Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2019

II 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. 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 Nat- ural Resources 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Endangered Fish Re- 4 covery Programs Extension Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:56 Jan 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S38.IS S38 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 38 IS SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR ANNUAL BASE 1 FUNDING OF FISH RECOVERY PROGRAMS; 2 REMOVAL OF CERTAIN REPORTING RE- 3 QUIREMENT. 4 Section 3(d) of Public Law 106–392 (114 Stat. 1604; 5 126 Stat. 2444) is amended— 6 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 7 following: 8 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to 10 be appropriated to the Secretary to be used by 11 the Bureau of Reclamation to make the annual 12 base funding contributions to the Recovery Im- 13 plementation Programs $10,000,000 for each of 14 fiscal years 2020 through 2023. 15 ‘‘(B) NONREIMURSABLE FUNDS.—The 16 funds contributed to the Recovery Implementa- 17 tion Programs under subparagraph (A) shall be 18 considered a nonreimbursable Federal expendi- 19 ture.’’; and 20 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the fourth, 21 fifth, sixth, and seventh sentences. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:56 Jan 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S38.IS S38 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 38 IS SEC. 3. REPORT ON RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION PRO- 1 GRAMS. 2 Section 3 of Public Law 106–392 (114 Stat. 1603; 3 126 Stat. 2444) is amended by adding at the end the fol- 4 lowing: 5 ‘‘(j) REPORT.— 6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 7 30, 2021, the Secretary shall submit to the appro- 8 priate committees of Congress a report that— 9 ‘‘(A) describes the accomplishments of the 10 Recovery Implementation Programs; 11 ‘‘(B) identifies— 12 ‘‘(i) as of the date of the report, the 13 listing status under the Endangered Spe- 14 cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 15 of the Colorado pikeminnow, humpback 16 chub, razorback sucker, and bonytail; and 17 ‘‘(ii) as of September 30, 2023, the 18 projected listing status under that Act of 19 each of the species referred to in clause (i); 20 ‘‘(C)(i) identifies— 21 ‘‘(I) the total expenditures and the ex- 22 penditures by categories of activities by the 23 Recovery Implementation Programs during 24 the period beginning on the date on which 25 the applicable Recovery Implementation 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:56 Jan 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S38.IS S38 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •S 38 IS Program was established and ending on 1 September 30, 2021; and 2 ‘‘(II) projected expenditures by the 3 Recovery Implementation Programs during 4 the period beginning on October 1, 2021, 5 and ending on September 30, 2023; and 6 ‘‘(ii) for purposes of the expenditures iden- 7 tified under clause (i), includes a description 8 of— 9 ‘‘(I) any expenditures of appropriated 10 funds; 11 ‘‘(II) any power revenues; 12 ‘‘(III) any contributions by the States, 13 power customers, Tribes, water users, and 14 environmental organizations; and 15 ‘‘(IV) any other sources of funds for 16 the Recovery Implementation Programs; 17 and 18 ‘‘(D) describes— 19 ‘‘(i) any activities to be carried out 20 under the Recovery Implementation Pro- 21 gram after September 30, 2023; and 22 ‘‘(ii) the projected cost of the activi- 23 ties described under clause (i). 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:56 Jan 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S38.IS S38 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •S 38 IS ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—The Sec- 1 retary shall consult with the participants in the Re- 2 covery Implementation Programs in preparing the 3 report under paragraph (1).’’. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:56 Jan 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S38.IS S38 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS