To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make certain modifications with respect to a water contract with the City of Kingman, Arizona, and for other purposes.

Executive Comment Requested from Interior.

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HouseAug 4, 1995IntroducedOfficial record

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Related Senate bill: S.1176 A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make certain modifications with respect to a water contract with the city of Kingman, Arizona, and for other purposes.

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Aug 4, 1995

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) amend a specified water contract between the United States and Kingman, Arizona, dated November 14, 1968, to extend such contract until December 31, 2001; (2) upon request by the city, approve the assignment of the contract from the city to a municipal corporation in Mohave County, Arizona; and (3) after such assignment, amend the contract to make water deliverable under it available for permanent service in a manner that is consistent with a specified plan submitted by the city to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on June 29, 1994. Prohibits the contract from being terminable for nonuse of water before December 31, 2001, and thereafter, only in accordance with the terms of the contract as amended pursuant to this Act. Grants authorization to join the United States as a party to any suit brought to enforce the Secretary's obligations to perform the provisions of this Act. Waives any claim by the United States to sovereign immunity from such suit.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3] · R–AZ

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Natural Resources Committee

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Aug 9, 1995
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Aug 9, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources.
Aug 5, 1995
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1678-1679)
Aug 4, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Aug 4, 1995
Introduced in House
Aug 4, 1995
Introduced in House

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S 1176 · A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make certain modifications with respect to a water contract with the city of Kingman, Arizona, and for other purposes.

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Discuss H.R.2251, 104th Congress: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make certain modifications with respect to a water contract with the City of Kingman, Arizona, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/2251

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1995-08-04.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/104/bills/hr2251/BILLS-104hr2251ih.htm

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Discuss H.R.2251, 104th Congress: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make certain modifications with respect to a water contract with the City of Kingman, Arizona, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/2251

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1995-08-04.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/104/bills/hr2251/BILLS-104hr2251ih.htm

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Discuss H.R.2251, 104th Congress: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make certain modifications with respect to a water contract with the City of Kingman, Arizona, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/2251

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1995-08-04.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/104/bills/hr2251/BILLS-104hr2251ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-02T17:37:00Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss H.R.2251, 104th Congress: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make certain modifications with respect to a water contract with the City of Kingman, Arizona, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/2251

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1995-08-04.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/104/bills/hr2251/BILLS-104hr2251ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-02T17:37:00Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine H.R.2251 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.