Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and Pathfinder Modification Authorization Act

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the implementation of the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Species in the Central and Lower Platte River Basin and to modify the Pathfinder Dam and Reservoir.

10/22/2007--Passed House amended. Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and Pathfinder Modification Authorization Act - Title I: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program -
(Sec. 102) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation and in cooperation with the Governance Committee established under the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Cooperative Agreement, to:
(1) participate in such Program;
(2) carry out any projects or activities that are designated for implementation during the Program's first 13 years (First Increment);
(3) acquire interests in land, water, and facilities from willing sellers;
(4) transfer acquired interests; and
(5) accept or provide grants.

(Sec. 104) Allows the Program to be modified before the completion of the First Increment if the Secretary and the states of Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado determine that the modifications are consistent with Program purposes.

(Sec. 105) Declares that no action carried out under this Act, with respect to the acreage limitation provisions of the reclamation laws, shall:
(1) be considered in determining whether a district has discharged its obligation to repay the construction cost of project facilities used to make irrigation water available for delivery to land in the district;
(2) serve as the basis for reinstating acreage limitation provisions in a district that has completed payment of its construction obligations; or
(3) serve as the basis for increasing the construction repayment obligation of the district, which would extend the period during which the acreage limitation provisions would apply. Declares that nothing in this Act creates federal water rights or requires the grant of water rights to federal entities.

(Sec. 106) Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 107) Terminates the Secretary's authority to implement the First Increment on September 30, 2020.
Tittle II: Pathfinder Modification Project -
(Sec. 201) Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, to:
(1) modify the Pathfinder Dam and Reservoir; and
(2) enter one or more agreements with the state of Wyoming to implement the Pathfinder Modification Project.
(Sec. 202) Authorizes the capacity of the Pathfinder Reservoir to be used for municipal, environmental, and other purposes, as described in Appendix F to the final settlement stipulation in Nebraska v. Wyoming.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Mark Udall [D, CO-2]
• and 7 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Barbara Cubin [R, WY-0]
  • Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
  • Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry [R, NE-1]
  • Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D, CO-7]
  • Rep. John Salazar [D, CO-3]
  • Rep. Adrian Smith [R, NE-3]
  • Rep. Lee Terry [R, NE-2]
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Committees

• Senate Energy and Natural Resources
• 2 more
  • House Natural Resources
  • House Natural Resources
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.1462

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
March 09, 2007		October 22, 2007

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• Jun 11, 2008: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
• Added to calendar on Apr 10, 2008: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 673..
• Apr 10, 2008: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 110-321.
• Jan 30, 2008: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
• Oct 23, 2007: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Oct 22, 2007. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• Oct 22, 2007: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Oct 22, 2007: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1462.
• Oct 22, 2007: Ms. Bordallo moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
• Added to calendar on Oct 22, 2007: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 247..
• Oct 22, 2007: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-393.
• Added to calendar on Oct 10, 2007: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent..
• Oct 10, 2007: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Jun 12, 2007: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Unanimous Consent .
• Jun 12, 2007: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Apr 26, 2007: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
• Mar 14, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
• Mar 09, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
• Mar 09, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E505)
• Introduced on Mar 09, 2007.
• Mar 09, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR E505)

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Related Issue Areas:

• Water resources
• Budgets
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• Construction costs
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• Dams
• Endangered species
• Environmental monitoring
• Environmental protection
• Federal aid to water resources development
• Habitat conservation
• Infrastructure
• Land transfers
• Natural resources
• Nebraska
• Reservoirs
• Riparian ecology
• Rivers
• Watersheds
• Wyoming

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February 01, 2008 Senate Committee Approves Platte River Recovery Program

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