A bill to deauthorize the Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into negotiations to satisfy, in a manner consistent with all Federal laws, the water rights interests of the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Mar 13, 1997)
Deauthorizes the Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and New Mexico (a participating project under the Colorado River Storage Project Act and the Colorado River Basin Project Act).
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to promptly seek to enter into negotiations with the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe to satisfy the water rights interests of those tribes that were intended to be satisfied with water supplied from such Project.
What just happenedMar 14, 1997
Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateMar 13, 1997
- Mar 14, 1997Committee
Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Water and Power Subcommittee - Mar 13, 1997IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Mar 13, 1997IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2280-2282)
- Mar 13, 1997IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate