H.R. 1729 · Where this bill is now
In the Senate
Passed the House Jul 14, 2025. Received Jul 15, 2025; no Senate vote yet
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryAllows Colorado water districts access to mountain ditch
This bill gives two Colorado water organizations—the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District and the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority—permission to access and use a water channel called Bolts Ditch and its entry point in a protected wilderness area. They'd be able to divert water and maintain or repair the ditch and its equipment.
How it affects you
This mainly affects people who rely on water from these two Colorado districts for their homes and businesses. The bill lets these districts continue or expand their water operations in a way that wasn't clearly allowed before.
Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Feb 27, 2025)
Bolts Ditch Act
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.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH. R. 1729
AN ACT
Bolts Ditch Act
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO-2) · Introduced Feb 27, 2025 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · 4 versions of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Jul 15, 2025: “Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.”
Sections
The wording of this bill hasn’t changed across its 4 official versions.