Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 831 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 831

     To establish an interest-bearing account for the non-Federal
 contributions to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation
                    Program, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2025

 Mr. Calvert (for himself, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Ms. Titus, Mr. Horsford,
 and Mr. Stanton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
                   the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL

     To establish an interest-bearing account for the non-Federal
 contributions to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation
                    Program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lower Colorado River Multi-Species
Conservation Program Amendment Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. INTEREST-BEARING FUND.

    Section 9402 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
(Public Law 111-11; 123 Stat. 1328) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
    ``(c) Interest-Bearing Account for Non-Federal Contributions.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Agreement.--The term `Agreement' means the
                agreement entitled the `Lower Colorado River Multi-
                Species Conservation Program Funding and Management
                Agreement' and dated April 4, 2005.
                    ``(B) Fund.--The term `Fund' means the Non-Federal
                Funding Account for the Lower Colorado River Multi-
                Species Conservation Program established by paragraph
                (2).
                    ``(C) Non-federal contribution.--The term `non-
                Federal contribution' means an amount contributed by a
                State Party for the non-Federal cost share described in
                section 8 of the Agreement.
                    ``(D) State party.--The term `State Party' has the
                meaning given the term in section 3 of the Agreement.
            ``(2) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury
        of the United States a fund, to be known as the `Non-Federal
        Funding Account for the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species
        Conservation Program', consisting of--
                    ``(A) any amounts deposited in the Fund under
                paragraph (3); and
                    ``(B) any interest earned on investment of amounts
                in the Fund under paragraph (4).
            ``(3) Deposits to fund.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Pursuant to section 8.4 of the
                Agreement, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit
                in the Fund--
                            ``(i) any unexpended non-Federal
                        contributions provided before the date of
                        enactment of this subsection; and
                            ``(ii) any non-Federal contributions
                        provided on or after the date of enactment of
                        this subsection.
                    ``(B) Availability of amounts; expenditure.--
                Amounts deposited in the Fund under subparagraph (A)
                and any interest on those amounts in the Fund shall be
                made available to the Secretary, without further
                appropriation, for expenditure--
                            ``(i) as provided in the Program Documents;
                        and
                            ``(ii) in accordance with this section.
            ``(4) Investment of amounts.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury
                may invest any portion of the Fund that is not, as
                determined by the Secretary, required to meet the
                current needs of the Fund.
                    ``(B) Requirement.--Investments under subparagraph
                (A) may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of
                the United States.
            ``(5) Transfers of amounts.--
                    ``(A) Transfer of previously contributed funds.--
                The amounts required to be deposited in the Fund under
                paragraph (3)(A)(i) shall be transferred from the
                general fund of the Treasury to the Fund not later than
                90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection.
                    ``(B) Transfer of future contributed funds.--As
                soon as practicable after the date on which amounts
                described in paragraph (3)(A)(ii) are contributed,
                those amounts shall be transferred to the Fund.
                    ``(C) Responsibility of state parties.--In
                accordance with the Agreement, on deposit of amounts in
                the Fund under paragraph (3), the State Parties shall
                not be responsible for any losses due to investment of
                those amounts in the Fund.''.
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