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Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act

Introduced Jan 21, 2025

Latest action (Jun 23, 2025) Held at the desk.

Referred to
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Policy area
Water Resources Development
Issues
Climate & Energy
Legislative subjects (9)
ArizonaCaliforniaColoradoCongressional oversightNevadaNew MexicoUtahWater resources fundingWyoming

Summary
  • Reauthorizes the Colorado River System conservation pilot program.
  • Extends one program deadline from 2024 to 2026.
  • Extends another program deadline from 2025 to 2027.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to John W. Hickenlooper’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES $21,750
  • THE WONDERFUL COMPANY $13,200
  • ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $13,200
  • WALKER & DUNLOP $6,600
  • BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for John W. Hickenlooper → · Outside spending →

Actions (9)
  1. Jun 23, 2025 Held at the desk. · house
  2. Jun 23, 2025 Received in the House. · house
  3. Jun 23, 2025 Message on Senate action sent to the House. · senate
  4. Jun 18, 2025 Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S3459) · senate
  5. Jun 18, 2025 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
  6. Jun 18, 2025 Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3458) · senate
  7. Jun 18, 2025 Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  8. Jan 21, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · senate
  9. Jan 21, 2025 Introduced in Senate

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 9497 — Water Resources Development Act of 2026 (shares 9 subjects)
  • HR 231 — Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act of 2025 (shares 9 subjects)
  • S 4949 — Water Resources Development Act of 2026 (shares 8 subjects)
  • HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 8 subjects)
  • HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 8 subjects)
  • HR 4754 — Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 8 subjects)
  • HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. (shares 8 subjects)
  • S 859 — Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Prevention Act of 2025 (shares 8 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 231 — Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act of 2025 · Introduced Feb 12, 2025 · Cong. 119 80%
  • S 1570 — Help Hoover Dam Act · Introduced May 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%
  • S 887 — Basin Fund Preservation Act · Introduced Mar 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • S 783 — Assistance for Rural Water Systems Act of 2025 · Introduced Feb 27, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 3158 — Help Hoover Dam Act · Introduced May 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%
  • S 1114 — Watershed Protection and Forest Recovery Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 25, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%

Text versions (2)
  • Engrossed in Senate · Jun 18, 2025
  • Introduced in Senate · Jan 21, 2025

Committee action

What happened to this bill in committee — the meetings where it was considered and every recorded vote taken on it.

Meetings where this bill was on the agenda

Full text

AN ACT

To amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize the Colorado River System conservation pilot program.

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 “Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act”.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM CONSERVATION PILOT PROGRAM.

Section 206 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (43 U.S.C. 620 note; Public Law 113-

235), is amended—

(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking “this Act” and inserting “the Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act”;

(2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking “2024” and inserting “2026”; and

(3) in subsection (d), by striking “2025” and inserting “2027”.

Passed the Senate June 18, 2025.

Attest:

Secretary. 119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 154

AN ACT

To amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize the Colorado River System conservation pilot program.

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