WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act has not moved since its introduction on Jan 22, 2025, with cosponsors, all Democrats
IntroducedJan 22, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 62 words.
WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act This bill allows the Department of the Interior to reduce or waive the nonfederal cost share of certain grants and agreements for assisting Indian tribes in planning, designing, or constructing any water management improvement or carrying out any water-related activity if Interior determines that paying the cost share would result in a financial hardship for the tribe.
Context
- Committees
- House Natural Resources Committee
- Policy area
- Native Americans: 73 of 1,099 bills became law, 113th–118th (6.6%)
- Sponsor
- 0 of 53 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 140 words
- Subjects
- Federal-Indian relationsIndian lands and resources rightsWater resources fundingWater use and supply
- Latest action
- Jan 22, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
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