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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.
House floor actionsThe Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President.
Library of CongressFailed 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).
Floor Vote
House floor actionsThe Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President.
House floor actionsVetoed by President.
Vetoed
House floor actionsPresented to President.
SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
SenateSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Library of CongressPassed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
House floor actionsMr. Gosar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
House floor actionsReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-187.
House committee actionsCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Library of CongressIntroduced in House
House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced
Committee
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What Congress Said
Members who spoke about this bill on the floor, in their own words from the Congressional Record.
Republicans4 spoke
I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of today's veto override to ensure my bill, H.R. 131, becomes law.
H.R. 131 passed the House Committee on Natural Resources and then the House of Representatives in July 2025. However, President Trump has returned H.R. 131 to the House without his approval. I respect the administration's views on this legislation and its commitment to fiscal responsibility.
Last week, President Trump vetoed H.R. 131, the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act, a bill that passed both Chambers of Congress unanimously with broad bipartisan support. The President did not veto this bill for any substantive objection.
I support it because, as was noted, there are no cogent issues with this bill as were purportedly articulated in the veto message from President Trump. Far from it, this bill will cost taxpayers virtually nothing as was referenced. It makes good on a promise to the people of rural Colorado.
This bill would revise certain repayment terms to provide additional flexibility for local stakeholders to help finance the project and begin delivering clean, reliable water to rural communities.
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