Mid-Valley Unit Act of 1985
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Mid-Valley Unit Act of 1985 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Mid-Valley Unit of the Central Valley Project, San Joaquin Valley, California. Authorizes the Secretary to provide water supplies for the irrigation of approximately four million acres of land in California. States that the conservation and development of fish and wildlife resources and the enhancement of recreation opportunities in connection with the Mid-Valley Unit shall be in accordance with the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act and the Federal Water Project Recreation Act. Directs the Secretary to execute contracts with the State of California for: (1) the wheeling, delivery, exchange, and storage of water through the facilities of the State Water Project of California for use in the Mid-Valley Unit; and (2) the construction or enlargement of conveyance and storage facilities for joint use. Allows the Secretary to enter into agreements with the Mid-Valley Water Authority for the provision of the distribution facilities as the local contribution to the cost of the project. Authorizes appropriations.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on August 1, 1985. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on September 5, 1985: Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 99th Congress (1985-86), 666 of the 9,885 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 6.7 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
RICHARD LEHMAN (D-CA) introduced it on August 1, 1985, and 3 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 1 Democrat, 2 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on August 1, 1985, 15015 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 14980 days ago, on September 5, 1985.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 99th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1987 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers