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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5000 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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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.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF USE OF AMOUNTS FROM THE UPPER 
              COLORADO RIVER BASIN FUND FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Prohibition.--No amounts from the Upper Colorado River 
Basin Fund established by section 5(a) of the Act of April 11, 1956 
(commonly known as the ``Colorado River Storage Project Act'') (70 
Stat. 107, chapter 203; 43 U.S.C. 620d(a)), shall be used to implement 
the record of decision entitled the ``Record of Decision for the Glen 
Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Final 
Environmental Impact Statement'' and dated December 2016, as 
supplemented by the record of decision entitled ``Supplement to the 
2016 Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Record 
of Decision'' and dated July 2024, to address the threat of nonnative 
fish in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Treatment of Funds.--Any Federal funds made available 
for the purpose described in subsection (a) shall be nonreimbursable 
and nonreturnable to the United States.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF 
              A CERTAIN RECORD OF DECISION ON THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER 
              BASIN FUND.

    (a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Commissioner of Reclamation, and the Secretary of Energy, acting 
through the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration, in 
consultation with the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Working 
Group, shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to explore and 
address the potential impact that the record of decision entitled the 
``Supplement to the 2016 Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and 
Management Plan Record of Decision'' and dated July 2024 (referred to 
in this section as the ``record of decision'') may have on the Upper 
Colorado River Basin Fund (referred to in this section as the 
``Fund'').
    (b) Required Plan.--The memorandum of understanding entered into 
under subsection (a) shall, using information derived from existing 
contracts, include the establishment of a plan--
            (1) to explore and address the effects that the record of 
        decision may have on the contents of the Fund;
            (2) to analyze and address the longer-term impact that the 
        record of decision may have on hydropower production at Glen 
        Canyon Dam; and
            (3) to protect the Colorado River Basin and any species 
        listed as a threatened species or an endangered species under 
        section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
        1533) in the Colorado River Basin from the effects of invasive 
        species and sustained 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.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 639

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 5000

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           November 21, 2024

        Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the title
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