,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bia  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bi1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,padilla 7for himself1 ,ms4   
,cortez ,masto1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,ms4      
,rosen1 and ,mr4 ,kelly7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
establish an interest-bearing account   
for the non-,federal contributions to   
the ,lower ,colorado ,river             
,multi-,species ,conservation ,program1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,lower ,colorado ,river ,multi-,species 
,conservation ,program ,amendment ,act  
of #bjbe4  #b4 ,interest-bearing fund   
,section #idjb of the ,omnibus ,public  
,land ,management ,act of #bjji 7,public
 ,law #aaa-aa2 #abc ,stat4 #acbh7 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7c7 ,interest-,bearing      
account for non-,federal contributions  
7#a7 ,definitions ,in this subsection3  

7,a7 ,agreement ,the term ,agreement    
means the agreement entitled the ,lower 
,colorado ,river ,multi-,species        
,conservation ,program ,funding and     
,management ,agreement and dated ,april 
#d1 #bjje4  7,b7 ,fund ,the term ,fund  
means the ,non-,federal ,funding        
,account for the ,lower ,colorado ,river
 ,multi-,species ,conservation ,program 
established by paragraph 7#b74  7,c7    
,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 #h of the          
,agreement4  7,d7 ,state party ,the term
 ,state ,party has the meaning given the
 term in section #c of the ,agreement4  
7#b7 ,establishment ,there is           
established in the ,treasury of the     
,united ,states a fund1 to be known as  
the ,non-,federal ,funding ,account for 
the ,lower ,colorado ,river             
,multi-,species ,conservation ,program1 
consisting of-- 7,a7 any amounts        

deposited in the ,fund under paragraph  
7#c72 and  7,b7 any interest earned on  
investment of amounts in the ,fund under
 paragraph 7#d74  7#c7 ,deposits to fund
  7,a7 ,in general ,pursuant to section 
#h4d of the ,agreement1 the ,secretary  
of the ,treasury shall deposit in the   
,fund-- 7i7 any unexpended non-,federal 
contributions provided before the date  
of enactment of this subsection2 and    
7ii7 any non-,federal contributions     
provided on or after the date of        
enactment of this subsection4  7,b7     
,availability of amounts2 expenditure   
,amounts deposited in the ,fund under   
subparagraph 7,a7 and any interest on   
those amounts in the ,fund shall be made
 available to the ,secretary1 without   
further appropriation1 for expenditure--
 7i7 as provided in the ,program        
,documents2 and  7ii7 in accordance with
 this section4  7#d7 ,investment of     
amounts  7,a7 ,in general ,the          
,secretary of the ,treasury may invest  
any portion of the ,fund that is not1 as

 determined by the ,secretary1 required 
to meet the current needs of the ,fund4 
7,b7 ,requirement ,investments under    
subparagraph 7,a7 may be made only in   
interest-bearing obligations of the     
,united ,states4  7#e7 ,transfers of    
amounts  7,a7 ,transfer of previously   
contributed funds ,the amounts required 
to be deposited in the ,fund under      
paragraph 7#c77;,a77i7 shall be         
transferred from the general fund of the
 ,treasury to the ,fund not later than  
#ij days after the date of enactment of 
this subsection4  7,b7 ,transfer of     
future contributed funds ,as soon as    
practicable after the date on which     
amounts described in paragraph          
7#c77;,a77ii7 are contributed1 those    
amounts shall be transferred to the     
,fund4  7,c7 ,responsibility of ,state  
,parties ,in accordance with the        
,agreement1 on deposit of amounts in the
 ,fund under paragraph 7#c71 the ,state 
,parties shall not be responsible for   
any losses due to investment of those   

amounts the ,fund4  4