BOARD00562

• Board Meeting Date: 5/20/2002
• Description: WSP Section - Colorado River Basin Issues - Upper Colorado River Recovery Program - Extending the Program
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Briefing Paper, Proposed Language and Supporting Material To Extend
The Authorized Periods for Appropriation and Implementation Within PL 106-392
May 2002

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and the San Juan Recovery Program to extend the authorized periods for appropriation and
implementation within PL 106-392:

PROPOSED AMENDMENT

An Act
To extend the periods of authorization for the Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost sharing for
and to implement capital construction projects associated with 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 of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1. PURPOSE
The purpose of this Act is to amend Public Law 106-392 to extend the authorization period
for the Secretary of Interior, acting tluough the Bureau of Reclamation, to implement capital
projects for the Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper
Colorado River Basin and the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program.

Section 2. AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING AUTHORIZATIONS
Public Law 106-392 is amended by the following:
(1) Section 2(1) is amended by inserting "and extended by the Extension of the
Cooperative Agreement dated December 6, 2001," after "September 29, 1987".
(2) Section 3(a)(2) is amended by striking "fiscal year 2005" and inserting in lieu
thereof: "fiscal year 2008".
(3) Section 3(a)(3) is amended by striking "fiscal year 2007" and inserting in lieu
thereof: "fiscal year 2008".
(4) Section 3(b), "Cost of Capital Projects" shall remain as enacted; except that:
a. "fiscal year 2005" in Section 3(b)(l) shall be stricken and replaced with "fiscal
year 2008"; and,
b. "fiscal year 2007" in Section 3(b )(2) shall be stricken and replaced with "fiscal
year 2008".
(5) Section 3(c) shall remain as enacted, except that:
a. "Section 3( c)(l) is amended by striking "with" and inserting in lieu thereof
"within" before "the Upper Division States".
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PROPOSED REPORT LANGUAGE

REPORT
[To accompany H.R. ~ [To accompany S. _]

The Committee on Resources [Energy and Natural Resources], to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. _) [So ~ to extend the periods of authorization for the Secretary of the Interior,
acting tluough the Bureau of Reclamation, to implement the capital projects associated with the