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Union Calendar No. 565 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4596 
[Report No. 118–669] 
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 
Ms. 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 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Mr. NEWHOUSE and Mr. LAMALFA 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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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. 
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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’’. 
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 
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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)— 
(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 
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(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 
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), by striking ‘‘(1) 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary, $88,000,000 to undertake 
capital projects to carry out the purposes of 
this Act. Such funds’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), there is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary for use by the Bureau 
of Reclamation to undertake capital projects to 
carry out the purposes of this Act $50,000,000 
for the period of fiscal years 2024 through 
2031. 
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‘‘(B) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—Each fis-
cal year, the amount authorized to be appro-
priated under subparagraph (A) shall be ad-
justed for inflation from the date of enactment 
of the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Ba-
sins Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Re-
authorization Act of 2023 to the beginning of 
that fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) 
NONREIMBURSABLE
FUNDS.— 
Amounts made available pursuant to subpara-
graph (A)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Pro-
gram for Endangered Fish Species in the 
Upper Colorado River Basin shall expire in fis-
cal year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘Programs 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 
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 
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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 (1)(A), by striking 
‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
through 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$80,000,000 for 
the period of fiscal years 2024 through 2031’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘$4,000,000 per year’’ and inserting 
‘‘$52,914,285 for the period of fiscal years 
2024 through 2031’’; 
(ii) in the second sentence— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘Basin’’ after 
‘‘San Juan River’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000 per 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘$27,085,715 for 
the period of fiscal years 2024 
through 2031’’; and 
(iii) in the third sentence, by striking 
‘‘in fiscal years commencing after the en-
actment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘for fis-
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cal year 2024 and each fiscal year there-
after’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (3) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(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 in con-
sultation with the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) TREATMENT
OF
FUNDS.—Funds 
made available under subparagraph (A) shall be 
treated as nonreimbursable Federal expendi-
tures. 
‘‘(D) 
TREATMENT
OF
POWER
REVE-
NUES.—Any power revenues accepted under 
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subparagraph (A) shall be treated as having 
been repaid and returned to the general fund of 
the Treasury. 
‘‘(4) NON-FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
AN-
NUAL
BASE
FUNDING.—The 
Secretary, 
acting 
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 (f) (as so redesignated), in the 
first sentence, by inserting ‘‘or threatened’’ after 
‘‘endangered’’; 
(6) 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’’; 
(7) 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 
(8) in subsection (i)(1) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2022’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘2030’’; 
(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’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 565 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4596 
[Report No. 118–669] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Bureau of Reclamation to pro-
vide cost-shared funding to implement the endan-
gered and threatened fish recovery programs for 
the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins. 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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