{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/neguse-hickenlooper-romney-celebrate-inclusion-bill-protect-endangered-fish", "Neguse, Hickenlooper, Romney Celebrate Inclusion of Bill to Protect Endangered Fish Species, Maintain Ecosystems in Annual Funding Bill", "2022-12-20", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Joe Neguse and U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Mitt Romney celebrated the inclusion in the Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus government funding bill of their bipartisan Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Recovery Act. The bill would continue protecting four threatened and endangered native fish species in the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins. It extends conservation programs for one year to give Upper Basin communities time to develop a long-term management plan. Representative Neguse first introduced this bill in August 2021 and secured its passage through the House of Representatives less than a year later. The bill is led by Senators John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) in the U.S. Senate.\n\nThe fish recovery programs have been widely celebrated success stories in the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins. In November 2021, the Fish and Wildlife Service downlisted the humpback chub from \u201cendangered\u201d to \u201cthreatened\u201d thanks to the recovery programs.\n\n\u201cThroughout the course of this Congress, we\u2019ve worked tirelessly to push for the enactment of the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Recovery Act to provide support to these highly successful recovery programs, spearheaded by the states, tribes, and individuals who know the ecosystems best. I am grateful to my colleagues in the Senate for moving quickly to get this bill to President Biden, and look forward to the renewal of these vital conservation projects,\u201d said Representative Neguse, Chair of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.\n\n\u201cTribes, communities, water users, the state, and now Congress, all came together to protect our native fish and rivers,\u201d said Senator Hickenlooper, a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. \u201cThis is how we save our rivers.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis legislation represents an example of what successfully recovering endangered species looks like, and I\u2019m proud to team up with my colleague from Colorado to get it through the finish line. With its passage, we can bolster the State of Utah\u2019s efforts to continue the recovery of the threatened and endangered fish species in the Upper Colorado and San Juan Rivers,\u201d said Senator Romney.\n\nSpecifically the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Recovery Act would:\n\nExtend programs which currently study, monitor, and stock the four endangered fish species, manage habitat and river flows, and combat invasive species.\n\nAuthorize the Bureau of Reclamation to continue funding and implementing the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery Programs for one extra year, through 2024. The programs are currently set to expire on September 30, 2023.\n\nExtend the Department of Interior\u2019s reporting deadline by one year, to September 2022. Reporting includes program accomplishments, funds spent, and projected expenditures.\n\nCreate the ability to transfer funds from San Juan Basin to Upper Colorado Recovery programs by shifting capital cost ceilings, keeping the total cost constant.\n\nFull bill text is available HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/neguse-hickenlooper-romney-celebrate-inclusion-bill-protect-endangered-fish"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5881189610809088, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}