,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #hhg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #f1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,lee 7for himself and ,mr4 ,curtis7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,natural      
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for a
 memorandum of understanding to address 
the impacts of a certain record of      
decision on the ,upper ,colorado ,river 
,basin ,fund4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,basin ,fund   
,preservation ,act4  #b4 ,memorandum of 
understanding to address potential      
impacts of a certain record of decision 
on the ,upper ,colorado ,river ,basin   
,fund  7a7 ,in general ,as soon as      
practicable after the date of enactment 
of this ,act1 the ,secretary of the     
,interior1 acting through the           
,commissioner of ,reclamation1 and the  
,secretary of ,energy1 acting through   
the ,administrator of the ,western ,area
 ,power ,administration1 in consultation

 with the ,glen ,canyon ,dam ,adaptive  
,management ,work ,group1 shall enter   
into a memorandum of understanding to   
explore and address the impact that the 
record of decision entitled the         
,supplement to the #bjaf ,glen ,canyon  
,dam ,long-,term ,experimental and      
,management ,plan ,record of ,decision  
and dated ,july #bjbd 7referred to in   
this section as the record of decision7 
has on the ,upper ,colorado ,river      
,basin ,fund 7referred to in this       
section as the ,fund74  7b7 ,required   
plan ,the memorandum of understanding   
entered into under subsection 7a7 shall1
 using information derived from existing
 hydropower contracts1 include the      
establishment of a plan to-- 7#a7       
address the effects that the record of  
decision may have on ,fund obligations  
including routine operations1           
maintenance1 and replacement of critical
 infrastructure2  7#b7 address the      
impact that the record of decision has  
on hydropower production at ,glen       

,canyon ,dam1 including costs to replace
 hydropower resources and grid          
reliability2 and  7#c7 identify impacts 
that the record of decision has had on  
species listed as a threatened species  
or an endangered species under section  
#d of the ,endangered ,species ,act of  
#aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aecc74  7c7       
,savings clause ,nothing in this ,act   
preempts any rights or obligations under
 subchapter ,,ii of chapter #e1 and     
chapter #g1 of title #e1 ,united ,states
 ,code 7commonly known as the           
,administrative ,procedure ,act74