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H. Rept. 118-666 1 (2024-09-12)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxagmy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 118TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-666 GREAT SALT LAKE STEWARDSHIP ACT SEPTEMBER 12, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 4094] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4094) to amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to authorize expenditures for the conduct of certain water conserva- tion measures in the Great Salt Lake basin, and for other pur- poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with- out amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 4094 is to amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to authorize expenditures for the conduct of certain water conservation measures in the Great Salt Lake basin, and for other purposes. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION The Central Utah Project (CUP) was authorized in 1956 as a participating project of the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP).1 CRSP allowed for comprehensive development of the water re- sources of the Upper Basin states (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) by providing for long-term regulatory storage of water for purposes including, regulating the Colorado River, storing water for beneficial use, allowing Upper Basin States to utilize their Colorado River Compact apportionments, providing for the 143 U.S.C. 620. 49-006