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To provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.
Summary
The bill requires the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Energy to enter into a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a July 2024 Glen Canyon Dam management decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. The memorandum must include a plan addressing effects on Fund operations and maintenance obligations, the impact on hydropower production and grid reliability at Glen Canyon Dam, and effects on threatened or endangered species. The effort must involve consultation with the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group and be based on information from existing hydropower contracts. The bill preserves rights and obligations under the Administrative Procedure Act.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT] (R-UT)
Actions (2)
- Mar 6, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · senate
- Mar 6, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 6, 2025
Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Curtis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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.
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 “Basin Fund Preservation Act”.
SEC. 2. 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 Work Group, shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to explore and address the 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”) has 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 hydropower contracts, include the establishment of a plan to—
(1) address the effects that the record of decision may have on Fund obligations including routine operations, maintenance, and replacement of critical infrastructure;
(2) address the impact that the record of decision has on hydropower production at Glen Canyon Dam, including costs to replace hydropower resources and grid reliability; and
(3) identify impacts that the record of decision has had on 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).
(c) Savings Clause.—Nothing in this Act preempts any rights or obligations under subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the “Administrative Procedure Act”). <all>
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