Creates interest-bearing account for Lower Colorado conservation program

Sets up an interest-bearing account for nonfederal contributions to a Lower Colorado River conservation program and lets those contributions be spent on the program without further appropriation.

• Nonfederal contributions in the account could be used for the program without further appropriation
• Interest earned on the account would require appropriations to be available
• The program is a cooperative effort between federal and nonfederal entities in Arizona, California, and Nevada
• It works to recover multiple species listed under the Endangered Species Act

Passed the House · Senate's turn

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