119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Mar 6, 2025
Basin Fund Preservation Act
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Latest action (Mar 6, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Mar 6, 2025)
Basin Fund Preservation Act
This bill directs the Bureau of Reclamation and the Western Area Power Administration, in consultation with the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group, to enter into a memorandum of understanding to explore and address the impact that the 2024 record of decision entitled Supplement to the 2016 Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Record of Decision has on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. The memorandum of understanding must include a plan to (1) address the effects that the decision may have on the fund's obligations, (2) address the impact that the decision has on hydropower production at Glen Canyon Dam, and (3) identify impacts that the decision has had on species listed as threatened or endangered species.
By way of background, Reclamation published a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for the Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan (LTEMP) in 2024. The SEIS revises the 2016 LTEMP Record of Decision to address two issues: (1) responding to the threat of the invasive smallmouth bass below Glen Canyon Dam, and (2) incorporating the latest sediment science to assess when high-flow experiments should be conducted in order to protect the endangered humpback chub.
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No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Introduced in Senate
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COLORADO RIVER ENERGY DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: MEGUIRE WHITNEY
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 1897, ESA Amendments Act of 2025 H.R. 1001/S. 887, Basin Fund Preservation Act S. 3743/H.R. 8113, legislation to authorize a feasibility study at Glen Canyon Dam Discussions about legislation related to Glen C…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
UTAH ASSOCIATED MUNICIPAL POWER SYSTEMS · lobbying firm or registrant: MEGUIRE WHITNEY
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ussions about tax-exempt municipal bonds and advanced refunding Discussions about permitting reform H.R. 4776, SPEED Act Discussions about hydropower, S. 3743, S. 887, H.R. 1001 Discussions about spectrum Discussions about pole attachments, H.R. 2289 Discussions about private use restrictions Discussions about FERC Docket RM…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress.
COLORADO RIVER ENERGY DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: MEGUIRE WHITNEY
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 1897, ESA Amendments Act of 2025 H.R. 1001/S. 887, Basin Fund Preservation Act S. 3743/H.R. 8113, legislation to authorize a feasibility study at Glen Canyon Dam Discussions about legislation related to Glen C…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
UTAH ASSOCIATED MUNICIPAL POWER SYSTEMS · lobbying firm or registrant: MEGUIRE WHITNEY
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ussions about tax-exempt municipal bonds and advanced refunding Discussions about permitting reform H.R. 4776, SPEED Act Discussions about hydropower, S. 3743, S. 887, H.R. 1001 Discussions about spectrum Discussions about pole attachments, H.R. 2289 Discussions about private use restrictions Discussions about FERC Docket RM…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COLORADO RIVER ENERGY DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: MEGUIRE WHITNEY
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 1897, ESA Amendments Act of 2025 H.R. 1001/S. 887, Basin Fund Preservation Act Discussions about legislation related to Glen Canyon Dam Preservation Discussions about the Endangered Species Act Discussions abo…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
UTAH ASSOCIATED MUNICIPAL POWER SYSTEMS · lobbying firm or registrant: MEGUIRE WHITNEY
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 16, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ussions about tax-exempt municipal bonds and advanced refunding Discussions about permitting reform H.R. 4776, SPEED Act Discussions about hydropower, S. 3743, S. 887, H.R. 1001 Discussions about spectrum Discussions about pole attachments, H.R. 2289 Discussions about private use restrictions Discussions about FERC Docket RM…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COLORADO RIVER ENERGY DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: MEGUIRE WHITNEY
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 1897, ESA Amendments Act of 2025 H.R. 1001/S. 887, Basin Fund Preservation Act Discussions about legislation related to Glen Canyon Dam Preservation Discussions about the Endangered Species Act Discussions abo…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COLORADO RIVER ENERGY DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: MEGUIRE WHITNEY
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 17, 2025 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 1897, ESA Amendments Act of 2025 H.R. 1001/S. 887, Basin Fund Preservation Act Discussions about legislation related to Glen Canyon Dam Preservation Discussions about the Endangered Species Act Discussions abo…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COLORADO RIVER ENERGY DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: MEGUIRE WHITNEY
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 19, 2025 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 1897, ESA Amendments Act of 2025 H.R. 1001/S. 887, Basin Fund Preservation Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$280,000
Spent on own lobbying
…them in whole or in part. Discussed impacts staff reductions could have on the operations of the federal Power Marketing Administrations. Discussed support for S. 887, the Basin Fund Preservation Act to provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado Rive…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COLORADO RIVER ENERGY DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: MEGUIRE WHITNEY
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 1897, ESA Amendments Act of 2025 H.R. 1001/S. 887, Basin Fund Preservation Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing