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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7938 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 692
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7938

                          [Report No. 118-847]

  To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to 
  provide the Secretary of the Interior with certain authorities with 
  respect to projects affecting the Klamath Basin watershed, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 11, 2024

  Mr. Bentz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

                           December 10, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 
                               11, 2024]

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                                 A BILL

 
  To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to 
  provide the Secretary of the Interior with certain authorities with 
  respect to projects affecting the Klamath Basin watershed, and for 
                            other purposes.

 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Klamath Basin Water Agreement 
Support Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. KLAMATH PROJECT WATER AND POWER.

    (a) Addressing Water, Power, and Facilities Management for 
Irrigation.--Section 4 of the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement 
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-498) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(d) Restoration Activities.--The Secretary may--
            ``(1) plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain 
        projects in the Klamath Basin watershed, including--
                    ``(A) facilities to reduce fish entrainment;
                    ``(B) projects that reduce or avoid impacts on 
                aquatic resources of facilities involved in the storage 
                or diversion of water for irrigation in the Klamath 
                Project service area; and
                    ``(C) projects that restore habitats in the Klamath 
                Basin watershed, including Tribal fishery resources 
                held in trust;
            ``(2) undertake studies, including feasibility studies, and 
        improvements that the Secretary determines to be necessary to 
        implement this subsection;
            ``(3) in implementing this subsection, enter into 
        contracts, memoranda of understanding, financial assistance 
        agreements, cost-sharing agreements, or other appropriate 
        agreements with--
                    ``(A) State, Tribal, and local governmental 
                agencies; and
                    ``(B) private parties; and
            ``(4) accept and expend non-Federal funds in order to 
        facilitate implementation of this subsection.
    ``(e) Goals.--The goals of activities under subsections (b) and (d) 
shall include, as applicable--
            ``(1) the short-term and long-term reduction and resolution 
        of conflicts relating to water in the Klamath Basin watershed; 
        and
            ``(2) compatibility and utility for protecting natural 
        resources throughout the Klamath Basin watershed, including the 
        protection, preservation, and restoration of Klamath River 
        Tribal fishery resources, particularly through collaboratively 
        developed agreements.
    ``(f) Pumping Plant D.--The Secretary may enter into 1 or more 
agreements with the Tulelake Irrigation District to reimburse the 
Tulelake Irrigation District for not more than 69 percent of the cost 
incurred by the Tulelake Irrigation District for the operation and 
maintenance of Pumping Plant D, subject to the condition that the cost 
results in benefits to the United States.
    ``(g) Infrastructure.--
            ``(1) Keno and link river dams.--The Secretary of the 
        Interior shall comply with the terms of the agreement entitled 
        `2016 Klamath Power and Facilities Agreement'(`Agreement'), 
        including Attachment A to the Agreement.
            ``(2) Replacement of c canal flume.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The replacement of the C Canal 
                flume within the Klamath Project shall be considered to 
                be, and shall receive the treatment authorized for, 
                qualified emergency extraordinary operation and 
                maintenance work in accordance with Federal reclamation 
                law (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 
                1093), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that 
                Act (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.)).
                    ``(B) Contract.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not later than 180 days 
                        after the date of receipt of a request from the 
                        Klamath Irrigation District to enter into a 
                        contract with that district to amend the 
                        contract numbered 16-WC-20-4838, the Secretary 
                        shall enter into a contract with the Klamath 
                        Irrigation District providing that under the 
                        contract entered into under this subparagraph--
                                    ``(I) 35 percent of the total 
                                repayment obligation is nonreimbursable 
                                to the United States; and
                                    ``(II) 65 percent of the total 
                                repayment obligation shall be repaid to 
                                the United States over a period of 50 
                                years.
                            ``(ii) Inclusion.--Although the Secretary 
                        shall not condition the agreement to the 
                        contract entered into under subparagraph (A) on 
                        any other term, the contract may include other 
                        terms that are not less favorable to the 
                        contractor than contract numbered 16-WC-20-
                        4838.''.
    (b) Administration; Effect.--
            (1) Compliance.--In implementing the amendments made by 
        this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall comply with--
                    (A) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
                (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);
                    (B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
                1531 et seq.); and
                    (C) all other applicable laws.
            (2) Effect.--None of the amendments made by this section--
                    (A) modify any authority or obligation of the 
                United States with respect to any Tribal trust or 
                treaty obligation of the United States;
                    (B) create or determine any water right; or
                    (C) affect any water right or water right claim in 
                existence on the date of the enactment of this Act.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 692

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 7938

                          [Report No. 118-847]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to 
  provide the Secretary of the Interior with certain authorities with 
  respect to projects affecting the Klamath Basin watershed, and for 
                            other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 10, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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