[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5000 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5000

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 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.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 5000

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.