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Union Calendar No. 234 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 831 
[Report No. 119–278] 
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 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2025 
Additional sponsor: Mr. CISCOMANI 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 31, 2025] 
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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. 
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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 ‘‘Lower Colorado River 
Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 
2025’’. 
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-FEDERAL 
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 Col-
orado River Multi-Species Conservation Program 
established by paragraph (2). 
‘‘(C) NON-FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTION.—The 
term 
‘non-Federal 
contribution’ 
means 
an 
amount contributed by a State Party for the 
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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 section 
3 of the Agreement. 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be 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 enact-
ment of this subsection; and 
‘‘(ii) any non-Federal contributions 
provided on or after the date of enactment 
of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.— 
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