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House subcommittee considers reauthorizing Colorado River conservation pilot through 2026
Summary
The House Natural Resources subcommittee heard testimony supporting reauthorization of the Colorado River Basin System Conservation Pilot Program (SCPP) through fiscal 2026 and received farmer and stakeholder accounts of the program's temporary, voluntary water-conservation projects and measured outcomes.
The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries heard testimony on HR 231, the Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act of 2025, a bill to reauthorize the Colorado River Basin System Conservation Pilot Program (SCPP) through fiscal year 2026.
Representative Harriet Hegeman, chair of the subcommittee, told the panel the bill would extend SCPP authority and require a report to Congress on the program's continued effectiveness. "HR 231, which I sponsored and would reauthorize the Colorado River Basin System Conservation Pilot Program or SCPP through fiscal year 2026," she said during opening remarks.
The bill's supporters illustrated how SCPP projects operate. "From 2015 to 2017, the upper basin SCPP funded 45 projects for a consumptive use reduction of…
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