I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 831 
To establish an interest-bearing account for the non-Federal contributions 
to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2025 
Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Ms. LEE of Nevada, Ms. TITUS, Mr. HORSFORD, 
and Mr. STANTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish an interest-bearing account for the non-Federal 
contributions to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species 
Conservation Program, 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 ‘‘Lower Colorado River 
Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 
2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. INTEREST-BEARING FUND. 
Section 9402 of the Omnibus Public Land Manage-
ment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1328) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) INTEREST-BEARING ACCOUNT FOR NON-FED-
ERAL CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) AGREEMENT.—The term ‘Agreement’ 
means the agreement entitled the ‘Lower Colo-
rado River Multi-Species Conservation Program 
Funding and Management Agreement’ and 
dated April 4, 2005. 
‘‘(B) FUND.—The term ‘Fund’ means the 
Non-Federal Funding Account for the Lower 
Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Pro-
gram established by paragraph (2). 
‘‘(C) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—The 
term ‘non-Federal contribution’ means an 
amount contributed by a State Party for the 
non-Federal cost share described in section 8 of 
the Agreement. 
‘‘(D) STATE
PARTY.—The term ‘State 
Party’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 3 of the Agreement. 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be 
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known as the ‘Non-Federal Funding Account for the 
Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation 
Program’, consisting of— 
‘‘(A) any amounts deposited in the Fund 
under paragraph (3); and 
‘‘(B) any interest earned on investment of 
amounts in the Fund under paragraph (4). 
‘‘(3) DEPOSITS TO FUND.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Pursuant to section 
8.4 of the Agreement, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall deposit in the Fund— 
‘‘(i) any unexpended non-Federal con-
tributions provided before the date of en-
actment of this subsection; and 
‘‘(ii) any non-Federal contributions 
provided on or after the date of enactment 
of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY
OF
AMOUNTS; 
EX-
PENDITURE.—Amounts deposited in the Fund 
under subparagraph (A) and any interest on 
those amounts in the Fund shall be made avail-
able to the Secretary, without further appro-
priation, for expenditure— 
‘‘(i) as provided in the Program Docu-
ments; and 
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‘‘(ii) in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(4) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury may invest any portion of the Fund 
that is not, as determined by the Secretary, re-
quired to meet the current needs of the Fund. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—Investments under 
subparagraph (A) may be made only in inter-
est-bearing obligations of the United States. 
‘‘(5) TRANSFERS OF AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(A) TRANSFER OF PREVIOUSLY CONTRIB-
UTED FUNDS.—The amounts required to be de-
posited in the Fund under paragraph (3)(A)(i) 
shall be transferred from the general fund of 
the Treasury to the Fund not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this sub-
section. 
‘‘(B) TRANSFER
OF
FUTURE
CONTRIB-
UTED FUNDS.—As soon as practicable after the 
date on which amounts described in paragraph 
(3)(A)(ii) are contributed, those amounts shall 
be transferred to the Fund. 
‘‘(C) RESPONSIBILITY
OF
STATE
PAR-
TIES.—In accordance with the Agreement, on 
deposit of amounts in the Fund under para-
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graph (3), the State Parties shall not be re-
sponsible for any losses due to investment of 
those amounts in the Fund.’’. 
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