Stat. 2444; 133 Stat. 809) (as amended by section 101 
of division CC of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2023 (Public Law 117–328)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), at the end, insert the 
following: 
‘‘(4) INFLATION
ADJUSTMENT.—Each fiscal 
year, the total amount authorized to be appropriated 
under paragraph (1) shall be adjusted for inflation 
from the date of enactment of the Upper Colorado 
and San Juan River Basin Endangered Fish Recov-
ery Programs Reauthorization Act of 2023 to the 
beginning of that fiscal year. 
‘‘(5) 
NONREIMBURSABLE
FUNDS.—Amounts 
made pursuant to paragraph (1)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘for En-
dangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado 
River Basin shall expire in fiscal year 2024’’ 
and inserting ‘‘shall expire in fiscal year 2031’’; 
and 
(C) by striking paragraph (3); 
(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(b) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS
TO CAPITAL 
PROJECTS.—The Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 
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Reclamation, may accept contributed funds, interests in 
land and water, or other contributions from the Upper Di-
vision States, political subdivisions of the Upper Division 
States, or individuals, entities, or organizations within the 
Upper Division States, pursuant to agreements that pro-
vide for the contributions to be used for capital projects 
costs.’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsections (d) through (j) 
as subsections (c) through (i), respectively; 
(4) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2031’’; 
(ii) in the second sentence— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘Basin’’ after 
‘‘San Juan River’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘2024’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2031’’; and 
(iii) in the third sentence, by striking 
‘‘in fiscal years commencing after the en-
actment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘for fis-
cal year 2024 and each fiscal year there-
after’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and insert-
ing the following: 
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‘‘(3) FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
ANNUAL 
BASE FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—For each of fiscal 
years 2024 through 2031, the Secretary, acting 
through the Bureau of Reclamation, may accept 
funds from other Federal agencies, including 
power revenues collected pursuant to the Act of 
April 11, 1956 (commonly known as the ‘‘Colo-
rado River Storage Project Act’’) (43 U.S.C. 
620 et seq.). 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Funds 
made available under subparagraph (A) shall be 
available for expenditure by the Secretary, as 
determined by the contributing agency and in 
consultation with the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) 
TREATMENT
OF
POWER
REVE-
NUES.—Any power revenues provided under 
subparagraph (A) shall be treated as nonreim-
bursable Federal expenditures and as having 
been repaid and returned to the general fund of 
the Treasury. Funds provided by other Federal 
agencies shall be considered as nonreimbursable 
Federal expenditures. 
‘‘(4) NON-FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
AN-
NUAL
BASE
FUNDING.—The 
Secretary, 
acting 
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through the Bureau of Reclamation, may accept con-
tributed funds from the Upper Division States, polit-
ical subdivisions of the Upper Division States, or in-
dividuals, entities, or organizations within the Upper 
Division States, pursuant to agreements that provide 
for the contributions to be used for annual base 
funding. 
‘‘(5) REPLACEMENT POWER.—Contributions of 
funds made pursuant to this subsection shall not in-
clude the cost of replacement power purchased to 
offset modifications to the operation of the Colorado 
River Storage Project to benefit threatened or en-
dangered fish species under the Recovery Implemen-
tation Programs.’’; 
(5) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘funds for’’ and inserting ‘‘or contributed funds 
for base funding or’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by inserting 
‘‘and base funded’’ after ‘‘capital’’; 
(6) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), in the 
first sentence, by inserting ‘‘or threatened’’ after 
‘‘endangered’’; 
(7) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘unless the time period for the respective 
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Cooperative Agreement is extended to conform with 
this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘, as amended or extended’’; 
(8) in subsection (h) (as so redesignated), in 
the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Upper Colorado 
River Endangered Fish Recovery Program or the 
San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation 
Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Recovery Implementation 
Programs’’; and 
(9) in subsection (i)(1) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2022’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘2031’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘2024’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘2031’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (C)(ii)(III), by strik-
ing ‘‘contributions by the States, power cus-
tomers, Tribes, water users, and environmental 
organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘non-Federal con-
tributions’’. 
(d) REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON TRAVEL FOR ADVO-
CACY PURPOSES.—Section 5 of Public Law 106–392 (126 
Stat. 2444) is repealed. 
Æ 
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