Washington, D.C. – The Subcommittee on Water & Power will conduct one hearing. The Subcommittee on Water & Power will hold a hearing to receive testimony on eleven bills on Wednesday, October 15, at 2:30 p.m. in room SD-366. The eleven bills are: S.943, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into one or more contracts with the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the storage of water in the Kendrick Project; S.1027 and H.R. 2040, bills to amend the Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998 to extend certain contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and certain irrigation water contractors in the States of Wyoming and Nebraska; S.1058, a bill to provide a cost-sharing requirement for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of Colorado; S. 1071, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study on a water conservation project within the Arch Hurley Conservancy District in the State of New Mexico; S. 1307, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to assist in the implementation of fish passage and screening facilities at non-Federal water projects; S.1308, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to pursue and complete actions related to the implementation of a U.S. District Court Consent Decree; S. 1355, a bill to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to participate in the rehabilitation of the Wallowa Lake Dam in Oregon; S.1577, a bill to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Wyoming; H.R. 1284, a bill to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to increase the Federal share of the costs of the San Gabriel Basin demonstration project; S. Res. 183, a resolution commemorating 50 years of adjudication under the McCarran Amendment of rights to the use of water. Invited witnesses: (This witness list is subject to change) Panel One
Congresswoman Grace Napolitano
California, 38th
Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave
Colorado, 4th
Panel Two
Jim Broderick
General Manager
Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District
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