[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 38 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 38
To maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan
fish recovery programs through fiscal year 2023, to require a report on
the implementation of those programs, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 8, 2019
Mr. Gardner (for himself and Mr. Bennet) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
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A BILL
To maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan
fish recovery programs through fiscal year 2023, to require a report on
the implementation of those programs, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Endangered Fish Recovery Programs
Extension Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR ANNUAL BASE FUNDING OF FISH
RECOVERY PROGRAMS; REMOVAL OF CERTAIN REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.
Section 3(d) of Public Law 106-392 (114 Stat. 1604; 126 Stat. 2444)
is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--
``(A) In general.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary to be used by the Bureau
of Reclamation to make the annual base funding
contributions to the Recovery Implementation Programs
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2023.
``(B) Nonreimursable funds.--The funds contributed
to the Recovery Implementation Programs under
subparagraph (A) shall be considered a nonreimbursable
Federal expenditure.''; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the fourth, fifth, sixth,
and seventh sentences.
SEC. 3. REPORT ON RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS.
Section 3 of Public Law 106-392 (114 Stat. 1603; 126 Stat. 2444) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Report.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than September 30, 2021, the
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a report that--
``(A) describes the accomplishments of the Recovery
Implementation Programs;
``(B) identifies--
``(i) as of the date of the report, the
listing status under the Endangered Species Act
of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) of the
Colorado pikeminnow, humpback chub, razorback
sucker, and bonytail; and
``(ii) as of September 30, 2023, the
projected listing status under that Act of each
of the species referred to in clause (i);
``(C)(i) identifies--
``(I) the total expenditures and the
expenditures by categories of activities by the
Recovery Implementation Programs during the
period beginning on the date on which the
applicable Recovery Implementation Program was
established and ending on September 30, 2021;
and
``(II) projected expenditures by the
Recovery Implementation Programs during the
period beginning on October 1, 2021, and ending
on September 30, 2023; and
``(ii) for purposes of the expenditures identified
under clause (i), includes a description of--
``(I) any expenditures of appropriated
funds;
``(II) any power revenues;
``(III) any contributions by the States,
power customers, Tribes, water users, and
environmental organizations; and
``(IV) any other sources of funds for the
Recovery Implementation Programs; and
``(D) describes--
``(i) any activities to be carried out
under the Recovery Implementation Program after
September 30, 2023; and
``(ii) the projected cost of the activities
described under clause (i).
``(2) Consultation required.--The Secretary shall consult
with the participants in the Recovery Implementation Programs
in preparing the report under paragraph (1).''.
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