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Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 2025
To establish an interest-bearing account for the non-Federal contributions to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill establishes a federally-managed fund to hold and invest financial contributions from states participating in the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program. The Treasury Department would deposit state contributions, both existing and future, into this new account. The Treasury Department may invest portions of the fund in interest-bearing U.S. government securities. Amounts in the fund would be made available to the Secretary for spending as outlined in the program's existing agreement documents. State participants are protected from liability for any investment losses on their contributed funds.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA)
5 cosponsors
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA)
Actions (3)
- Feb 4, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. · senate
- Jan 29, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S482) · senate
- Jan 29, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Committee action
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Meetings where this bill was on the agenda
- Business meeting to consider S.90, to prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to finalize and implement certain travel management plans in the State of Utah, S.91, to improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, S.290, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to upgrade existing emergency communications centers in units of the National Park System to Next Generation 9-1-1 systems, S.291, to establish an interest-bearing account for the non-Federal contributions to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, S.365, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to allow for additional entities to be eligible to complete the maintenance work on Bolts Ditch and the Bolts Ditch Headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado, S.446, to prohibit Big Cypress National Preserve from being designated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, S.700 and H.R.837, bills to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona, S.730, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of establishing the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center at the African Burial Ground National Monument, S.790, to redesignate the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the "Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center", S.791, to establish the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site in the State of Maryland as an affiliated area of the National Park System, S.815, to designate the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the "Rick Boucher Amphitheater", S.1319, to withdraw certain Federal land in the Pecos Watershed area of the State of New Mexico from mineral entry, S.1321, to amend the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide for the transfer of the Moab site to Grand County, Utah, S.1341, to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, S.1353, to extend the authority for modifications to the Second Division Memorial in the District of Columbia, S.1413, to authorize additional funding for the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act, S.1476, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila River system in the State of New Mexico as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, S.1516, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Cahokia Mounds, Emerald Mounds, and Pulcher Mounds in the State of Illinois, S.1518 and H.R.1550, bills to redesignate Saratoga National Historical Park as Saratoga National Battlefield Park, S.1777, to amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park, to redesignate the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the "Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center", S.1870, to adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, S.2102, to establish the Ralph David Abernathy, Sr., National Historic Site, and S.2881, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of California.
- Business meeting to consider S.291, to establish an interest-bearing account for the non-Federal contributions to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, S.858, to authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative work on the National Mall to honor the extraordinary acts of valor, selfless service, and sacrifice displayed by Medal of Honor recipients, S.1341, to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, S.1363, to provide for greater cooperation and coordination between the Federal Government and the governing bodies and community users of land grant-mercedes in New Mexico relating to historical or traditional uses of certain land grant-mercedes on Federal public land, S.1377, to ensure the maintenance of a herd of horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, S.1470, to require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to prioritize the completion of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, S.1787, to establish the Dolores River National Conservation Area and the Dolores River Special Management Area in the State of Colorado, to protect private water rights in the State, S.1860, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to Brian Head Town, Utah, certain National Forest System land, S.2015, to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western and southeastern United States, to acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by Indian Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, S.2016, to exchange non-Federal land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for certain Federal Land in the Chugach Region, S.2033, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on existing programs, rules, and authorities that enable or inhibit wildfire mitigation across land ownership boundaries on Federal and non-Federal land, S.2262, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to clarify the nature of public investment for purposes of certain rulemaking, S.2273, to amend the Act of July 10, 1890, to modify certain provisions relating to the disposal of public land in the State of Wyoming for educational purposes, S.2546, to provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, S.2881, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of California.
Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 29, 2025
Mr. Padilla (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Rosen, and Mr. Kelly) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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.
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 “Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. INTEREST-BEARING FUND.
Section 9402 of the Omnibus Public Land Management 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 Colorado 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 Colorado 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 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 contributions provided before the date of enactment of this subsection; and
“(ii) any non-Federal contributions provided on or after the date of enactment of this subsection.
“(B) Availability of amounts; expenditure.— Amounts deposited in the Fund under subparagraph (A) and any interest on those amounts in the Fund shall be made available to the Secretary, without further appropriation, for expenditure—
“(i) as provided in the Program Documents; and
“(ii) in accordance with this section.
“(4) Investment of amounts.—
“(A) In general.—The Secretary of the Treasury may invest any portion of the Fund that is not, as determined by the Secretary, required to meet the current needs of the Fund.
“(B) Requirement.—Investments under subparagraph
(A) may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States.
“(5) Transfers of amounts.—
“(A) Transfer of previously contributed funds.— The amounts required to be deposited in the Fund under paragraph (3)(A)(i) shall be transferred from the general fund of the Treasury to the Fund not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection.
“(B) Transfer of future contributed funds.—As soon as practicable after the date on which amounts described in paragraph (3)(A)(ii) are contributed, those amounts shall be transferred to the Fund.
“(C) Responsibility of state parties.—In accordance with the Agreement, on deposit of amounts in the Fund under paragraph (3), the State Parties shall not be responsible for any losses due to investment of those amounts the Fund.”. <all>
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