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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 38 

To maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan 

fish recovery programs through fiscal year 2023, to require a report 

on the implementation of those programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 8, 2019 

Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. BENNET) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado 

and San Juan fish recovery programs through fiscal year 

2023, to require a report on the implementation of those 

programs, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Endangered Fish Re5 covery Programs Extension Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR ANNUAL BASE 

2 FUNDING OF FISH RECOVERY PROGRAMS; 

3 REMOVAL OF CERTAIN REPORTING RE4 QUIREMENT. 

5 Section 3(d) of Public Law 106–392 (114 Stat. 1604; 

6 126 Stat. 2444) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to 

11 be appropriated to the Secretary to be used by 

12 the Bureau of Reclamation to make the annual 

13 base funding contributions to the Recovery Im14 plementation Programs $10,000,000 for each of 

15 fiscal years 2020 through 2023. 

16 ‘‘(B) NONREIMURSABLE FUNDS.—The 

17 funds contributed to the Recovery Implementa18 tion Programs under subparagraph (A) shall be 

19 considered a nonreimbursable Federal expendi20 ture.’’; and 

21 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the fourth, 

22 fifth, sixth, and seventh sentences. 


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1 SEC. 3. REPORT ON RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION PRO2 GRAMS. 

3 Section 3 of Public Law 106–392 (114 Stat. 1603; 

4 126 Stat. 2444) is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(j) REPORT.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 

8 30, 2021, the Secretary shall submit to the appro9 priate committees of Congress a report that— 

10 ‘‘(A) describes the accomplishments of the 

11 Recovery Implementation Programs; 

12 ‘‘(B) identifies— 

13 ‘‘(i) as of the date of the report, the 

14 listing status under the Endangered Spe15 cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

16 of the Colorado pikeminnow, humpback 

17 chub, razorback sucker, and bonytail; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) as of September 30, 2023, the 

19 projected listing status under that Act of 

20 each of the species referred to in clause (i); 

21 ‘‘(C)(i) identifies— 

22 ‘‘(I) the total expenditures and the ex23 penditures by categories of activities by the 

24 Recovery Implementation Programs during 

25 the period beginning on the date on which 

26 the applicable Recovery Implementation 


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1 Program was established and ending on 

2 September 30, 2021; and 

3 ‘‘(II) projected expenditures by the 

4 Recovery Implementation Programs during 

5 the period beginning on October 1, 2021, 

6 and ending on September 30, 2023; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) for purposes of the expenditures iden8 tified under clause (i), includes a description 

9 of— 

10 ‘‘(I) any expenditures of appropriated 

11 funds; 

12 ‘‘(II) any power revenues; 

13 ‘‘(III) any contributions by the States, 

14 power customers, Tribes, water users, and 

15 environmental organizations; and 

16 ‘‘(IV) any other sources of funds for 

17 the Recovery Implementation Programs; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(D) describes— 

20 ‘‘(i) any activities to be carried out 

21 under the Recovery Implementation Pro22 gram after September 30, 2023; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) the projected cost of the activi24 ties described under clause (i). 


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1 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—The Sec2 retary shall consult with the participants in the Re3 covery Implementation Programs in preparing the 

4 report under paragraph (1).’’. 

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