Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

U.S. SENATOR Jeff Bingaman

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Contact Senator Bingaman's Office:

Jude McCartin
Maria Najera
703 Hart Building
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-5521

Bingaman: Major Water and Public Lands Package Ready for Final Approval

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today reported that the Senate is prepared for a Thursday vote to approve a major water and public lands package that will benefit New Mexico.

In a 68-24 vote, the Senate agreed to end debate on S. 22, a package of more than 160 bills Bingaman introduced last week. The vote is expected Thursday afternoon. 

Senator Bingaman's floor speech can be seen here.  A list of New Mexico-related bill is below:

National Landscape Conservation System 

Prehistoric Trackways National Monument 

Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area 

Rio Puerco Watershed Management Program 

Santa Fe National Forest Pecos National Historical Park Land Exchange 

Santa Fe National Forest Land Conveyance 

Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program 

National Cave and Karst Research Institute 

Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System project 

Rio Grande Pueblos, New Mexico 

Albuquerque Biological Park 

Secure Water Act 

Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects 

Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute 

New Mexico water resources study