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HR 131VetoedWaterhouse
Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act
Introduced Jan 3, 2025 by Rep. Lauren Boebert
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Vetoed. It's dead unless two-thirds of both chambers vote to override.
Latest action · Jan 8, 2026
The Chair directed the Clerk to notify the Senate of the action of the House.
What it does
This bill reduces payments that communities within the Arkansas River Valley must pay to the Bureau of Reclamation for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit, a pipeline in Colorado for delivering water from the Pueblo Reservoir to such communities. Specifically, it removes interest payments and extends the repayment period to 100 years.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
Roll-call votes
Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding
house · Jan 8, 2026
History
- Jan 8, 2026The Chair directed the Clerk to notify the Senate of the action of the House.
- Jan 8, 2026On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Natural Resources. Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 8, 2026Motion to refer the bill and accompanying veto message to the Committee on Natural Resources.
- Jan 8, 2026On passage, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 248 - 177, 1 Present (Roll no. 9).
- Jan 8, 2026Failed of passage in House over veto On passage, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 248 - 177, 1 Present (Roll no. 9).
- Jan 8, 2026The Chair announced the unfinished business to be the consideration of the veto. (consideration: CR H212)
- Jan 8, 2026POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the veto message of the President to H.R. 131, the Chair put the question on will the House, on reconsideration, pass the bill, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding. Under the Constitution, the vote must be taken by the yeas and nays. Further proceedings were postponed until a time to be announced.
- Jan 8, 2026The previous question was ordered without objection.
- Jan 8, 2026DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House of January 2, 2026, the unfinished business is the further consideration of the veto message of the President on H.R. 131. The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding. (consideration: CR H205-208)
- Jan 8, 2026The Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President.
- Jan 2, 2026POSTPONED CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGE - The Chair announced that further consideration of the veto message and the bill, H.R. 131, is postponed until the legislative day of January 8, 2026. Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 2, 2026The Chair announced that the objections of the President to H.R. 131 would be spread at large upon the Journal and the veto message would be printed as a House Document (119-119).
- Jan 2, 2026The Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President.
- Dec 29, 2025Vetoed by President.
- Dec 18, 2025Presented to President.
- Dec 17, 2025Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 16, 2025Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8766-8768)
- Dec 16, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- Dec 16, 2025Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 22, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Jul 21, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 21, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3497-3498)
- Jul 21, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3497-3498)
- Jul 21, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 131.
- Jul 21, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3497-3498)
- Jul 21, 2025Mr. Gosar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 10, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 152.
- Jul 10, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-187.
- Jun 25, 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
- Jun 25, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jan 3, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House