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BillsHH.R. 131

Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act

119th CongressIntroduced January 3, 2025Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4]· CO-03
Stage
In committee
Latest action
The Chair directed the Clerk to notify the Senate of the action of the House.
January 8, 2026

Summary

Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act This bill reduces payments that communities within the Arkansas River Valley must pay to the Bureau of Reclamation for the construction of the Arkansas Valley

Committees

  • PrimaryNatural Resources Committee
  • AlsoEnergy and Natural Resources Committee

CRS subjects

ColoradoPipelinesWater resources funding

Action history

  1. January 3, 2025Introduced in House
  2. January 3, 2025Introduced in House
  3. January 3, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  4. June 25, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. June 25, 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
  6. July 10, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-187.
  7. July 10, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-187.
  8. July 10, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 152.
  9. July 21, 2025Mr. Gosar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  10. July 21, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3497-3498)
  11. July 21, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 131.
  12. July 21, 2025Passed/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)
  13. July 21, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3497-3498)
  14. July 21, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. July 22, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  16. December 16, 2025Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  17. December 16, 2025Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  18. December 16, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
  19. December 16, 2025Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8766-8768)
  20. December 17, 2025Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  21. December 18, 2025Presented to President.
  22. December 18, 2025Presented to President.
  23. December 29, 2025Vetoed by President.
  24. December 29, 2025Vetoed by President.
  25. January 2, 2026The Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President.
  26. January 2, 2026The 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).
  27. January 2, 2026POSTPONED 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.
  28. January 8, 2026The Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President.
  29. January 8, 2026DEBATE - 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)
  30. January 8, 2026The previous question was ordered without objection.
  31. January 8, 2026POSTPONED 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.
  32. January 8, 2026The Chair announced the unfinished business to be the consideration of the veto. (consideration: CR H212)
  33. January 8, 2026Failed 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).
  34. January 8, 2026On 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).
  35. January 8, 2026Motion to refer the bill and accompanying veto message to the Committee on Natural Resources.
  36. January 8, 2026On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Natural Resources. Agreed to without objection.
  37. January 8, 2026The Chair directed the Clerk to notify the Senate of the action of the House.

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