{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hageman.house.gov/media/press-releases/hageman-sponsored-bill-transfer-pilot-butte-power-plant-advances-house-floor", "Hageman Sponsored Bill to Transfer Pilot Butte Power Plant Advances to House Floor", "2023-10-26", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "House", "WY", "Harriet M. Hageman", "H001096", "hageman.house.gov", "hageman", "https://hageman.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources (HNR) held a markup to advance several bills from committee to a floor vote by the full House of Representatives. Included in these bills was H.R. 3415, the Pilot Butte Power Plant Conveyance Act. The Act requires the Bureau of Reclamation to enter into good faith negotiations with the Midvale Irrigation District for the conveyance of the Pilot Butte Power Plant, located in Pavillion, Wyoming.\n\nCongresswoman Hageman stated, \u201cThis is a critical step towards improving responsible resource management, and transferring responsibility and authority to those who are best situated to operate this critical infrastructure.\n\n\u201cMidvale Irrigation District is intimately familiar with the intricacies of water management and distribution in their area. Updating and repairing this hydropower plant will expand the state\u2019s portfolio, allowing for a more holistic approach to resource management. This will help Wyoming to optimize water usage, balancing the needs of agriculture, industry, and the environment more effectively.\n\n\u201cTransferring Pilot Butte Power Plant to Midvale Irrigation District is a move that will boost Wyoming economies and is a decision that reflects the values of decentralization, self-determination, and self-reliance.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://hageman.house.gov/media/press-releases/hageman-sponsored-bill-transfer-pilot-butte-power-plant-advances-house-floor"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6779359430074692, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}