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Yes: 248 • No: 177
HR131119th CongressWALLET
Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act
Sponsored By: Representative Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4]
Vetoed
Summary
This bill would rewrite how the Arkansas Valley Conduit is paid for, centering on new repayment terms that fix a 35 percent sponsor share while allowing nonfederal construction funding and long, lower-interest payback.
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- Local water users and project sponsors would be required to cover 35 percent of the conduit’s cost.
- If a sponsor demonstrates financial hardship to the Secretary, the remaining balance could be repaid over up to 75 years with simple interest set at 50 percent of the interest rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. Payments may include construction funding from any nonfederal entity and may use revenue from contracts for excess capacity or exchange contracts using Fryingpan-Arkansas Project facilities.
- Contracts must make the contracting parties responsible for care, operation, maintenance, and replacement of the conduit.
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Arkansas Valley water payment terms
Had it passed, the bill would have required the Arkansas Valley Conduit contract to provide payment equal to 35% of the conduit cost to support domestic water for communities lacking reliable water. The contract would have required contracting parties to assume care, operation, maintenance, and replacement of the conduit. Construction funding could have come from any non‑federal entity. If the Secretary found financial hardship, the remaining balance could have been repaid for up to 75 years with simple interest equal to 50% of a Treasury-based rate. Repayments could have included revenue from selling excess capacity or from exchange contracts using Fryingpan‑Arkansas project facilities.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
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