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H.R. 131 · 119th Congress · Water Resources Development

Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act

Removes interest payments and extends repayment period to 100 years for Arkansas Valley Conduit construction costs. AI-read

Introduced Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Latest action Jan 8, 2026

What it does

This bill reduces payments that communities within the Arkansas River Valley must pay to the Bureau of Reclamation for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit, a pipeline in Colorado for delivering water from the Pueblo Reservoir to such communities. Specifically, it removes interest payments and extends the repayment period to 100 years.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Jan 3, 2025 (Introduced in House). CRS summarizes bills impartially; it does not take positions.

Roll call votes

DateQuestionParty split (yea)Result
Jan 8, 2026
House roll 369
Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary NotwithstandingFinish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act
D 213–0 · R 35–177
Failed
248–177

Latest action

Jan 8, 2026 · The Chair directed the Clerk to notify the Senate of the action of the House.