Briefing Paper to Accompany the Proposed Upper Colorado River and San Juan River Endangered Fish Recovery Act of 1997

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I Wolford Mountain reservoirs in Colorado; or of similarly specified 2 costs borne for capital projects, not to exceed $27,000,000. 3 (d) BASE FUNDING. -- The Secretary may utilize power revenues 4 collected pursuant to the Colorado River Storage Project Act for the 5 annual base funding contributions for the Recovery Implementation 6 Programs by Reclamation, the Service and Indian Affairs. Such funding 7 will be treated as non - reimbursable and as having been repaid and returned 8 to the general fund of the Treasury as costs assigned to power for 9 repayment under Section 5 of the Colorado River Storage Project Act. 10 (i) For the Recovery Implementation Program for the Endangered 11 Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin, such 12 contributions shall not exceed $4,000,000 per year. 13 (ii) For the San Juan River Recovery Implementation Program, 14 such contributions shall not exceed $2,000,000 per year. 15 These limits on the annual contributions to base funding will be adjusted 16 for inflation. Any transfer of funds within these limits to the Service shall 17 not be subject to transfer fees. No later than December 31, 2010, the 18 Secretary shall submit a report on such utilization of power revenues to the 19 Subcommittees on Energy and Water Development for the Senate and 20 House Committees on Appropriations and making a recommendation 21 regarding the continued need for such funding as may be required to fulfill 22 the goals of the Recovery Implementation Programs. Nothing in this Act 23 shall otherwise modify or amend existing agreements among participants 24 regarding base funding and depletion fees for the Recovery 25 Implementation Programs. 26 (e) AUTHORITY TO RETAIN APPROPRIATED FUNDS. - -At the end 27 of each fiscal year any unexpended appropriated funds for capital projects 28 shall be retained for use in future fiscal years. Unexpended funds which