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H.R. 131 House Water Resources Development

Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act

Introduced
Jan 3, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. Boebert, Lauren (R-CO-4)
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VETOED

Vetoed on Jan 8, 2026.

  1. House Introduced in House Jan 3, 2025
  2. House Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Jan 3, 2025
  3. House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Jun 25, 2025
  4. House Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent. Jun 25, 2025
  5. House Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-187. Jul 10, 2025
  6. House Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 152. Jul 10, 2025
  7. House Mr. Gosar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Jul 21, 2025
  8. House Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3497-3498) Jul 21, 2025
  9. House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 131. Jul 21, 2025
  10. House Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3497-3498) Jul 21, 2025
  11. House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3497-3498) Jul 21, 2025
  12. House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Jul 21, 2025
  13. Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Jul 22, 2025
  14. House Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. Dec 16, 2025
  15. House Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. Dec 16, 2025
  16. Senate Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8766-8768) Dec 16, 2025
  17. Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Dec 17, 2025
  18. House
    Presented to President. Dec 18, 2025
  19. House
    Vetoed by President. Dec 29, 2025
  20. House The Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President. Jan 2, 2026
  21. House The Chair announced that the objections of the President to H.R. 131 would be spread at large upon the Journal and the veto message would be printed as a House Document (119-119). Jan 2, 2026
  22. House POSTPONED CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGE - The Chair announced that further consideration of the veto message and the bill, H.R. 131, is postponed until the legislative day of January 8, 2026. Agreed to without objection. Jan 2, 2026
  23. House The Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President. Jan 8, 2026
  24. House DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House of January 2, 2026, the unfinished business is the further consideration of the veto message of the President on H.R. 131. The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding. (consideration: CR H205-208) Jan 8, 2026
  25. House The previous question was ordered without objection. Jan 8, 2026
  26. House POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the veto message of the President to H.R. 131, the Chair put the question on will the House, on reconsideration, pass the bill, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding. Under the Constitution, the vote must be taken by the yeas and nays. Further proceedings were postponed until a time to be announced. Jan 8, 2026
  27. House
    The Chair announced the unfinished business to be the consideration of the veto. (consideration: CR H212) Jan 8, 2026
  28. House 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). Jan 8, 2026
  29. House 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). Jan 8, 2026
  30. House Motion to refer the bill and accompanying veto message to the Committee on Natural Resources. Jan 8, 2026
  31. House On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Natural Resources. Agreed to without objection. Jan 8, 2026
  32. House The Chair directed the Clerk to notify the Senate of the action of the House. Jan 8, 2026
  33. House Latest vote
    Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding Jan 8, 2026
    Defeated Yea 248 Nay 177 Roll Call

Cosponsors

1

Subjects

ColoradoPipelinesWater resources fundingWater use and supply

Committees

  • Natural Resources Committee
    • [Unknown, Jan 8, 2026]
    • [Unknown, Jan 8, 2026]
    • [Reported By, Jul 10, 2025]
    • [Markup By, Jun 25, 2025]
    • [Referred To, Jan 3, 2025]
  • Energy and Natural Resources Committee
    • [Discharged From, Dec 16, 2025]
    • [Referred To, Jul 22, 2025]

Summary

Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit ActThis 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.

[Summary as of: Introduced in House]

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