US Congress House Bill 5362 (Prior Session Legislation)

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May 24 2010 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water and Power Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the release of 5,412.5 acre-feet of water from the marketable yield pool (the portion of the regulatory capacity that is dedicated to marketing purposes) of water stored in the Ruedi Reservoir (a component of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project of the Bureau of Reclamation in western Colorado) for the benefit of endangered fish habitat in the Colorado River for 2013 and each year thereafter at the request of the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Requires such release during the late summer months to enhance low water flows in areas that comprise the endangered fish habitat in the Colorado River, unless otherwise requested by the Director. Provides that the release shall satisfy 50% of the commitment by certain water users to provide 10,825 acre-feet of water per year, as described in Appendix C of the document entitled "Final Programmatic Biological Opinion for Bureau of Reclamation's Operations and Depletions, Other Depletions, and Funding and Implementation of Recovery Program Actions in the Upper Colorado River above the Confluence with the Gunnison River." Makes this Act effective when: (1) the Secretary of the Interior issues a finding of no significant impact or a record of decision under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 regarding such release; and (2) an additional 5,412.5 acre-feet of water has been made available by means acceptable to water users to satisfy their remaining obligations.

To provide for the release of water from the marketable yield pool of water stored in the Ruedi Reservoir for the benefit of endangered fish habitat in the Colorado River, and for other purposes.

Rep Salazar, John T.

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-05-24		Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
2010-05-20		Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

SB1601 (Related) 2009-08-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9006-9007)
SB3387 (Related) 2010-06-09 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-707.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HN05362:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr5362ih/pdf/BILLS-111hr5362ih.pdf