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Yes: 248 • No: 177
HR131119th CongressWALLET
Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4]
Vetoed
Summary
Would set a 35 percent cost-share and allow hardship-based repayment up to 75 years for the Arkansas Valley Conduit. It would also shift day-to-day operation and long-term replacement responsibilities to the conduit’s contracting parties.
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- Contracting parties would assume care, operation, maintenance, and replacement of the conduit.
- Project payments would include construction funding from non-federal entities and, if the Secretary finds financial hardship, the remaining balance could be repaid over up to 75 years with simple interest equal to 50 percent of the Treasury rate.
- The change would apply notwithstanding reclamation laws or other provisions of the original act and ties ongoing obligations to use or excess-capacity exchange contracts for Fryingpan-Arkansas project facilities.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Rural communities: new water payment rules
Had it passed, the bill would have required contracting parties to pay 35% of the Arkansas Valley Conduit cost. Those contract payments would have had to include any funding provided during construction by entities other than the Secretary. If the Secretary found financial hardship, the unpaid balance would have been repaid over up to 75 years. Interest would have been simple interest at 50% of the Treasury rate under section 2(c). The interest rule would have applied to revenue from excess‑capacity or exchange contracts using Fryingpan‑Arkansas facilities. Contracts would also have required contracting parties to run, maintain, and replace the conduit, shifting operations, maintenance, and replacement obligations to local parties and their ratepayers or budgets.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4]
CO • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3]
CO • R
Sponsored 1/14/2025
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 1/8/2026
Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding
Yes: 248 • No: 177
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