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US HR4440

US HR4440
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the construction of the Cheney division, Wichita Federal reclamation project, Kansas, and for other purposes" to extend the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the Equus Beds Division of the Wichita Project.


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Introduced
02/02/2016
In Committee
02/05/2016
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2017

Introduced Session

114th Congress

Bill Summary

To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the construction of the Cheney division, Wichita Federal reclamation project, Kansas, and for other purposes" to extend the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the Equus Beds Division of the Wichita Project. This bill amends the Wichita Project Equus Beds Division Authorization Act of 2005 to extend for ten years the authority of the Department of the Interior to carry out the Equus Beds Aquifer Recharge and Recovery Project, Kansas.

AI Summary

This bill extends the authority of the Secretary of the Interior, the head of the Department of the Interior, to carry out the Equus Beds Division of the Wichita Project in Kansas for an additional ten years, making the total authorization twenty years. This extension specifically applies to the Equus Beds Aquifer Recharge and Recovery Project, which is part of the larger Wichita Federal reclamation project. The original Act being amended, the Wichita Project Equus Beds Division Authorization Act of 2005, had previously set a ten-year limit for this authority.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. (on 02/05/2016)

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