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Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act
Summary
This bill modifies the financing and repayment terms for the Arkansas Valley Conduit, a water supply project in Colorado. It establishes that local entities must pay 35 percent of the conduit's construction cost through a combination of upfront funding and long-term repayment contracts. Repayment can extend up to 75 years with interest set at half the Treasury rate, and the Secretary may grant hardship extensions based on financial need. The bill also allows local entities to generate revenue from excess water capacity contracts to help cover costs. Local entities assume full responsibility for operating, maintaining, and replacing the conduit.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
- Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3] (R-CO)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Lauren Boebert’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $284,644
- WATERVALLEY $9,900
- BETTERIT LAND & TITLE HOLDING $6,950
- ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY $6,600
- LIBERTY MEDIA $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Lauren Boebert → · Outside spending →
Actions (32)
- Jan 8, 2026 The Chair directed the Clerk to notify the Senate of the action of the House. · house
- Jan 8, 2026 On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Natural Resources. Agreed to without objection. · house
- Jan 8, 2026 Motion to refer the bill and accompanying veto message to the Committee on Natural Resources. · house
- Jan 8, 2026 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). · house
- Jan 8, 2026 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 The Chair announced the unfinished business to be the consideration of the veto. (consideration: CR H212) · house
- Jan 8, 2026 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. · house
- Jan 8, 2026 The previous question was ordered without objection. · house
- Jan 8, 2026 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) · house
- Jan 8, 2026 The Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President. · house
- Jan 2, 2026 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. · house
- Jan 2, 2026 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). · house
- Jan 2, 2026 The Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President. · house
- Dec 29, 2025 Vetoed by President. · house
- Dec 18, 2025 Presented to President. · house
- Dec 17, 2025 Message on Senate action sent to the House. · senate
- Dec 16, 2025 Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8766-8768) · senate
- Dec 16, 2025 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- Dec 16, 2025 Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. · senate
- Jul 22, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · senate
- Jul 21, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
- Jul 21, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3497-3498) · house
- Jul 21, 2025 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 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 131. · house
- Jul 21, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3497-3498) · house
- Jul 21, 2025 Mr. Gosar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. · house
- Jul 10, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 152. · house
- Jul 10, 2025 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-187. · house
- Jun 25, 2025 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent. · house
- Jun 25, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Jan 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
- Jan 3, 2025 Introduced in House
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Roll-call votes (1)
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- Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary NotwithstandingFailed
248 Yea · 177 Nay · 1 Present · 5 Not voting
- Republicans2Yea33Nay2NV
- Democrats28Yea0Nay
The party tally and member list below cover the 65 of 431 positions we've recorded so far; the outcome above is the official chamber result.
See how each member voted (65)
Yea(30)
- Al Green
- Becca Balint
- Bonnie Watson Coleman
- Brendan F. Boyle
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick
- Chrissy Houlahan
- Christopher R. Deluzio
- Donald Norcross
- Dwight Evans
- Frank Pallone
- Glenn Thompson
- Greg Casar
- Henry Cuellar
- Herbert C. Conaway
- Jasmine Crockett
- Joaquin Castro
- Josh Gottheimer
- Julie Johnson
- Lamonica Mciver
- Lizzie Fletcher
- Lloyd Doggett
- Madeleine Dean
- Marc A. Veasey
- Mary Gay Scanlon
- Nellie Pou
- Robert Menendez
- Summer L. Lee
- Sylvia R. Garcia
- Veronica Escobar
- Vicente Gonzalez
Nay(33)
- August Pfluger
- Beth Van Duyne
- Brandon Gill
- Brian Babin
- Chip Roy
- Christopher H. Smith
- Craig A. Goldman
- Dan Crenshaw
- Daniel Meuser
- Guy Reschenthaler
- Jake Ellzey
- Jefferson Van Drew
- Jodey C. Arrington
- John Joyce
- John R. Carter
- Keith Self
- Lance Gooden
- Lloyd Smucker
- Michael Cloud
- Mike Kelly
- Monica De La Cruz
- Morgan Luttrell
- Nathaniel Moran
- Pat Fallon
- Pete Sessions
- Randy K. Sr. Weber
- Robert P. Bresnahan
- Roger Williams
- Ronny Jackson
- Ryan Mackenzie
- Scott Perry
- Thomas H. Kean
- Troy E. Nehls
Not voting(2)
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Text versions (5)
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Full text
An Act
To make certain modifications to the repayment for the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of Colorado.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act”.
SEC. 2. ARKANSAS VALLEY CONDUIT, COLORADO. Public Law 87-590 (76 Stat. 389; 123 Stat. 1320) is amended—
(1) in the first section—
(A) in subsection (c), in the second sentence, by striking “or in the case of the Arkansas Valley Conduit, payment in an amount equal to 35 percent of the cost of the conduit that is comprised of revenue generated by payments pursuant to a repayment contract and revenue that may be derived from contracts for the use of Fryingpan-Arkansas project excess capacity or exchange contracts using Fryingpan-Arkansas project facilities,”; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
“(d) Arkansas Valley Conduit.—
“(1) Repayment contract.—To provide domestic water supplies to communities and households that do not have reliable access to domestic water supplies, the contract for the Arkansas Valley Conduit shall provide for payment in an amount equal to 35 percent of the cost of the conduit, notwithstanding the reclamation laws or any other provision of this Act. The contract payments shall consist of—
“(A) funding provided during construction from any entity other than the Secretary; and
“(B) based on a demonstration of financial hardship, as determined by the Secretary, repayment of the balance not covered under subparagraph (A) for a period of not more than 75 years with simple interest at a rate that is equal to 50 percent of the interest rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury under section 2(c), including revenue derived from contracts for the use of excess capacity or exchange contracts using Fryingpan-Arkansas project facilities.
“(2) Operations and maintenance.—The contract for the Arkansas Valley Conduit shall provide for the assumption by the contracting parties of the care, operation, maintenance, and replacement of the conduit.”; and
(2) in section 2(b)(3)(A), by striking “this section” and inserting “subsection (d) of the first section”.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.
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