To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of enlarging the Arthur V. Watkins Dam Weber Basin Project, Utah, to provide additional water for the Weber Basin Project to fulfill the purposes for which that project was authorized.
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on December 13, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Arthur V. Watkins Dam Enlargement Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study (including an environmental evaluation and a cost allocation) on raising the height of the Arthur V. Watkins Dam for the development of additional storage to meet water supply needs within the Weber Basin Project area and the Wasatch Front, Utah.
Limits the federal share to 50% of the study's cost. Directs the Secretary to accept in-kind contributions of goods or services from the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District. Authorizes appropriations.
Terminates the Secretary's authority to carry out this Act 10 years after its enactment.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-781.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-339.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-339.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 188.
Mr. Pearce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7654)
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3626.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7654)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7654)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.