Bill requires study of 2024 Glen Canyon Dam water flow decision's impacts
Passed one chamberH.R. 1001Latest action
Sponsor: Harriet M. Hageman · Representative · WY
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Official title: To provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.
119th Congress
Topics: Environment & energy
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HR 1001 requires two federal agencies to jointly study how a 2024 dam water flow decision affects funding, power, and wildlife.
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What does this do?
HR 1001 requires the Bureau of Reclamation and the Western Area Power Administration to create a memorandum of understanding studying how a July 2024 water management decision at Glen Canyon Dam affects the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. The plan must examine effects on fund-supported dam operations and repairs, hydropower production and grid reliability, and threatened or endangered species. The bill does not alter existing rulemaking laws.
Who does it affect?
The bill affects Colorado River basin communities, especially Southwest hydropower users, utility companies, grid operators, farmers, water users, and wildlife management agencies.
Why does it matter?
The study could reveal financial strain on dam maintenance funding or hydropower reliability issues stemming from the 2024 water flow changes, though the bill itself sets no new policy.
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Based on the “Referred in Senate” text of May 14, 2025.
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Where does it stand?
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
- House committee
- House vote
- SenateYou are here · May 14, 2025
- The president's desk
Right now: it passed the House, and the official record shows nothing new since. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the president.
Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.