IIB 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4465 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 14, 2018 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Endangered Fish Re3 covery Programs Extension Act of 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION TO USE UPPER 

5 COLORADO RIVER BASIN FUND REVENUES 

6 FOR ANNUAL BASE FUNDING OF FISH RECOV7 ERY PROGRAMS; REMOVAL OF CERTAIN RE8 PORTING REQUIREMENT. 

9 Section 3(d)(2) of Public Law 106–392 (114 Stat. 

10 1604; 126 Stat. 2444) is amended— 

11 (1) in the fourth sentence— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘2023’’; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘; except that’’ and all that 

15 follows through ‘‘capital projects and moni16 toring’’; and 

17 (2) by striking the fifth, sixth, and seventh sen18 tences. 

19 SEC. 3. REPORT ON RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION PRO20 GRAMS. 

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

22 126 Stat. 2444) is amended by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(j) REPORT.— 


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

2 30, 2021, the Secretary shall submit to the appro3 priate committees of Congress a report that— 

4 ‘‘(A) describes the accomplishments of the 

5 Recovery Implementation Programs; 

6 ‘‘(B) identifies— 

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

8 listing status under the Endangered Spe9 cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

10 of the Colorado pikeminnow, humpback 

11 chub, razorback sucker, and bonytail; and 

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

13 projected listing status under that Act of 

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

15 ‘‘(C)(i) identifies— 

16 ‘‘(I) the total expenditures and the ex17 penditures by categories of activities by the 

18 Recovery Implementation Programs during 

19 the period beginning on the date on which 

20 the applicable Recovery Implementation 

21 Program was established and ending on 

22 September 30, 2021; and 

23 ‘‘(II) projected expenditures by the 

24 Recovery Implementation Programs during 


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1 the period beginning on October 1, 2021, 

2 and ending on September 30, 2023; 

3 ‘‘(ii) for purposes of the expenditures iden4 tified under clause (i), includes a description 

5 of— 

6 ‘‘(I) any expenditures of appropriated 

7 funds; 

8 ‘‘(II) any power revenues; 

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

10 power customers, Tribes, water users, and 

11 environmental organizations; and 

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

13 the Recovery Implementation Programs; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(D) describes— 

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

17 under the Recovery Implementation Pro18 gram after September 30, 2023; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) the projected cost of the activi20 ties described under clause (i). 

21 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—The Sec22 retary shall consult with the participants in the ReVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Mar 15, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4465.RFS H4465

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1 covery Implementation Programs in preparing the 

2 report under paragraph (1).’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 13, 

2018. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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