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Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1990

Introduced: April 4, 1990 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 28 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Oct 5, 1990

Provisions Included In H.R.2567.

Aug 2, 1990

Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.

Aug 1, 1990

Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Jul 30, 1990

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

Jul 30, 1990

Considered as unfinished business.

Jul 30, 1990

DEBATE - Subsequently, pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement by Mr. Montgomery, the ordering of the yeas and nays was vacated and the question will be put to a voice vote.

Jul 30, 1990

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 5, rule I, the chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

Jul 30, 1990

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.

Jul 30, 1990

On ordering a second Agreed to without objection.

Jul 30, 1990

Considered under suspension of the rules.

Jul 30, 1990

Mr. Rhodes demanded a second on the motion to suspend the rules.

Jul 30, 1990

Mr. Vento moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Jul 30, 1990

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. H. Rept. 101-641.

Jul 30, 1990

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 400.

Jul 30, 1990

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

Jul 30, 1990

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Jul 18, 1990

Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

Jul 18, 1990

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Jun 26, 1990

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).

Jun 26, 1990

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

May 22, 1990

Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources and by the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.

May 22, 1990

Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands and by the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.

May 3, 1990

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.

May 3, 1990

Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources and by the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands Prior to Referral (Apr 26, 90).

Apr 26, 1990

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.

Apr 26, 1990

Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands and by the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.

Apr 4, 1990

Introduced in House

Apr 4, 1990

Referred to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) operate Glen Canyon Dam and take other reasonable mitigation measures to protect, mitigate adverse impacts to, and improve the condition of the environmental, cultural, and recreational resources of Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreational Area; (2) develop interim operating procedures for Glen Canyon Dam in consultation with the Department of the Interior, the Secretary of Energy, specified State Governors, and Indian tribes and with the full participation of the general public, including environmental organizations, the recreational industry, and contractors for the purchase of Federal power produced at Glen Canyon Dam; (3) implement such procedures pending development of long-term operating procedures; and (4) establish and implement long-term monitoring requirements. Subjects such operating procedures to the water storage and delivery functions of Glen Canyon Dam pursuant to laws relating to regulation of the Colorado River. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to deviate from such interim operating procedures to: (1) comply with requirements under this Act; (2) respond to hydrologic extremes or power system operating emergencies; or (3) further reduce adverse impacts on resources downstream.

Directs the Secretary, within three years after this Act's enactment, to complete the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies and the final Glen Canyon Dam Impact Statement as required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Directs the Comptroller General to audit the costs and benefits to water and power users and to recreational and environmental values of management policies and operating procedures identified in the Studies and Impact Statement and report the results of such audit to the Secretary and the Congress.

Directs the Secretary to implement the long-term operating procedures for the Dam, based on the Studies and the Statement and audit, alone or in combination with other reasonable mitigation measures, and to submit the Studies and the Statement and the long-term operating procedures to the Congress.

Prohibits such long-term operating procedures from interfering with the primary water storage and delivery functions of the Glen Canyon Dam pursuant to laws relating to regulation of the Colorado River.

Amends the Colorado River Storage Project Act to prohibit the Secretary from operating the hydroelectric powerplant at the Dam in a manner which causes significant and avoidable adverse effects on resources of the Grand Canyon National Park or the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall be interpreted as modifying or amending the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 with regard to the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now October 5, 1990

Provisions Included In H.R.2567.

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