To provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.
Latest action · May 14, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
- Passed HouseMay 13, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2025 to Feb 26, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Celeste Maloy | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Feb 26, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 5, 2025Markup Feb 12, 2025Reported Apr 17, 2025 |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 14, 2025 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 14, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- May 13, 2025Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- May 13, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1972-1973)
- May 13, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1001.
- May 13, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1972)
- May 13, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 17, 2025Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-61.
- Apr 17, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 38.
- Feb 12, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Feb 12, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Feb 5, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 5, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1972, H1973Text printed H1972 | Bruce Westerman R-AR, Harriet M. Hageman R-WY, Val T. Hoyle D-OR | May 13, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 27, 2025H.R. 1001, an act to provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin FundAs passed by the House of Representatives on May 13, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 24, February 5, 2025, page H505.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-21 | OVERSIGHT HEARING ON: ADVANCING. FEDERAL WATER AND HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT: A STAKEHOLDER'S PERSPECTIVE66 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Apr 30, 2025 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 887 | Basin Fund Preservation Act | Related bill | Mar 6, 2025 |
| HR 9969 | To provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. | Cross-Congress related bill | Nov 20, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 14, 2025Referred in Senate
- May 13, 2025Engrossed in House
- Apr 17, 2025Reported in House
- Feb 5, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
