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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 314
109TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session SENATE 109-196
UPPER COLORADO AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN ENDAN-
GERED FISH RECOVERY PROGRAMS REAUTHORIZATION
ACT OF 2005
DECEMBER 8, 2005.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. DOMENICI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 1578]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 1578) to reauthorize the Upper Colorado and
San Juan River Basin endangered fish recovery implementation
programs, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF MEASURE
The purpose of S. 1578 is to extend authorization and increase
the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Upper Colorado
and San Juan River Basin Endangered Fish Recovery Programs.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
The Upper Colorado River Endangered Species Recovery Pro-
gram was established in 1988 and the San Juan River Basin Re-
covery Implementation Program was established in 1992. The goal
of both programs is to recover endangered fish in the respective ba-
sins. In 2000, the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins En-
dangered Fish Recovery Programs Act was enacted (Public Law
106-392). The Act authorized the Bureau of Reclamation (herein-
after Bureau) to provide cost sharing for the endangered fish re-
covery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San
Juan River Basins. Activities undertaken by the programs provide
compliance with the Endangered Species Act as required for the op-
eration of more than 800 Federal and non-Federal multi-purpose
projects which provide more than 2.5 million acre-feet of water per
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