A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a feasibility study on a selective water withdrawal system at Glen Canyon Dam, and for other purposes.

This bill directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to study options for addressing invasive species downstream of Glen Canyon Dam, including infrastructure upgrades such as a thermal curtain or a selective water withdrawal system. The study must be done in consultation with the Department of Energy, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Geological Survey, the Colorado River Basin States, and power contractors, and completed within 18 months. Afterward, the Secretary must write a report covering costs, effects on hydropower production and rates, and a recommendation on whether to build the chosen option, and send it to Congress within 90 days. If an option is found feasible, the Secretary may begin design and construction; study costs are paid with appropriated federal funds that do not have to be repaid, and the bill's authority ends after 5 years.

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Sponsors

• Mike Lee Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors