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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-567
ENDANGERED FISH RECOVERY PROGRAMS EXTENSION
ACT OF 2017
FEBRUARY 16, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4465]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4465) to maintain annual base funding for the Upper Col-
orado and San Juan fish recovery programs through fiscal year
2023, to require a report on the implementation of those programs,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favor-
ably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do
pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 4465 is to maintain annual base funding for
the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs through
fiscal year 2023, and to require a report on the implementation of
those programs.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins provide key
sources of water in the western United States. The Bureau of Rec-
lamation has constructed numerous water and power projects to
store and use the water for irrigation, drinking water, hydropower
and flood control purposes, and to benefit recreation and fish and
wildlife in the western United States. Projects include the Colorado
River Storage Project's (CRSP) Flaming Gorge Unit, which can
store over 3.5 million acre feet of water (one acre foot is 325,851
gallons) and can generate over 150 megawatts of power (one mega-
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