Section 1 Memorandum of understanding to address potential impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund
In general— As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, and the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration, in consultation with the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Working Group, shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to explore and address the potential impact that the record of decision entitled the “Supplement to the 2016 Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Record of Decision” and dated July 2024 (referred to in this section as the “record of decision”) may have on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund (referred to in this section as the “Fund”).
Required plan— The memorandum of understanding entered into under subsection (a) shall, using information derived from existing contracts, include the establishment of a plan—
to explore and address the effects that the record of decision may have on the contents of the Fund;
to analyze and address the longer-term impact that the record of decision may have on hydropower production at Glen Canyon Dam; and
to protect the Colorado River Basin and any species listed as a threatened species or an endangered species under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) in the Colorado River Basin from the effects of invasive species and sustained drought.