A act to amend title III of the Colorado River Basin Project Act, Public Law 90-537 (82 Stat. 885), as amended by Public Law 95-578 (92 Stat. 2471), and Public Law 96-375 (94 Stat. 1505).
Public Law 97-373 · S. 2177 · 97th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Dec 20, 1982 · Water Resources Development
Sponsor: Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ)
Cosponsors (1): Sen. Barry Goldwater
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
(Senate agreed to House amendment with an amendment)
Amends the Colorado River Basin Project Act to adjust the authorization of appropriations to provide for such cost indexing as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs.
Requires non-Federal interests to provide at least 20 percent of the total construction costs of such facilities.
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, Power and Offshore Energy Resources Subcommittee
Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Water and Power Subcommittee
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 20 actions.
- Dec 20, 1982Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 97-373.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Dec 13, 1982PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Dec 9, 1982Resolving differencesResolving differences · House Agreed to Senate Amendments to House Amendments by Voice Vote.
- Dec 8, 1982Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate concurred in House amendments with an amendment by Voice Vote.
- Sep 30, 1982FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 14, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Natural Resources Committee
- Aug 11, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Natural Resources Committee
- Aug 3, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Jun 15, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- May 28, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- May 21, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Natural Resources Committee
- May 19, 1982FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- May 12, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- May 5, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Apr 22, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Water and Power Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Mar 8, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.