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119-s-887119th CongressWALLET

Basin Fund Preservation Act

Sponsored By: Senator Lee, Mike [R-UT]

Introduced

Summary

Preserve the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. This bill directs the Bureau of Reclamation and the Western Area Power Administration, working with the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group, to sign a memorandum of understanding to study how the 2024 Supplement to the 2016 Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Record of Decision affects the fund, hydropower output, and listed species.

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  • Upper Colorado River Basin Fund managers: The MOU must include a plan to address effects on the fund's obligations for routine operations, maintenance, and replacement of critical infrastructure.
  • Hydropower customers and grid operators: The MOU must address impacts on hydropower production at Glen Canyon Dam, including costs to replace lost hydropower and implications for grid reliability.
  • Conservation managers and listed species: The MOU must identify impacts the decision has had on species protected under the Endangered Species Act, including the endangered humpback chub and issues linked to invasive smallmouth bass noted in the SEIS.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Plan for Glen Canyon hydropower impacts

If enacted, the Interior and Energy Secretaries would quickly enter a memorandum of understanding. The MOU would use existing hydropower contract data and focus on the July 2024 Record of Decision. The plan would address Basin Fund obligations like routine operations, maintenance, and replacement of critical infrastructure. It would also study impacts on hydropower at Glen Canyon Dam, including replacement costs and effects on grid reliability. The MOU would identify any effects on species listed under the Endangered Species Act.

Preserve Administrative Procedure Act rights

If enacted, this bill would say that nothing in the Act overrides rights and duties under the Administrative Procedure Act. That means people and groups could still use APA rules to challenge or respond to federal agency actions. This protection would take effect upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Lee, Mike [R-UT]

UT • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT]

    UT • R

    Sponsored 3/6/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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