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S. 154 · 119th Congress (2025–2027)

Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act

This bill extends through FY2026 the Bureau of Reclamation's pilot projects to increase water levels in the Upper Colorado River Basin and Lake Mead due to drought conditions.

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A bill to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize the Colorado River System conservation pilot program.

Passed Senate

This bill’s path

148 days after it was introduced

This is S. 154’s recorded path, not a universal congressional workflow.

How bills become lawAll actions

  1. Introduced5 months

  2. Passed Senate

  3. Passed House

  4. Sent to President

  5. Signed into law

Sponsor
Sen. John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors

4 original · 0 later

  1. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)· Original · Jan 21, 2025
  2. Sen. Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)· Original · Jan 21, 2025
  3. Sen. John R. Curtis (R-UT)· Original · Jan 21, 2025
  4. Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)· Original · Jan 21, 2025
Policy area
Water Resources Development
Subjects
  • Arizona
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Congressional oversight
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Utah
  • Water resources funding
  • 1 more
    • Wyoming

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Timeline

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  1. Introduced in Senate

    Document: Introduced in Senate

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  2. ▸ 2 committee actions · Jan 21, 2025 – Jun 18, 2025

    1. Referred to committee

      Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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    2. Committee discharged

      Congressional Record S3458

      Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.

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  3. Latest

    Passed Senate

    Congressional Record S3459

    Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.

    The Senate passed the bill.

    Document: Engrossed in Senate

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Committees

  1. SenateEnergy and Natural ResourcesReferred Jan 21, 2025

    1. Apr 9, 2025 · Meeting

      Business meeting to consider S.154, to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize the Colorado River System conservation pilot program, S.362, to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, S.544, to provide for the location of multiple hardrock mining mill sites, to establish the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund, S.714, to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, and the nominations of Katharine MacGregor, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, and James Danly, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy.

Floor record

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  1. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate · Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous ConsentCongressional Record S3458

    Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act

  2. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate · Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous ConsentCongressional Record S3458

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Titles (2)

  1. Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act

    Display title, Short title · Engrossed in Senate, Introduced in Senate

  2. A bill to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize the Colorado River System conservation pilot program.

    Official title · Introduced in Senate