Alex Padilla (D-CA)
A bill to authorize additional funding for the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act.
A Democratic bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 634.
Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote
A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.
This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- On Calendar
What this bill would do
This bill authorizes additional funding for the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act. It changes the authorization of appropriations to implement the settlement from $250,000,000 to $750,000,000 in two different places. It also changes the authorization of appropriations for Friant Division Improvements from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000.
Yes
- Scored +5
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?
The bill increases funding for river restoration, which contributes to environmental protection.
- Scored +5
Does this better protect public land such as parks and forests?
Increasing funds for the San Joaquin River Restoration Act aids in managing public water resources.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Section 1(a), amending Section 10009(a)(1) and (b)(1) of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act, increases the authorized funding from $250,000,000 to $750,000,000, which provides more financial resources toward the settlement.
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Section 1(b), amending Section 10203(c) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, increases the authorized funding for Friant Division Improvements from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000, providing extra money for these specific improvements.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- The provided text does not contain any specific sections or provisions identifying potential negative impacts, consequences, or burdens for individuals or groups of people.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this better protect air, water and wildlife? — The bill increases funding for river restoration, which contributes to environmental protection. Does this better protect public land such as parks and forests? — Increasing funds for the San Joaquin River Restoration Act aids in managing public water resources.
- 9/17/2026
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 634.
- 7/16/2026
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 4/10/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2565)
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
2 bills Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
John HoevenRepublican · North Dakota