[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7078 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7078

   To amend the Colorado River Basin Project Act to provide for the 
  equitable distribution of Colorado River water for the lower basin 
                    States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 14, 2026

Mr. Schweikert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Colorado River Basin Project Act to provide for the 
  equitable distribution of Colorado River water for the lower basin 
                    States, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT ACT.

    Section 301(b) of the Colorado River Basin Project Act (43 U.S.C. 
1521(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) In times of shortage or reduction of main stream Colorado 
River water for the Central Arizona Project, as determined by the 
Secretary, all diversions from the Colorado River for consumptive use 
by the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada shall be reduced on a 
pro-rata basis relative to their base annual apportionments, without 
preference to present perfected rights.''.
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