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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4465 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 28, 2017 
Mr. CURTIS (for himself, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. POLIS, Mr. 
STEWART, Mr. PERLMUTTER, and Mr. TIPTON) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on 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. 
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 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION TO USE UPPER 
COLORADO RIVER BASIN FUND REVENUES 
FOR ANNUAL BASE FUNDING OF FISH RECOV-
ERY PROGRAMS; REMOVAL OF CERTAIN RE-
PORTING REQUIREMENT. 
Section 3(d)(2) of Public Law 106–392 (114 Stat. 
1604; 126 Stat. 2444) is amended— 
(1) in the fourth sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting 
‘‘2023’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘; except that’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘capital projects and moni-
toring’’; and 
(2) by striking the fifth, sixth, and seventh sen-
tences. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION PRO-
GRAMS. 
Section 3 of Public Law 106–392 (114 Stat. 1603; 
126 Stat. 2444) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(j) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 
30, 2021, the Secretary shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report that— 
‘‘(A) describes the accomplishments of the 
Recovery Implementation Programs; 
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‘‘(B) identifies— 
‘‘(i) as of the date of the report, the 
listing status under the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 
of the Colorado pikeminnow, humpback 
chub, razorback sucker, and bonytail; and 
‘‘(ii) as of September 30, 2023, the 
projected listing status under that Act of 
each of the species referred to in clause (i); 
‘‘(C)(i) identifies— 
‘‘(I) the total expenditures and the ex-
penditures by categories of activities by the 
Recovery Implementation Programs during 
the period beginning on the date on which 
the applicable Recovery Implementation 
Program was established and ending on 
September 30, 2021; and 
‘‘(II) projected expenditures by the 
Recovery Implementation Programs during 
the period beginning on October 1, 2021, 
and ending on September 30, 2023; 
‘‘(ii) for purposes of the expenditures iden-
tified under clause (i), includes a description 
of— 
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‘‘(I) any expenditures of appropriated 
funds; 
‘‘(II) any power revenues; 
‘‘(III) any contributions by the States, 
power customers, Tribes, water users, and 
environmental organizations; and 
‘‘(IV) any other sources of funds for 
the Recovery Implementation Programs; 
and 
‘‘(D) describes— 
‘‘(i) any activities to be carried out 
under the Recovery Implementation Pro-
gram after September 30, 2023; and 
‘‘(ii) the projected cost of the activi-
ties described under clause (i). 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION
REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary shall consult with the participants in the Re-
covery Implementation Programs in preparing the 
report under paragraph (1).’’. 
Æ 
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