I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6060 
To amend Public Law 106–392 to maintain annual base funding for the 
Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs through fiscal 
year 2019. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 29, 2012 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. GOSAR, 
Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. GARD-
NER, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, and 
Mr. POLIS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend Public Law 106–392 to maintain annual base 
funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recov-
ery programs through fiscal year 2019. 
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 ‘‘Endangered Fish Re-
covery Programs Extension Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITY UNDER PUBLIC LAW 
106–392; REPORT. 
Section 3(d)(2) of Public Law 106–392 is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘2011’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘2019’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’; 
and 
(3) by inserting before ‘‘Nothing in this Act’’ 
the following: ‘‘Such report shall also describe the 
Recovery Implementation Programs actions and ac-
complishments to date, the status of the endangered 
species of fish and projected dates for downlisting 
and delisting under the Endangered Species Act of 
1973, and the utilization of power revenues for an-
nual base funding.’’. 
SEC. 3. INDIRECT COST RECOVERY RATE FOR RECOVERY 
PROGRAMS. 
Section 3 of Public Law 106–392 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) LIMITATION
ON INDIRECT COST RECOVERY 
RATE.—The indirect cost recovery rate for any transfer 
of funds to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from an-
other Federal agency for the purpose of funding any activ-
ity associated with the Upper Colorado River Endangered 
Fish Recovery Program or the San Juan River Basin Re-
covery Implementation Program shall not exceed three 
percent of the funds transferred. In the case of a transfer 
of funds for the purpose of funding activities under both 
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programs, the limitation shall be applied to the funding 
amount for each program and may not be allocated un-
equally to either program, even if the average aggregate 
indirect cost recovery rate would not exceed three per-
cent.’’. 
SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON TRAVEL FOR ADVOCACY PUR-
POSES. 
At the end of Public Law 106–392, add the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 5. LIMITATION ON TRAVEL FOR ADVOCACY PUR-
POSES. 
‘‘No Federal funds may be used to cover any ex-
penses incurred by an employee or detailee of the Depart-
ment of the Interior to travel to any location (other than 
the field office to which that individual is otherwise as-
signed) to advocate, lobby, or attend meetings that advo-
cate or lobby for the Recovery Implementation Pro-
grams.’’. 
Æ 
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