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Bolts Ditch Act

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Introduced:
Feb 27, 2025
Policy Area:
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Bill Statistics

15
Actions
0
Cosponsors
1
Summaries
5
Subjects
4
Text Versions
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Latest Action

Jul 15, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries (1)

Introduced in House - Feb 27, 2025 00
<p><strong>Bolts Ditch Act</strong></p><p>This bill allows additional entities—the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District and the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority—to access and use the Bolts Ditch and its headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness in Colorado for the purposes of the diversion of water and use, maintenance, and repair of such ditch and headgate.</p>

Actions (15)

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Senate
Jul 15, 2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Type: Floor | Source: House floor actions | Code: H38310
Jul 14, 2025
4:41 PM
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3225)
Type: Floor | Source: House floor actions | Code: H37300
Jul 14, 2025
4:40 PM
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Type: Floor | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 8000
Jul 14, 2025
4:40 PM
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1729.
Type: Floor | Source: House floor actions | Code: H8D000
Jul 14, 2025
4:34 PM
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3225: 1)
Type: Floor | Source: House floor actions | Code: H30000
Jul 14, 2025
4:34 PM
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Type: Floor | Source: House floor actions | Code: H30300
Jul 14, 2025
4:34 PM
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 155.
Type: Calendars | Source: House floor actions | Code: H12410
Jul 10, 2025
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-190.
Type: Committee | Source: House floor actions | Code: H12200
Jul 10, 2025
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-190.
Type: Committee | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 5000
Jul 10, 2025
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Type: Committee | Source: House committee actions | Code: H19000
Jun 25, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Type: Committee | Source: House committee actions | Code: H15001
Jun 25, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: Intro-H
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Feb 27, 2025

Subjects (5)

Colorado Lakes and rivers Public Lands and Natural Resources (Policy Area) Water storage Water use and supply

Text Versions (4)

Referred in Senate

Jul 15, 2025

Engrossed in House

Jul 14, 2025

Reported in House

Jul 10, 2025

Introduced in House

Feb 27, 2025

Full Bill Text

Length: 1,482 characters Version: Referred in Senate Version Date: Jul 15, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 16, 2025 2:34 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1729 Referred in Senate

(RFS) ]

<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1729

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 15, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

AN ACT

To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and
Recreation Act to allow for additional entities to be eligible to
complete the maintenance work on Bolts Ditch and the Bolts Ditch
Headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.

This Act may be cited as the ``Bolts Ditch Act''.
SEC. 2.
BOLTS DITCH HEADGATE.
Section 1101 (a) of the John D.

(a) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation,
Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9) is amended by
inserting before the period at the end the following: ``, the Eagle
River Water and Sanitation District, a Colorado Special District, or
the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority, an authority organized under
the laws of the State of Colorado''.

Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2025.

Attest:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.