S. 1474 · 106th Congress · enacted
Palmetto Bend Conveyance Act
Became Public Law No: 106-512.
Latest official action 2000-11-13 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Palmetto Bend Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Palmetto Bend Reclamation Project in Texas (excluding the mineral estate) to the State of Texas, acting through the Texas Water Development Board or the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority. Requires the Secretary, if the conveyance has not been completed within one year and 180 days after the enactment date of this Act, to report to the House Committee on Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on the conveyance's status, any obstacles to completion, and the anticipated completion date. Directs the State, as a condition of the conveyance, to pay to the Secretary the adjusted net present value of current repayment obligations on the Project as prescribed by this Act. Requires the State to also pay interest on the adjusted net present value of such obligations from the date of the State's most recent annual payment until closing at the interest rate for constant maturity U.S. Treasury notes of an equivalent term. Extinguishes the State's and the Bureau of Reclamation's obligation under a specified Bureau contract upon payment by the State of such amount. Requires the State, after completion of the conveyance, to assume full responsibility for all aspects of operation, maintenance, and replacement of the Project. Requires the State, as a condition of the conveyance, to agree th…
Congressional Research Service · 2000-10-13
Who reported lobbying on this bill?
Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed
The reports below name this bill and disclose an organization’s overall lobbying expenses or a firm’s client income for the period. They can cover many bills and issues. These amounts are not payments to the bill or its politicians.
No matching lobbying report is imported yet. This is not evidence that no lobbying occurred.
2,409 latest lobbying reports imported. Some source imports are still in progress.
Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
No current-officeholder sponsorship match is available. Historical sponsors may have left office.
0 of 0 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
The largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
Dated agency-reported implementation and uptake measures are shown with their scope. They do not by themselves establish causal success. If no evidence is listed, the outcome is not established.
Measured outcome: not established
Enactment alone does not show whether a law improved its intended outcome. We need a dated evaluation, observed result or verified implementation record before claiming success or failure.