S. 1106: Arkansas Valley Conduit Act
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S. 1106: Arkansas Valley Conduit Act
109th Congress · introduced 2005-05-23 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-781.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2005-05-23 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-781. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Arkansas Valley Conduit Act
Plain summary
Arkansas Valley Conduit Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to plan, design, and construct a water delivery pipeline, to be known as the Arkansas Valley Conduit, from a location in the vicinity of Pueblo Reservoir, Pueblo, to Lamar, Colorado. Designates the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, or its designee that is recognized under State law as an entity that has taxing authority, as the lead non-federal entity for the Conduit. Directs such entity to: (1) act as the official agent of the Conduit; (2) pay the non-federal share of any increased costs, including construction costs, under this Act; and (3) pay costs for and perform the operations, maintenance, and replacement of the Conduit. Sets the federal share of: (1) total planning, design, and construction costs at 80 percent; and (2) any increased costs that are a result of fundamental design changes conducted at the request of anyone other than such entity at 100 percent. Directs the Secretary, upon completion, to transfer ownership of the Conduit to such entity.
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Arkansas Valley Conduit Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109s1106.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/s>
Record fed-us-cong109-s1106 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109