United States · Bill · S
S. 1544 (106th)
A bill to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost sharing for the endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins.
Introduced
5 August 1999
Last action
5 August 1999 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sponsors
Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Subjects
Energy, Taxation
Source updated
24 March 2026
Summary
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to undertake 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. Terminates the authority of the Secretary to implement such projects for such Programs in in FY 2005 and 2007, respectively. Limits to $100 million the total costs of such projects. Authorizes: (1) the Secretary to accept contributed funds from Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, or political subdivisions or organizations thereof, pursuant to agreements that provide for the contributions to be used for capital project costs;(2) the Secretary and the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Western Area Power Administration, to utilize for such projects power revenues collected pursuant to the Colorado River Storage Project Act; and (3) the Secretary to utilize such power revenues for the annual base funding contributions to the programs by the Bureau for a specified period. Requires the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the utilization of such power revenues. Authorizes the retention of unexpended appropriated funds for projects under this Act for use in future fiscal years. States that nothing in this Act shall restrict the Secretary from funding activities or capital projects in accordance with the Federal Government's Indian trust responsibility.
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Timeline
5 August 1999
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
5 August 1999
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 5 August 1999 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/1544
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1544
- us · 106-s-1544 · source updated 24 March 2026