H.R. 1729 · House bill · 119th Congress

Bolts Ditch Act

What the bill does

This bill allows additional entities—the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District and the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority—to access and use the Bolts Ditch and its headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness in Colorado for the purposes of the diversion of water and use, maintenance, and repair of such ditch and headgate.

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Bolts Ditch Act

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Introduced in House (Feb 27, 2025).

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Contents

Sec. 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Bolts Ditch Act”.

Sec. 2. Additional entities allowed to maintain Bolts Ditch and the Bolts Ditch Headgate

Section 1101(a) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116–9) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District, a Colorado Special District, or the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority, an authority organized under the laws of the State of Colorado”.

Official text, Referred in Senate (Jul 15, 2025), from the Government Publishing Office via Congress.gov. Printed version (PDF) · All versions on Congress.gov

What the bill does

Read the full summary

Bolts Ditch Act

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Introduced in House (Feb 27, 2025).