To provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.

Bill: 119-hr-1001
Sponsor: Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Arizona
California
Dams and canals
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fishes
Government trust funds
Lakes and rivers
Nevada
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: 
This bill directs the Bureau of Reclamation and the Western Area Power Administration, in consultation with the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group, to enter into a memorandum of understanding to explore and address the impact that the 2024 record of decision entitled 
Supplement to the 2016 Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Record of Decision 
has on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. The memorandum of understanding must include a plan to (1) address the effects that the decision may have on the fund's obligations, (2) address the impact that the decision has on hydropower production at Glen Canyon Dam, and (3) identify impacts that the decision has had on species listed as threatened or endangered species.

By way of background, Reclamation published a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for the Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan (LTEMP) in 2024. The SEIS revises the 2016 LTEMP Record of Decision to address two issues: (1) responding to the threat of the invasive smallmouth bass below Glen Canyon Dam, and (2) incorporating the latest sediment science to assess when high-flow experiments should be conducted in order to protect the endangered humpback chub.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-05-14
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1972)
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1972)
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1001.
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1972-1973)
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2025-04-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 38.
action_date: 2025-04-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-61.
action_date: 2025-04-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-61.
action_date: 2025-02-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2025-02-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House