S. 3189: Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2008
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S. 3189: Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2008
110th Congress · introduced 2008-06-25 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1005.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2008-06-25 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1005. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2008
Plain summary
Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends federal law providing funding to continue endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins by: (1) modifying the definition of "capital projects" to include rehabilitation and repair of facilities; (2) modifying the definition of "facilities" to include facilities for protection of critical habitat and for preventing entrainment of fish in water diversions; (3) increasing funding; and (4) extending the authorization period to fund recovery programs.
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Official text
Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2008
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · 2 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 3189, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2008 (2008-10-22); CBO cost estimate: S. 3189, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2008 (2008-10-22)
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- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110s3189.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/s>
Record fed-us-cong110-s3189 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110