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Calendar No. 639 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5000 

To prohibit the use of amounts from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund 

to implement a certain record of decision, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 

Mr. LEE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

NOVEMBER 21, 2024 

Reported by Mr. MANCHIN, with an amendment and an amendment to the 

title 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To prohibit the use of amounts from the Upper Colorado 

River Basin Fund to implement a certain record of decision, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF USE OF AMOUNTS FROM THE 

2 UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN FUND FOR 

3 CERTAIN PURPOSES. 

4 (a) PROHIBITION.—No amounts from the Upper Col5 orado River Basin Fund established by section 5(a) of the 

6 Act of April 11, 1956 (commonly known as the ‘‘Colorado 

7 River Storage Project Act’’) (70 Stat. 107, chapter 203; 

8 43 U.S.C. 620d(a)), shall be used to implement the record 

9 of decision entitled the ‘‘Record of Decision for the Glen 

10 Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management 

11 Plan Final Environmental Impact Statement’’ and dated 

12 December 2016, as supplemented by the record of decision 

13 entitled ‘‘Supplement to the 2016 Glen Canyon Dam 

14 Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Record 

15 of Decision’’ and dated July 2024, to address the threat 

16 of nonnative fish in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon 

17 Dam. 

18 (b) TREATMENT OF FUNDS.—Any Federal funds 

19 made available for the purpose described in subsection (a) 

20 shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable to the United 

21 States. 


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1 SECTION 1. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO AD2 DRESS POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF A CERTAIN 

3 RECORD OF DECISION ON THE UPPER COLO4 RADO RIVER BASIN FUND. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, 

7 acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, and the 

8 Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator of 

9 the Western Area Power Administration, in consultation 

10 with the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Working 

11 Group, shall enter into a memorandum of understanding 

12 to explore and address the potential impact that the record 

13 of decision entitled the ‘‘Supplement to the 2016 Glen Can14 yon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan 

15 Record of Decision’’ and dated July 2024 (referred to in 

16 this section as the ‘‘record of decision’’) may have on the 

17 Upper Colorado River Basin Fund (referred to in this sec18 tion as the ‘‘Fund’’). 

19 (b) REQUIRED PLAN.—The memorandum of under20 standing entered into under subsection (a) shall, using in21 formation derived from existing contracts, include the estab22 lishment of a plan— 

23 (1) to explore and address the effects that the 

24 record of decision may have on the contents of the 

25 Fund; 


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1 (2) to analyze and address the longer-term im2 pact that the record of decision may have on hydro3 power production at Glen Canyon Dam; and 

4 (3) to protect the Colorado River Basin and any 

5 species listed as a threatened species or an endangered 

6 species under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act 

7 of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) in the Colorado River Basin 

8 from the effects of invasive species and sustained 

9 drought. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to provide for 

a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts 

of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado 

River Basin Fund.’’. 


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Calendar No. 639 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5000 

A BILL 

To prohibit the use of amounts from the Upper 

tain record of decision, and for other purposes. Colorado River Basin Fund to implement a cerNOVEMBER 21, 2024 

Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the 

title 


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