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HR 1001

Condemning the Conduct of Representative Ryan Armagost

2025 First Extraordinary Session

The bill requires an interagency MOU between Interior and Energy to address how the Glen Canyon Dam ROD affects the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund, hydropower, and ESA species.

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Bill Summary · HR 1001

Summary — H.R. 1001 (119th Congress): Memorandum of Understanding to Address Impacts of Glen Canyon Dam ROD on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund

Note: The user-supplied title (“Condemning the Conduct of Representative Ryan Armagost”) does not match the legislative text and committee report provided. The documents attached to H.R. 1001 in the 119th Congress concern requiring an interagency memorandum of understanding (MOU) to address effects of the July 2024 Record of Decision (ROD) for the Glen Canyon Dam LTEMP on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. This summary describes that federal bill.

Purpose

Require the Department of the Interior (Bureau of Reclamation) and Department of Energy (Western Area Power Administration, WAPA) to enter into an MOU, in consultation with the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group, to explore and address impacts that the July 2024 Supplement to the 2016 Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Record of Decision (the ROD) has on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.

Key provisions

  • Agencies required: Secretary of the Interior (through the Commissioner of Reclamation) and Secretary of Energy (through WAPA Administrator).
  • Timing: Enter into the MOU “as soon as practicable” after enactment.
  • Required MOU content (using data from existing hydropower contracts):
    1. A plan to address effects on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund’s obligations, including routine operations, maintenance, and replacement of critical infrastructure.
    2. A plan addressing impacts on hydropower production at Glen Canyon Dam, including costs of replacing lost hydropower and implications for grid reliability.
    3. Identification of impacts the ROD has had on species listed under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act (threatened/endangered species).
  • Preservation of administrative rights: The bill states it does not preempt rights or obligations under the Administrative Procedure Act.
  • No substantive changes to existing law are made by the bill.

Background and potential impacts

  • The Bureau of Reclamation issued the LTEMP Supplement ROD on July 3, 2024, which allows flow experiments at Glen Canyon Dam that can bypass hydropower turbines (intended, among other purposes, to limit establishment of nonnative fish).
  • The Final EIS estimated average impacts (May 2024 analysis) to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund ranging from roughly $13.5 million to $26.9 million, with worst-case scenarios exceeding $200 million. Those revenue losses could reduce funding available for operation and maintenance across the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) system.
  • Reduced hydropower generation could require purchasing replacement power on the market, potentially increasing costs and affecting regional grid reliability.

Who is affected

  • Federal agencies: Bureau of Reclamation and WAPA (DOE).
  • Basin Fund stakeholders: entities relying on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund for CRSP dam operations, maintenance, and infrastructure replacement.
  • Power customers/distributors in the region (may face replacement-power costs).
  • Species potentially affected by flow experiments (identified under the Endangered Species Act).
  • Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (consulted in MOU development).

Procedural status and timeline

  • Introduced in the House: February 5, 2025, by Rep. Harriet Hageman (R–WY).
  • Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources; ordered reported by unanimous consent (committee markup Feb 12, 2025).
  • Reported favorably as H. Rept. 119–61 (April 17, 2025).
  • Passed House under suspension of the rules (voice vote) on May 13, 2025.
  • Received in the Senate and referred to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 14, 2025.
  • Committee requested but had not received a Congressional Budget Office cost estimate at the time of the committee report.

Miscellaneous

  • The bill directs interagency coordination and planning but does not itself appropriate funds or change substantive water or power law.
  • The bill explicitly preserves Administrative Procedure Act rights.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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