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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4596 
To reauthorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost-shared funding 
to implement the endangered and threatened fish recovery programs 
for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 13, 2023 
Mrs. BOEBERT (for herself, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. BUCK, Mr. 
DUARTE, Mr. GOSAR, and Mr. NEHLS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost- 
shared funding to implement the endangered and threat-
ened fish recovery programs for the Upper Colorado and 
San Juan River Basins. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Upper Colorado and 
San Juan River Basins Endangered Fish Recovery Pro-
grams Reauthorization Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF UPPER COLORADO AND SAN 
JUAN RIVER BASINS ENDANGERED FISH AND 
THREATENED FISH RECOVERY IMPLEMENTA-
TION PROGRAMS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—Section 1 of Public Law 106–392 
(114 Stat. 1602) is amended by inserting ‘‘and threat-
ened’’ after ‘‘endangered’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of Public Law 106–392 
(114 Stat. 1602; 116 Stat. 3113) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to implement 
the Recovery Implementation Program for the En-
dangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River 
dated September 29, 1987, and extended by the Ex-
tension of the Cooperative Agreement dated Decem-
ber 6, 2001, and the 1992 Cooperative Agreement to 
implement the San Juan River Recovery Implemen-
tation Program dated October 21, 1992, and as they 
may be amended’’ and inserting ‘‘for the Recovery 
Implementation Program for Endangered Species in 
the Upper Colorado River Basin dated September 
29, 1987, and the 1992 Cooperative Agreement for 
the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation 
Program dated October 21, 1992, as the agreements 
may be amended and extended’’; 
(2) in paragraph (6)— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘or threatened’’ after ‘‘en-
dangered’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘removal or translocation’’ 
and inserting ‘‘control’’; 
(3) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘long-term’’ 
each place it appears; 
(4) in paragraph (8), in the second sentence, by 
striking ‘‘1988 Cooperative Agreement and the 1992 
Cooperative Agreement’’ and inserting ‘‘Recovery 
Implementation Programs’’; 
(5) in paragraph (9)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘leases and agreements’’ 
and inserting ‘‘acquisitions’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or threatened’’ after ‘‘en-
dangered’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘, as approved under the 
Recovery 
Implementation 
Programs’’ 
after 
‘‘nonnative fishes’’; and 
(6) in paragraph (10), by inserting ‘‘pursuant 
to the Recovery Implementation Program for En-
dangered Species in the Upper Colorado River 
Basin’’ after ‘‘Service’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION TO FUND RECOVERY PRO-
GRAMS.—Section 3 of Public Law 106–392 (114 Stat. 
1603; 116 Stat. 3113; 120 Stat. 290; 123 Stat 1310; 126 
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