Bolts Ditch Act passed the House 137 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
ReportedJun 25, 2025
Passed one chamberJul 14, 2025
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 55 words.
Bolts Ditch Act This bill allows additional entities—the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District and the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority—to access and use the Bolts Ditch and its headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness in Colorado for the purposes of the diversion of water and use, maintenance, and repair of such ditch and headgate.
Context
- Committees
- House Natural Resources Committee
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources: 136 of 3,779 bills became law, 113th–118th (3.6%)
- Sponsor
- 9 of 335 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 88 words
- Subjects
- ColoradoLakes and riversWater storageWater use and supply
- Latest action
- Jul 15, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th S. 365 Bolts Ditch Act D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]