To direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment of repayment contracts between the United States and the Uintah Water Conservancy District.
Public Law 112-52 · H.R. 818 · 112th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Barack Obama (D) on Nov 9, 2011 · Water Resources Development
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT-2)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateUnanimous consent
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment of a specified contract between the United States and the Uintah Water Conservancy District in Utah providing for repayment of municipal and industrial water delivery facilities under terms and conditions similar to those used in implementing provisions of the Central Utah Project Completion Act.
Provides that the prepayment: (1) shall result in the United States recovering the net present value of all repayment streams that would have been payable to the United States if this Act was not in effect; (2) may be provided in several installments to reflect substantial completion of the delivery facilities being prepaid and any increase in the repayment obligation resulting from delivery of water in addition to the water being delivered under this contract as of this Act's enactment date; (3) shall be adjusted to conform to a final cost allocation including costs incurred by the Bureau of Reclamation, but unallocated as of the date of enactment, that are allocable to the water delivered under this contract; (4) may not be adjusted on the basis of the type of prepayment financing utilized by the District; and (5) shall be made such that total repayment is made not later than September 30, 2022.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Natural Resources Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee
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Related bills
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S. 808Identical bill
A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment of repayment contracts between the United States and the Uintah Water Conservancy District.
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 21 actions.
- Nov 9, 2011Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 112-52.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Nov 4, 2011FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Nov 3, 2011FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Oct 31, 2011CalendarCalendar · Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 211.
- Oct 24, 2011FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 818.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Young (AK) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Oct 14, 2011CalendarCalendar · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 163.
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-247.
- Jul 20, 2011CommitteeCommittee · Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- CommitteeCommittee · Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
- May 12, 2011CommitteeCommittee · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Feb 25, 2011CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
- Feb 18, 2011CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
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Amendments
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Official record
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