A bill 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: 118-s-5000
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2024-09-10
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
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Held at the desk.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-12-18
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p>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 potential impact that the final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan (LTEMP) has on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. The memorandum of understanding must include a plan to (1) explore and address the effects that the decision may have on the contents of the fund, (2) analyze and address the long-term impact that the decision may have on hydropower production at Glen Canyon Dam, and (3) protect the Colorado River Basin and any threatened or endangered species in the basin from the effects of invasive species and sustained drought.</p><p>By way of background, Reclamation published the SEIS under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for the LTEMP in 2024.&nbsp;The&nbsp;SEIS revises the 2016 LTEMP Record of Decision to address two issues: (1) responding to the threat of the invasive smallmouth bass&nbsp;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&nbsp;chub.</p>

tv_txt: 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5000 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.

1. Memorandum of understanding to address potential impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund (a) In general As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, and the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration, in consultation with the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Working Group, shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to explore and address the potential impact that the record of decision entitled the Supplement to the 2016 Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Record of Decision and dated July 2024 (referred to in this section as the record of decision ) may have on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund (referred to in this section as the Fund ). (b) Required plan The memorandum of understanding entered into under subsection (a) shall, using information derived from existing contracts, include the establishment of a plan— (1) to explore and address the effects that the record of decision may have on the contents of the Fund; (2) to analyze and address the longer-term impact that the record of decision may have on hydropower production at Glen Canyon Dam; and (3) to protect the Colorado River Basin and any species listed as a threatened species or an endangered species under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1533 ) in the Colorado River Basin from the effects of invasive species and sustained drought.

Passed the Senate December 18 (legislative day, December 16), 2024. Secretary

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 639 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5000 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 10, 2024 Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources November 21, 2024 Reported by Mr. Manchin , with an amendment and an amendment to the title Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic A BILL To prohibit the use of amounts from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund to implement a certain record of decision, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibition of use of amounts from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund for certain purposes (a) Prohibition No amounts from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund established by section 5(a) of the Act of April 11, 1956 (commonly known as the Colorado River Storage Project Act ) (70 Stat. 107, chapter 203; 43 U.S.C. 620d(a) ), shall be used to implement the record of decision entitled the Record of Decision for the Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Final Environmental Impact Statement and dated December 2016, as supplemented by the record of decision entitled Supplement to the 2016 Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Record of Decision and dated July 2024, to address the threat of nonnative fish in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam. (b) Treatment of funds Any Federal funds made available for the purpose described in subsection (a) shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable to the United States.

1. Memorandum of understanding to address potential impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund (a) In general As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, and the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration, in consultation with the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Working Group, shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to explore and address the potential impact that the record of decision entitled the Supplement to the 2016 Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Record of Decision and dated July 2024 (referred to in this section as the record of decision ) may have on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund (referred to in this section as the Fund ). (b) Required plan The memorandum of understanding entered into under subsection (a) shall, using information derived from existing contracts, include the establishment of a plan— (1) to explore and address the effects that the record of decision may have on the contents of the Fund; (2) to analyze and address the longer-term impact that the record of decision may have on hydropower production at Glen Canyon Dam; and (3) to protect the Colorado River Basin and any species listed as a threatened species or an endangered species under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1533 ) in the Colorado River Basin from the effects of invasive species and sustained drought.

Amend the title so as to read: A bill to provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. .

November 21, 2024 Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the title

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5000 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 10, 2024 Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To prohibit the use of amounts from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund to implement a certain record of decision, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibition of use of amounts from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund for certain purposes (a) Prohibition No amounts from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund established by section 5(a) of the Act of April 11, 1956 (commonly known as the Colorado River Storage Project Act ) (70 Stat. 107, chapter 203; 43 U.S.C. 620d(a) ), shall be used to implement the record of decision entitled the Record of Decision for the Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Final Environmental Impact Statement and dated December 2016, as supplemented by the record of decision entitled Supplement to the 2016 Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Record of Decision and dated July 2024, to address the threat of nonnative fish in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam. (b) Treatment of funds Any Federal funds made available for the purpose described in subsection (a) shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable to the United States.