Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act

What this measure contains

Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act 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.

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• Enrolled Bill · Official document ↗
• Referred in Senate · Official document ↗· Jul 22, 2025
• Engrossed in House · Official document ↗· Jul 21, 2025
• Reported in House · Official document ↗· Jul 10, 2025
• Introduced in House · Official document ↗· Jan 3, 2025

Legislative path

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1. Introduced in House
2. Reported in House
3. Engrossed in Houseby House passage (voice vote)
4. Referred in Senate
5. Enrolled Bill

Companion measure: S. 296. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

1. Jul 21, 2025 · House

   House passage (voice vote) on Reported in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3497-3498), reported as Engrossed in House

   No recorded vote

2. Dec 16, 2025 · Senate

   Senate passage (voice vote) on Referred in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8766-8768)

   No recorded vote

3. Jan 8, 2026 · House

   House passage, objections of the president to the contrary notwithstanding on Referred in Senate: Failed

   248 aye · 177 no · 1 present · 5 not voting · Source roll call

House members along the path

Aye yea or aye · No nay or no · Present · NV not voting · Changed reversed on advancing the measure

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Legislative history

1. Jan 3, 2025

   Introduced in House

2. Jan 3, 2025

   Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

3. Jun 25, 2025

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

4. Jun 25, 2025

   Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.

5. Jul 10, 2025

   Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-187.

6. Jul 10, 2025

   Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 152.

7. Jul 21, 2025

   Mr. Gosar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

8. Jul 21, 2025

   Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3497-3498)

9. Jul 21, 2025

   DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 131.

10. Jul 21, 2025

    Passed/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)

11. Jul 21, 2025

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3497-3498)

12. Jul 21, 2025

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

13. Jul 22, 2025

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

14. Dec 16, 2025

    Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.

15. Dec 16, 2025

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.

16. Dec 16, 2025

    Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8766-8768)

17. Dec 17, 2025

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

18. Dec 18, 2025

    Presented to President.

19. Dec 29, 2025

    Vetoed by President.

20. Jan 2, 2026

    The Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President.

21. Jan 2, 2026

    The 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).

22. Jan 2, 2026

    POSTPONED 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.

23. Jan 8, 2026

    The Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President.

24. Jan 8, 2026

    DEBATE - 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)

25. Jan 8, 2026

    The previous question was ordered without objection.

26. Jan 8, 2026

    POSTPONED 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.

27. Jan 8, 2026

    The Chair announced the unfinished business to be the consideration of the veto. (consideration: CR H212)

28. Jan 8, 2026

    Failed 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).

29. Jan 8, 2026

    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).

30. Jan 8, 2026

    Motion to refer the bill and accompanying veto message to the Committee on Natural Resources.

31. Jan 8, 2026

    On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Natural Resources. Agreed to without objection.

32. Jan 8, 2026

    The Chair directed the Clerk to notify the Senate of the action of the House.

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