S 887 119th Congress Senate Water Resources Development Arizona California Dams and canals Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fishes Government trust funds Lakes and rivers Nevada Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Basin Fund Preservation Act

Introduced: March 6, 2025 Introduced by: Lee, Mike Republican · Utah See on congress.gov

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Mar 6, 2025

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Basin Fund Preservation Act

This bill directs the Bureau of Reclamation and the Western Area Power Administration, in consultation with the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group, to enter into a memorandum of understanding to explore and address the impact that the 2024 record of decision entitled Supplement to the 2016 Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Record of Decision has on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. The memorandum of understanding must include a plan to (1) address the effects that the decision may have on the fund's obligations, (2) address the impact that the decision has on hydropower production at Glen Canyon Dam, and (3) identify impacts that the decision has had on species listed as threatened or endangered species.

By way of background, Reclamation published a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for the Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan (LTEMP) in 2024. The SEIS revises the 2016 LTEMP Record of Decision to address two issues: (1) responding to the threat of the invasive smallmouth bass below Glen Canyon Dam, and (2) incorporating the latest sediment science to assess when high-flow experiments should be conducted in order to protect the endangered humpback chub.

What's happening now March 6, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Lobbying activity 7

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MEGUIRE WHITNEY
for COLORADO RIVER ENERGY DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION · Arizona · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
MEGUIRE WHITNEY
for UTAH ASSOCIATED MUNICIPAL POWER SYSTEMS · Utah · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
MEGUIRE WHITNEY
for COLORADO RIVER ENERGY DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION · Arizona · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
MEGUIRE WHITNEY
for COLORADO RIVER ENERGY DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION · Arizona · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025
MEGUIRE WHITNEY
for COLORADO RIVER ENERGY DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION · Arizona · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025
AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025

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Cosponsors 1

Curtis, John R.

Utah · Mar 6, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 887: Basin Fund Preservation Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-887/

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"S. 887: Basin Fund Preservation Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-887/.

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