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112TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 112–438 

CENTRAL OREGON JOBS AND WATER SECURITY ACT 

APRIL 16, 2012.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 

the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, from the Committee on Natural 

Resources, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

together with 

DISSENTING VIEWS 

[To accompany H.R. 2060] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the 

bill (H.R. 2060) to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to adjust 

the Crooked River boundary, to provide water certainty for the City 

of Prineville, Oregon, and for other purposes, having considered the 

same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. 

The amendment is as follows: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Central Oregon Jobs and Water Security Act’’. 

SEC. 2. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER; CROOKED, OREGON. 

Section 3(a)(72) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(72)) is 

amended as follows: 

(1) By striking ‘‘15-mile’’ and inserting ‘‘14.75-mile’’. 

(2) In subparagraph (B)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘8-mile’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Bowman Dam’’ and 

inserting ‘‘7.75-mile segment from a point one-quarter mile downstream 

from the toe of Bowman Dam’’; and 

(B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The developer for any hydropower development, including turbines and appurtenant facilities, at Bowman Dam, in consultation with the Bureau of Land Management, shall 

analyze any impacts to the Outstandingly Remarkable Values of the Wild 

and Scenic River that may be caused by such development, including the 


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future need to undertake routine and emergency repairs, and shall propose 

mitigation for any impacts as part of any license application submitted to 

the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.’’. 

SEC. 3. CITY OF PRINEVILLE WATER SUPPLY. 

Section 4 of the Act of August 6, 1956 (70 Stat. 1058), (as amended by the Acts 

of September 14, 1959 (73 Stat. 554), and September 18, 1964 (78 Stat. 954)) is further amended as follows: 

(1) By striking ‘‘ten cubic feet’’ the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘17 

cubic feet’’. 

(2) By striking ‘‘during those months when there is no other discharge therefrom, but this release may be reduced for brief temporary periods by the Secretary whenever he may find that release of the full ten cubic feet per second 

is harmful to the primary purpose of the project’’. 

(3) By adding at the end the following: ‘‘Without further action by the Secretary, and as determined necessary for any given year by the City of Prineville, 

up to seven of the 17 cubic feet per second minimum release shall also serve 

as mitigation for City of Prineville groundwater pumping, pursuant to and in 

a manner consistent with Oregon State law, including any shaping of the release of the up to seven cubic feet per second to coincide with City of Prineville 

groundwater pumping as may be required by the State of Oregon. As such, the 

Secretary is authorized to make applications to the State of Oregon in conjunction with the City to protect these supplies instream. The City shall make payment to the Secretary for that portion of the minimum release that actually 

serves as mitigation pursuant to Oregon State law for the City in any given 

year, with the payment for any given year equal to the amount of mitigation 

in acre feet required to offset actual City groundwater pumping for that year 

in accordance with Reclamation ‘Water and Related Contract and Repayment 

Principles and Requirements’, Reclamation Manual Directives and Standards 

PEC 05–01, dated 09/12/2006, and guided by ‘Economic and Environmental 

Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies’, dated March 10, 1983. The Secretary is authorized to contract exclusively with the City for additional amounts in the future at the request of 

the City.’’. 

SEC. 4. FIRST FILL PROTECTION. 

The Act of August 6, 1956 (70 Stat. 1058), as amended by the Acts of September 

14, 1959 (73 Stat. 554), and September 18, 1964 (78 Stat. 954), is further amended 

by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘SEC. 6. Other than the 17 cubic feet per second release provided for in section 

4, and subject to compliance with the Army Corps of Engineers’ flood curve requirements, the Secretary shall, on a ‘first fill’ priority basis, store in and release from 

Prineville Reservoir, whether from carryover, infill, or a combination thereof, the following: 

‘‘(1) 68,273 acre feet of water annually to fulfill all 16 Bureau of Reclamation 

contracts existing as of January 1, 2011, and up to 2,740 acre feet of water annually to supply the McKay Creek lands as provided for in section 5 of this Act. 

‘‘(2) Not more than 10,000 acre feet of water annually, to be made available 

to the North Unit Irrigation District pursuant to a Temporary Water Service 

Contract, upon the request of the North Unit Irrigation District, consistent with 

the same terms and conditions as prior such contracts between the District and 

the Bureau of Reclamation. 

‘‘SEC. 7. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, nothing in this Act— 

‘‘(1) modifies contractual rights that may exist between contractors and the 

United States under Reclamation contracts; 

‘‘(2) amends or reopens contracts referred to in paragraph (1); or 

‘‘(3) modifies any rights, obligations, or requirements that may be provided or 

governed by Oregon State law.’’. 

SEC. 5. OCHOCO IRRIGATION DISTRICT. 

(a) EARLY REPAYMENT.—Notwithstanding section 213 of the Reclamation Reform 

Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390mm), any landowner within Ochoco Irrigation District in 

Oregon, may repay, at any time, the construction costs of the project facilities allocated to that landowner’s lands within the district. Upon discharge, in full, of the 

obligation for repayment of the construction costs allocated to all lands the landowner owns in the district, those lands shall not be subject to the ownership and 

full-cost pricing limitations of the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.), and 

Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act, including the Reclamation Reform 

Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390aa et seq.). 


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(b) CERTIFICATION.—Upon the request of a landowner who has repaid, in full, the 

construction costs of the project facilities allocated to that landowner’s lands owned 

within the district, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide the certification provided for in subsection (b)(1) of section 213 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 

(43 U.S.C. 390mm(b)(1)). 

(c) CONTRACT AMENDMENT.—On approval of the district directors and notwithstanding project authorizing legislation to the contrary, the district’s reclamation 

contracts are modified, without further action by the Secretary of the Interior, to— 

(1) authorize the use of water for instream purposes, including fish or wildlife 

purposes, in order for the district to engage in, or take advantage of, conserved 

water projects and temporary instream leasing as authorized by Oregon State 

law; 

(2) include within the district boundary approximately 2,742 acres in the vicinity of McKay Creek, resulting in a total of approximately 44,937 acres within 

the district boundary; 

(3) classify as irrigable approximately 685 acres within the approximately 

2,742 acres of included lands in the vicinity of McKay Creek, where the approximately 685 acres are authorized to receive irrigation water pursuant to water 

rights issued by the State of Oregon and have in the past received water pursuant to such State water rights; and 

(4) provide the district with stored water from Prineville Reservoir for purposes of supplying up to the approximately 685 acres of lands added within the 

district boundary and classified as irrigable under paragraphs (2) and (3), with 

such stored water to be supplied on an acre-per-acre basis contingent on the 

transfer of existing appurtenant McKay Creek water rights to instream use and 

the State’s issuance of water rights for the use of stored water. 

(d) LIMITATION.—Except as otherwise provided in subsections (a) and (c), nothing 

in this section shall be construed to— 

(1) modify contractual rights that may exist between the district and the 

United States under the district’s Reclamation contracts; 

(2) amend or reopen the contracts referred to in paragraph (1); or 

(3) modify any rights, obligations or relationships that may exist between the 

district and its landowners as may be provided or governed by Oregon State 

law. 

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of H.R. 2060, as ordered reported, is to amend the 

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to adjust the Crooked River boundary, 

and to provide water certainty for the City of Prineville, Oregon. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

The City of Prineville is located in Crook County, Oregon, and 

has had the State’s highest unemployment rates (ranging from 

15%–20%) for several consecutive years due to loss of traditional 

logging and natural resources jobs. The recent construction of 

Facebook’s first custom-built data center within the City limits and 

the potential establishment of three other similar facilities could 

help reverse the economic situation. However, the lack of adequate 

water supplies could prevent this economic development. 

Near the City, the Crooked River flows as a tributary of the 

Deschutes River. Both rivers serve as a valuable water supply 

source for irrigated agriculture in central Oregon. In fact, seven irrigation districts rely on water from these two rivers. The Arthur 

R. Bowman Dam, a Bureau of Reclamation-owned project on the 

River, plays a pivotal role in delivering some of that water. It is 

an earthen structure about 20 miles upstream from Prineville. The 

Dam’s congressionally authorized purposes include flood control 

and irrigation. Water releases from the Dam also provide water for 

a cold-water fishery. Although the Dam impounds 160,000 acre feet 

of water at full capacity, approximately 80,000 acre feet of this 

water are not contracted for specific uses. However, the Bureau of 


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Reclamation annually releases some of the uncontracted water supplies for fish and wildlife purposes into the lower Crooked River 

and will continue to do so during good water years. 

Like much of the West, central Oregon has experienced controversies over the Endangered Species Act as part of the larger 

Columbia basin. As a way to protect irrigation districts in the local 

watershed and to reintroduce steelhead on an experimental basis, 

various parties at the governmental and non-governmental levels 

have worked on a collaborative basis. This legislation, as amended, 

seeks to continue that collaborative partnership through provisions 

that provide a long-term water supply for the area, generate clean 

and emissions-free hydropower and allocate more water for fisheries purposes at no cost to the American taxpayer. 

COMMITTEE ACTION

H.R. 2060 was introduced on May 31, 2011 by Congressman Greg 

Walden (R–OR). The bill was referred to the Committee on Natural 

Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee on 

Water and Power and the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. On June 23, 2011, the Subcommittee on 

Water and Power held a hearing on the bill. On October 5, 2011, 

the Full Natural Resources Committee met to consider the bill. The 

Subcommittee on Water and Power and the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands were discharged by unanimous consent. Congressman Tom McClintock (R–CA) offered en 

bloc amendment designated .068; the amendment was adopted by 

voice vote. The bill was then favorably reported, as amended, to the 

House of Representatives by voice vote. 

SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS

Section 1. Short title 

This section designates the title of the bill as the ‘‘Central Oregon Jobs and Water Security Act.’’ 

Section 2. Wild and Scenic River; Crooked, Oregon 

This section amends the Federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 

re-designate the Wild and Scenic boundary of the Crooked River. 

Since the original congressional designation failed to specify the 

exact upper boundary line of the Crooked Wild and Scenic River, 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) established the upstream 

boundary at the crest of the Arthur R. Bowman Dam. Although 

BLM now states that this location was never intended to be the 

boundary, it has been unwilling to move the boundary at the administrative level. As such, this section moves the upper boundary 

line one quarter downstream of the Dam. This redesignation will 

allow up to six megawatts of hydropower development at the Dam. 

The section requires any future hydropower developer to analyze 

any related impacts to the river and propose mitigation for any impacts. 

Section 3. City of Prineville water supply 

This section allows an additional annual release of 5,100 acre 

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tion credit for groundwater pumping by the City of Prineville. Since 

the water released would not actually be withdrawn from the 

Crooked River, the increased flows would also benefit prime trout 

fishing habitat. The section also ensures that base ‘‘fish’’ flows authorized by Congress in 1956 are permanent. 

As amended, this section requires the City of Prineville to pay 

the federal government for the amount of water that serves as 

mitigation under Oregon law. The provision references federal documents used in making the water rate calculations. The intent of 

this provision is to provide water supply certainty to the City at 

reasonable and predictable water rates while adhering to the longtime ‘‘beneficiary pays’’ policy. For that reason, the Committee is 

concerned that the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) has offered widely conflicting accounts of how much the water would cost and believes that BOR has failed to offer transparent and certain information to the City. The Committee expects BOR to consult and 

communicate substantively with the City in this rate-setting effort 

and believes that a temporary contract is necessary while contract 

negotiations are under way. The Committee also believes that 

BOR’s water supply contract with the City is merely a paper exercise with no environmental impact. The Administration, in testimony on the bill, indicated the release will not actually increase 

flows below the Dam due to current reservoir operational practice. 

Additionally, the release is not an extraordinary circumstance 

which causes a significant and adverse environmental effect. As 

such, the Committee expects BOR to determine this paperwork requirement as a Categorical Exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act. 

Section 4. First fill protection 

This section, as amended, ensures that existing water supply 

contracts held between various irrigation districts and the federal 

government are met prior to the use or release of stored water behind the Dam for any new or additional purposes. The provision 

also provides water for new lands identified as part of the McKay 

Creek exchange in Section 5. Nothing in this provision modifies existing contracts or any rights, obligations or requirements under 

Oregon law. 

Section 5. Ochoco Irrigation District 

This section allows the nearby Ochoco Irrigation District to prepay its capital repayment contract with the federal government and 

requires the Secretary of the Interior to certify that such amounts 

have been fully repaid. The provision also provides a mechanism 

for an exchange of water and lands so that more water is used for 

fish restoration on McKay Creek. This section also amends the 

water contracts to enable the District to participate in ‘‘Conserved 

Water Projects’’ under Oregon law, if it so chooses, as a way to provide more water for the environment. 

COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII 

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 

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COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII 

1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of 

the House of Representatives requires an estimate and a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(2)(B) of that Rule provides 

that this requirement does not apply when the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Under clause 

3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 

section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has received the following cost estimate for this bill from the 

Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

H.R. 2060—Central Oregon Jobs and Water Security Act 

H.R. 2060 would modify features of the Crooked River Project located in central Oregon, north of the City of Prineville, and 

prioritize the allocations of water from the project for different 

uses. Based on information from the Bureau of Reclamation, CBO 

estimates that enacting H.R. 2060 would have an insignificant impact on direct spending; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. 

The legislation would not affect revenues. 

The main features of the Crooked River Project include Bowman 

Dam, Prineville Reservoir, and Ochoco Dam and Reservoir located 

in the Ochoco Irrigation District. Enacting two provisions of H.R. 

2060 would have an insignificant impact on net direct spending 

over the next 10 years. Those provisions would: 

• Require the city of Prineville to pay the Bureau of Reclamation 

for additional water to be released from the Prineville Reservoir. 

Based on information from the bureau, CBO estimates that those 

payments would average less than $40,000 annually. 

• Authorize landowners in Ochoco Irrigation District to prepay 

construction costs of the Crooked River project allocated to their 

land. Those landowners owe the bureau $400,000, and CBO estimates that exercising the prepayment option would increase net receipts by less than $50,000 over the 2012–2021 period. 

CBO estimates that implementing other provisions of the bill 

would have no significant effect on the federal budget. 

H.R. 2060 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would 

impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments. 

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Aurora Swanson. The 

estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. 

2. Section 308(a) of Congressional Budget Act. As required by 

clause 3(c)(2) of Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

this bill does not contain any new budget authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in revenues or tax expenditures. 

Based on information from the Bureau of Reclamation, CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 2060 would have an insignificant impact 

on direct spending; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. The 

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The main features of the Crooked River Project include Bowman 

Dam, Prineville Reservoir, and Ochoco Dam and Reservoir located 

in the Ochoco Irrigation District. Enacting two provisions of H.R. 

2060 would have an insignificant impact on net direct spending 

over the next 10 years. Those provisions would first, require the 

City of Prineville to pay the Bureau of Reclamation for additional 

water to be released from the Prineville Reservoir. Based on information from the bureau, CBO estimates that those payments 

would average less than $40,000 annually. Second, the provisions 

authorize landowners in Ochoco Irrigation District to prepay construction costs of the Crooked River project allocated to their land. 

Those landowners owe the Bureau of Reclamation $400,000, and 

CBO estimates that exercising the prepayment option would increase net receipts by less than $50,000 over the 2012–2021 period. 

CBO estimates that implementing other provisions of the bill 

would have no significant effect on the federal budget. 

3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by 

clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goal or objective 

of this bill, as ordered reported, is to amend the Wild and Scenic 

Rivers Act to adjust the Crooked River boundary, and to provide 

water certainty for the City of Prineville, Oregon. 

EARMARK STATEMENT

This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks, limited 

tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined under clause 9(e), 

9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the rules of the House of Representatives. 

COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104–4 

This bill contains no unfunded mandates. 

PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW

This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or tribal law. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, 

as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic, 

existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman): 

WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 3. (a) The following rivers and the land adjacent thereto are 

hereby designated as components of the national wild and scenic 

rivers system: 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(72) CROOKED, OREGON.—The ø15-mile¿ 14.75-mile segment from 

the National Grassland boundary to Dry Creek; to be administered 

by the Secretary of the Interior in the following classes: 

(A) * * * 


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(B) the ø8-mile segment from Bowman Dam¿ 7.75-mile segment from a point one-quarter mile downstream from the toe of 

Bowman Dam to Dry Creek as a recreational river. The developer for any hydropower development, including turbines and 

appurtenant facilities, at Bowman Dam, in consultation with 

the Bureau of Land Management, shall analyze any impacts to 

the Outstandingly Remarkable Values of the Wild and Scenic 

River that may be caused by such development, including the 

future need to undertake routine and emergency repairs, and 

shall propose mitigation for any impacts as part of any license 

application submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 

* * * * * * * 

ACT OF AUGUST 6, 1956 

AN ACT To authorize construction by the Secretary of the Interior of the Crooked 

River Federal reclamation project, Oregon. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 4. In order to promote the preservation and propagation of 

fish and wildlife in accordance with section 2 of the Act of August 

14, 1946 (60 Stat. 1080, 16 U.S.C., sec. 661a), an appropriate 

screen and fish ladder shall be provided at the diversion canal 

headworks of the Crooked River project below Prineville Reservoir 

and a minimum release of øten¿ 17 cubic feet per second shall be 

maintained from said reservoir for the benefit of downstream 

fishlife øduring those months when there is no other discharge 

therefrom, but this release may be reduced for brief temporary periods by the Secretary whenever he may find that release of the 

full ten cubic feet per second is harmful to the primary purpose of 

the project¿. Without further action by the Secretary, and as determined necessary for any given year by the City of Prineville, up to 

seven of the 17 cubic feet per second minimum release shall also 

serve as mitigation for City of Prineville groundwater pumping, 

pursuant to and in a manner consistent with Oregon State law, including any shaping of the release of the up to seven cubic feet per 

second to coincide with City of Prineville groundwater pumping as 

may be required by the State of Oregon. As such, the Secretary is 

authorized to make applications to the State of Oregon in conjunction with the City to protect these supplies instream. The City shall 

make payment to the Secretary for that portion of the minimum release that actually serves as mitigation pursuant to Oregon State 

law for the City in any given year, with the payment for any given 

year equal to the amount of mitigation in acre feet required to offset 

actual City groundwater pumping for that year in accordance with 

Reclamation ‘‘Water and Related Contract and Repayment Principles and Requirements’’, Reclamation Manual Directives and 

Standards PEC 05–01, dated 09/12/2006, and guided by ‘‘Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and 

Related Land Resources Implementation Studies’’, dated March 10, 

1983. The Secretary is authorized to contract exclusively with the 

City for additional amounts in the future at the request of the City. 

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SEC. 6. Other than the 17 cubic feet per second release provided 

for in section 4, and subject to compliance with the Army Corps of 

Engineers’ flood curve requirements, the Secretary shall, on a ‘‘first 

fill’’ priority basis, store in and release from Prineville Reservoir, 

whether from carryover, infill, or a combination thereof, the following: 

(1) 68,273 acre feet of water annually to fulfill all 16 Bureau 

of Reclamation contracts existing as of January 1, 2011, and up 

to 2,740 acre feet of water annually to supply the McKay Creek 

lands as provided for in section 5 of this Act. 

(2) Not more than 10,000 acre feet of water annually, to be 

made available to the North Unit Irrigation District pursuant 

to a Temporary Water Service Contract, upon the request of the 

North Unit Irrigation District, consistent with the same terms 

and conditions as prior such contracts between the District and 

the Bureau of Reclamation. 

SEC. 7. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, nothing in this 

Act— 

(1) modifies contractual rights that may exist between contractors and the United States under Reclamation contracts; 

(2) amends or reopens contracts referred to in paragraph (1); 

or 

(3) modifies any rights, obligations, or requirements that may 

be provided or governed by Oregon State law. 

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DISSENTING VIEWS

H.R. 2060 would amend a Wild and Scenic River designation to 

move the boundary to allow for hydropower production at Bowman 

Dam; amend the Crooked River Project Act to provide the City of 

Prineville with 5,100 acre-feet of water as flow in the Crooked 

River to mitigate for the City’s use of groundwater, pursuant to 

state groundwater law. This legislation would also create a first fill 

‘‘priority’’ in meeting water deliveries; and allow for prepayment of 

debt on a project. 

H.R. 2060 provides a unique opportunity to provide a balanced 

solution for the Crooked River that would benefit all stakeholders. 

We support the legislation’s intent of providing water and economic 

certainty to the City of Prineville and the Ochoco Irrigation District. It does so in a way, however, that provides certainty for the 

city and agriculture, but not for the future needs of the environment. 

Section 4 of the legislation amends the 1956 Act to add language 

that would provide the existing Ochoco Irrigation District contractors with a ‘‘first fill’’ priority basis. Currently, contracted (68,273 

acre-feet) and uncontracted storage (approximately 80,000 acrefeet) space in the Prineville Reservoir are filled simultaneously. 

Language in Section 4 would require Reclamation to first fulfill the 

agricultural contracted amount before any other fill. This would 

mean that the agricultural contracted amounts would have priority 

over any future water required for the environment. In dry years, 

meeting the agricultural contract could result in no water being 

available for future environmental demands from the uncontracted 

storage. Section 4 also mandates how Reclamation is to operate 

and manage the Prineville Reservoir, and removes some flexibility 

on Reclamation’s part to mitigate and adapt to changing conditions. 

For these reasons, we do not support H.R. 2060 as reported. 

EDWARD J. MARKEY. RAU ́ L GRIJALVA. RUSH HOLT. JOHN GARAMENDI. GRACE F. NAPOLITANO. NIKI TSONGAS. DALE E. KILDEE. 

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