S. 2019: SECURE Water Amendments Act of 2014
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S. 2019: SECURE Water Amendments Act of 2014
113th Congress · introduced 2014-02-12 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 517.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2014-02-12 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 517. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
SECURE Water Amendments Act of 2014
Plain summary
SECURE Water Amendments Act of 2014 - Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to: (1) include "planning for or addressing the impact of drought" among the activities for which the Secretary may make grants and enter cooperative agreements for water management improvement, (2) include Hawaii among the states in which eligible grant and agreement applicants may be located, (3) authorize appropriations for such grants and agreements, and (4) authorize appropriations for national water availability and use assessment program grants for FY2014-FY2018.
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Official text
SECURE Water Amendments Act of 2014
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] · 5 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] reported raising $1.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s2019.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>
Record fed-us-cong113-s2019 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113