PUB231

• Year: 2007
• Title: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and Pathfinder Modification Authorization Act of 2007 ‎(Introduced in Senate - S 752 IS)‎
• CWCB Section: Interstate & Federal
• Description: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and Pathfinder Modification Authorization Act of 2007 ‎(Introduced in Senate)‎
• Publications - Doc Type: Other

TITLE I--PLATTE RIVER RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION
PROGRAM
Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. Implementation of Program.
Sec. 103. Cost-sharing contributions.
Sec. 104. Authority to modify Program.
Sec. 105. Effect.
Sec. 106. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 107. Termination of authority.
TITLE II--PATHFINDER MODIFICATION PRO]ECT
Sec. 201. Authorization of project.
Sec. 202. Authorized uses of pathfinder reservoir.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are to authorize--
(1) the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the
Commissioner of Reclamation and in partnership with the
States, other Federal agencies, and other non-Federal entities,
to continue the cooperative effort among the Federal and non-
Federal entities through the implementation of the Platte River
Recovery Implementation Program for threatened and
endangered species in the Central and Lower Platte River Basin
without creating Federal water rights or requiring the grant of
water rights to Federal entities; and
(2) the modification of the Pathfinder Dam and Reservoir.
TITLE I--PLATTE RIVER RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION
PROGRAM
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) AGREEMENT- The term ~ Agreement' means the Platte River
Recovery Implementation Program Cooperative Agreement
entered into by the Governors of the States and the Secretary.
(2) FIRST INCREMENT- The term ~ First Increment' means the
first 13 years of the Program.
(3) GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE- The term ~ Governance
Committee' means the governance committee established under
the Agreement and composed of members from the States, the
Federal Government, environmental interests, and water users.