Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 2.djvu/964

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114 STAT. 1602 PUBLIC LAW 106-392—OCT. 30, 2000 Public Law 106-392 106th Congress An Act J-.. „- n-_. To authorize the Biireau of Reclamation to provide cost sharing for the endangered

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fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan [H.R. 2348] River Basins. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Act is to authorize and provide funding for the Bureau of Reclamation to continue the implementation of the endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins in order to accomplish the objectives of these programs within a currently established time schedule. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Act: (1) The term "Recovery Implementation Programs" means the intergovernmental programs established pursuant to the 1988 Cooperative Agreement to implement the Recovery Implementation Program for the Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River dated September 29, 1987, and the 1992 Cooperative Agreement to implement the San Juan River Recovery Implementation Program dated October 21, 1992, and as they may be amended by the parties thereto. (2) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. (3) The term "Upper Division States" means the States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. (4) The term "Colorado River Storage Project" or "storage project" means those dams, reservoirs, power plants, and other appurtenant project facilities and features authorized by and constructed in accordance with the Colorado River Storage Project Act (43 U.S.C. 620 et seq.). (5) The term "capital projects" means planning, design, permitting or other compliance, pre-construction activities, construction, construction management, and replacement of facilities, and the acquisition of interests in land or water, as necessary to carry out the Recovery Implementation Programs. (6) The term "facilities" includes facilities for the genetic conservation or propagation of the endangered fishes, those for the restoration of floodplain habitat or fish passage, those for control or supply of instream flows, and those for the removal or translocation of nonnative fishes.