Rep. Ciro Rodriguez [D, TX-23]
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Committees

• Senate Energy and Natural Resources
• 2 more
  • House Natural Resources
  • House Natural Resources
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.361

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
January 10, 2007		June 05, 2007

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• Jul 17, 2007: Star Print ordered on the bill.
• Jun 07, 2007: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Jun 05, 2007. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
• Jun 05, 2007: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 361.
• Jun 05, 2007: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Jun 05, 2007: Mrs. Christensen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
• Feb 07, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
• Jan 10, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
• Introduced on Jan 10, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Water resources
• Agriculture
• Authorization
• Budgets
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• Canals
• Department of the Interior
• Executive departments
• Federal aid to water resources development
• Infrastructure
• Irrigation
• Pipelines
• Texas
• Water conservation
• Water supply

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