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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2166 

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 

NOVEMBER 28, 2017 

Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BENNET, and 

Mr. HATCH) 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 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION TO USE UPPER 

2 COLORADO RIVER BASIN FUND REVENUES 

3 FOR ANNUAL BASE FUNDING OF FISH RECOV4 ERY PROGRAMS; REMOVAL OF CERTAIN RE5 PORTING REQUIREMENT. 

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

7 1604; 126 Stat. 2444) is amended— 

8 (1) in the fourth sentence— 

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

10 ‘‘2023’’; and 

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

12 follows through ‘‘capital projects and moni13 toring’’; and 

14 (2) by striking the fifth, sixth, and seventh sen15 tences. 

16 SEC. 3. REPORT ON RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION PRO17 GRAMS. 

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

19 126 Stat. 2444) is amended by adding at the end the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(j) REPORT.— 

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

23 30, 2021, the Secretary shall submit to the appro24 priate committees of Congress a report that— 

25 ‘‘(A) describes the accomplishments of the 

26 Recovery Implementation Programs; 


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1 ‘‘(B) identifies— 

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

3 listing status under the Endangered Spe4 cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

5 of the Colorado pikeminnow, humpback 

6 chub, razorback sucker, and bonytail; and 

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

8 projected listing status under that Act of 

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

10 ‘‘(C)(i) identifies— 

11 ‘‘(I) the total expenditures and the ex12 penditures by categories of activities by the 

13 Recovery Implementation Programs during 

14 the period beginning on the date on which 

15 the applicable Recovery Implementation 

16 Program was established and ending on 

17 September 30, 2021; and 

18 ‘‘(II) projected expenditures by the 

19 Recovery Implementation Programs during 

20 the period beginning on October 1, 2021, 

21 and ending on September 30, 2023; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) for purposes of the expenditures iden23 tified under clause (i), includes a description 

24 of— 


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1 ‘‘(I) any expenditures of appropriated 

2 funds; 

3 ‘‘(II) any power revenues; 

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

5 power customers, Tribes, water users, and 

6 environmental organizations; and 

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

8 the Recovery Implementation Programs; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(D) describes— 

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

12 under the Recovery Implementation Pro13 gram after September 30, 2023; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) the projected cost of the activi15 ties described under clause (i). 

16 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—The Sec17 retary shall consult with the participants in the Re18 covery Implementation Programs in preparing the 

19 report under paragraph (1).’’. 

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