House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
To allow the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation to enter into a lease or other temporary conveyance of water rights recognized under the Fort Peck-Montana Compact for the purpose of meeting the water needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Incorporated, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Denny Rehberg R-MTWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 17, 2005
- Committee actionMar 29, 2006
- Passed HouseMay 16, 2006 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2006 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2978.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2978, A bill to allow the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation to enter into a lease or other temporary conveyance of water rights recognized under the Fort Peck-Montana Compact for the purposes of meeting the wat” on April 6, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on March 29, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 6, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17715
- CBO publication date
- April 6, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2978, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2978
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e09adf40ace9adf9ac9e61309b454562dd6d1969f4b44d805e7dd374f272b961
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2978, A bill to allow the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation to enter into a lease or other temporary conveyance of water rights recognized under the Fort Peck-Montana Compact for the purposes of meeting the wat” on April 6, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on March 29, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 6, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17715
- CBO publication date
- April 6, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2978, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2978
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e09adf40ace9adf9ac9e61309b454562dd6d1969f4b44d805e7dd374f272b961
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 109-419 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 25, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 25, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/419
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2978, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2978
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e09adf40ace9adf9ac9e61309b454562dd6d1969f4b44d805e7dd374f272b961
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.1219, which became Public Law 109-410 on 12/18/2006.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2978, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2978
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e09adf40ace9adf9ac9e61309b454562dd6d1969f4b44d805e7dd374f272b961
Sent to: Natural Resources Committee, Energy and Natural Resources CommitteeBills with a CBO estimateBills with a committee reportSee it in the Data Web
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.