I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2640 
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 
JULY 10, 2013 
Mr. WALDEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
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. 
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: 
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(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 develop-
ment, including turbines and appurtenant facili-
ties, at Bowman Dam, in consultation with the 
Bureau of Land Management, shall analyze any 
impacts to the Outstandingly Remarkable Val-
ues of the Wild and Scenic River that may be 
caused by such development, including the fu-
ture need to undertake routine and emergency 
repairs, and shall propose mitigation for any 
impacts as part of any license application sub-
mitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission.’’. 
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 
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(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 re-
lease 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: ‘‘With-
out further action by the Secretary, and as deter-
mined necessary for any given year by the City of 
Prineville, up to seven of the 17 cubic feet per sec-
ond minimum release shall also serve as mitigation 
for City of Prineville groundwater pumping, pursu-
ant 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 re-
quired by the State of Oregon. As such, the Sec-
retary is authorized to make applications to the 
State of Oregon in conjunction with the City to pro-
tect these supplies instream. The City shall make 
payment to the Secretary for that portion of the 
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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 re-
quired 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 guid-
ed 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 re-
lease provided for in section 4, and subject to compliance 
with the Army Corps of Engineers’ flood curve require-
ments, the Secretary shall, on a ‘first fill’ priority basis, 
store in and release from Prineville Reservoir, whether 
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from carryover, infill, or a combination thereof, the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(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 Ir-
rigation 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 be-
tween 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 require-
ments that may be provided or governed by Oregon 
State law.’’. 
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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 obliga-
tion 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 land-
owner 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 con-
tracts are modified, without further action by the Sec-
retary of the Interior, to— 
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(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, 
conserved 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 paragraphs (2) and (3), with such stored 
water to be supplied on an acre-per-acre basis con-
tingent on the transfer of existing appurtenant 
McKay Creek water rights to instream use and the 
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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 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 
landowners as may be provided or governed by Or-
egon State law. 
Æ 
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