H.R. 1001 — To provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.

This section directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, and the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration, to enter into a memorandum of understanding as soon as practicable after enactment, in consultation with the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group, to examine the July 2024 “Supplement to the 2016 Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Record of Decision” and its effects on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. The memorandum must establish a plan, using information from existing hydropower contracts, to (1) address effects on Fund obligations, including routine operations, maintenance, and replacement of critical infrastructure; (2) address impacts on hydropower production at Glen Canyon Dam, including costs to replace hydropower resources and grid reliability; and (3) identify impacts on species listed as threatened or endangered under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533). It also provides that nothing in the Act preempts rights or obligations under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 5, subchapter II).