Lower Yellowstone River Native Fish Conservation Act

3.0.0 6568 2026-02-17T20:04:29Z 2026-02-17T20:04:29Z House H HR 2025-12-10 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6568 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 208 (Wednesday, December 10, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. DOWNING:H.R. 6568.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8[Page H5562]</pre> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii13 Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee Hearings By (subcommittee) 2026-02-04T15:00:00Z Referred to 2026-01-28T18:00:00Z Referred To 2025-12-10T15:04:40Z Lower Yellowstone River Native Fish Conservation Act 119 3409 S 2025-12-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Identical bill CRS 2026-02-04 hsii13 Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held Committee 2026-01-28 hsii13 Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries. Committee 2025-12-10 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2025-12-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-12-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000634 Rep. Downing, Troy [R-MT-2] Troy Downing R MT 2 N Water Resources Development Congressional oversight 2026-02-17T20:04:24Z Endangered and threatened species 2026-02-17T20:04:18Z Fishes 2026-02-17T20:03:51Z Lakes and rivers 2026-02-17T20:04:29Z Missouri River 2026-02-17T20:04:02Z Montana 2026-02-17T20:04:07Z Water resources funding 2026-02-17T20:04:13Z Water Resources Development 2026-01-07T23:06:46Z Lower Yellowstone River Native Fish Conservation Act Official Title as Introduced 6 To reaffirm that the Bureau of Reclamation retains exclusive ownership, operational control, and financial responsibility for the Lower Yellowstone Fish Bypass Channel, ensuring long-term conservation of the endangered pallid sturgeon and other native aquatic species in the Yellowstone River while protecting the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project and District from undue financial and operational burdens, and for other purposes. 2025-12-29T14:18:21Z Introduced in House IH Display Title 45 Lower Yellowstone River Native Fish Conservation Act 2025-12-29T14:08:21Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Lower Yellowstone River Native Fish Conservation Act 2025-12-29T14:08:20Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-12-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr6568ih/xml/BILLS-119hr6568ih.xml 2026-02-04 Subcommittee Hearings Held text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.