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Union Calendar No. 305 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2060 
[Report No. 112–438] 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 31, 2011 
Mr. WALDEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
APRIL 16, 2012 
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 May 31, 2011] 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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 fol-
lows 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 future need to 
undertake routine and emergency repairs, and 
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shall propose mitigation for any impacts as part 
of any license application submitted to the Fed-
eral 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 Sec-
retary 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, includ-
ing any shaping of the release of the up to seven cubic 
feet per second to coincide with City of Prineville 
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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 con-
junction with the City to protect these supplies 
instream. The City shall make payment to the Sec-
retary 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’, Reclama-
tion Manual Directives and Standards PEC 05–01, 
dated 09/12/2006, and guided by ‘Economic and En-
vironmental 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 Sep-
tember 18, 1964 (78 Stat. 954), is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
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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 pro-
vided for in section 5 of this Act. 
‘‘(2) Not more than 10,000 acre feet of water an-
nually, to be made available to the North Unit Irriga-
tion District pursuant to a Temporary Water Service 
Contract, upon the request of the North Unit Irriga-
tion District, consistent with the same terms and con-
ditions 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 Rec-
lamation contracts; 
‘‘(2) amends or reopens contracts referred to in 
paragraph (1); or 
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‘‘(3) modifies any rights, obligations, or require-
ments 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 Or-
egon, 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.). 
(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)). 
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(c) CONTRACT AMENDMENT.—On approval of the dis-
trict directors and notwithstanding project authorizing leg-
islation 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 pur-
poses, including fish or wildlife purposes, in order for 
the district to engage in, or take advantage of, con-
served water projects and temporary instream leasing 
as authorized by Oregon State law; 
(2) include within the district boundary ap-
proximately 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 ap-
proximately 685 acres are authorized to receive irri-
gation 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 
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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 con-
strued to— 
(1) modify contractual rights that may exist be-
tween 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 relation-
ships that may exist between the district and its land-
owners as may be provided or governed by Oregon 
State law. 
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Union Calendar No. 305 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2060 
[Report No. 112–438] 
A BILL 
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. 
APRIL 16, 2012 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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