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I HR 3669 IH 1 1 105th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3669 APPENDIX F To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide funding for the implementation of the endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 1, 1998 Mr. MCINNIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources A BILL To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide funding for the implementation of the endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ofAmerica in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the 'Upper Colorado River and San Juan River Endangered Fish Recovery Act of 1998'. SEC. 2. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Act is to authorize and provide funding for the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to continue implementation of the endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins in order to accomplish the objectives of these programs within a currently established time schedule. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. i As used in this Act: i (1) The term 'Recovery Implementation Programs' means the intergovernmental programs established pursuant to the 1988 Cooperative Agreement to implement the Recovery Implementation Program for the Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River dated September 29, 1987, and the 1992 Cooperative Agreement to implement the San Juan ' River Recovery Implementation Program dated October 21, 1992, and as they may be amended by the parties thereto. ' (2) The term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of the Interior. (3) The term 'Upper Division States' means the States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and ' Wyoming. 4/7/98 1:57 AM 14