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communities in the vicinity of the Opal Creek area. Such plan
shall be based on an economic opportunity study and other
appropriate information.
(2) FUNDS PROVIDED TO THE STATES FOR GRANTS.—Upon
completion of the Opal Creek Management Plan, and receipt
of the plan referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
provide, subject to appropriations, $15,000,000 to the State
of Oregon. Such funds shall be used to make grants or loans
for economic development projects that further the purposes
of this section and benefit the local communities in the vicinity
of the Opal Creek area.
(3) REPORT.—The State of Oregon shall—
(A) prepare and provide the Secretary and Congress
with an annual report on the use of the funds made avail-
able under this subsection;
(B) make available to the Secretary and to Congress,
upon request, all accounts, financial records, and other
information related to grants and loans made available
pursuant to this subsection; and
(C) as loans are repaid, make additional grants and
loans with the money made available for obligation by
such repayments.
SEC.
1024.
UPPER KLAMATH BASIN ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
PROJECTS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) 
ECOSYSTEM
RESTORATION
OFFICE.—The 
term
‘‘Ecosystem Restoration Office’’ means the Klamath Basin Eco-
system Restoration Office operated cooperatively by the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation,
Bureau of Land Management, and Forest Service.
(2) WORKING GROUP.—The term ‘‘Working Group’’ means
the Upper Klamath Basin Working Group, established before
the date of enactment of this title, consisting of members nomi-
nated by their represented groups, including—
(A) three tribal members;
(B) one representative of the City of Klamath Falls,
Oregon;
(C) one representative of Klamath County, Oregon;
(D) one representative of institutions of higher edu-
cation in the Upper Klamath Basin;
(E) four representatives of the environmental commu-
nity, including at least one such representative from the
State of California with interests in the Klamath Basin
National Wildlife Refuge Complex;
(F) four representatives of local businesses and indus-
tries, including at least one representative of the forest
products industry and one representative of the ocean
commercial fishing industry and/or the recreational fishing
industry based in either Oregon or California;
(G) four representatives of the ranching and farming
community, including representatives of Federal lease-land
farmers and ranchers and of private land farmers and
ranchers in the Upper Klamath Basin;
(H) two representatives from State of Oregon agencies
with authority and responsibility in the Klamath River
Basin, including one from the Oregon Department of Fish
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and Wildlife and one from the Oregon Water Resources
Department;
(I) four representatives from the local community;
(J) one representative each from the following Federal
resource management agencies in the Upper Klamath
Basin: Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation,
Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service,
National Marine Fisheries Service and Ecosystem Restora-
tion Office; and
(K) one representative of the Klamath County Soil
and Water Conservation District.
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(4) TASK
FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ means the
Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force as established by
the Klamath River Basin Fishery Resource Restoration Act
(Public Law 99–552, 16 U.S.C. 460ss–3 et seq.).
(5) COMPACT COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Compact Commis-
sion’’ means the Klamath River Basin Compact Commission
created pursuant to the Klamath River Compact Act of 1954.
(6) CONSENSUS.—The term ‘‘consensus’’ means a unanimous
agreement by the Working Group members present and consist-
ing of at least a quorum at a regularly scheduled business
meeting.
(7) QUORUM.—The term ‘‘quorum’’ means one more than
half of those qualified Working Group members appointed and
eligible to serve.
(8) TRINITY TASK FORCE.—The term ‘‘Trinity Task Force’’
means the Trinity River Restoration Task Force created by
Public Law 98–541, as amended by Public Law 104–143.
(b) IN GENERAL.—
(1) The Working Group through the Ecosystem Restoration
Office, with technical assistance from the Secretary, will pro-
pose ecological restoration projects, economic development and
stability projects, and projects designed to reduce the impacts
of drought conditions to be undertaken in the Upper Klamath
Basin based on a consensus of the Working Group membership.
(2) The Secretary shall pay, to the greatest extent feasible,
up to 50 percent of the cost of performing any project approved
by the Secretary or his designee, up to a total amount of
$1,000,000 during each of fiscal years 1997 through 2001.
(3) Funds made available under this title through the
Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture
shall be distributed through the Ecosystem Restoration Office.
(4) The Ecosystem Restoration Office may utilize not more
than 15 percent of all Federal funds administered under this
section for administrative costs relating to the implementation
of this section.
(5) All funding recommendations developed by the Working
Group shall be based on a consensus of Working Group
members.
(c) COORDINATION.—(1) The Secretary shall formulate a
cooperative agreement among the working group, the Task Force,
the Trinity Task Force and the Compact Commission for the pur-
poses of ensuring that projects proposed and funded through the
Working Group are consistent with other basin-wide fish and wild-
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life restoration and conservation plans, including but not limited
to plans developed by the Task Force and the Compact Commission.
(2) To the greatest extent practicable, the Working Group shall
provide notice to, and accept input from, two members each of
the Task Force, the Trinity Task Force, and the Compact Commis-
sion, so appointed by those entities, for the express purpose of
facilitating better communication and coordination regarding addi-
tional basin-wide fish and wildlife and ecosystem restoration and
planning efforts. The roles and relationships of the entities involved
shall be clarified in the cooperative agreement.
(d) PUBLIC MEETINGS.—The Working Group shall conduct all
meetings subject to Federal open meeting and public participation
laws. The chartering requirements of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) are hereby deemed to have been
met by this section.
(e) TERMS
AND VACANCIES.—Working Group Members shall
serve for three-year terms, beginning on the date of enactment
of this title. Vacancies which occur for any reason after the
date of enactment of this title shall be filled by direct appointment
of the Governor of the State of Oregon, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, in accord-
ance with nominations from the appropriate groups, interests, and
government agencies outlined in subsection (a)(2).
(f) RIGHTS, DUTIES
AND
AUTHORITIES
UNAFFECTED.—The
Working Group will supplement, rather than replace, existing
efforts to manage the natural resources of the Klamath Basin.
Nothing in this section affects any legal right, duty or authority
of any person or agency, including any member of the Working
Group.
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 1997 through 2002.
SEC. 1025. DESCHUTES BASIN ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PROJECTS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) WORKING GROUP.—The term ‘‘Working Group’’ means
the Deschutes River Basin Working Group established before
the date of enactment of this title, consisting of members nomi-
nated by their represented groups, including—
(A) five representatives of private interests including
one each from hydroelectric production, livestock grazing,
timber, land development, and recreation/tourism;
(B) four representatives of private interests including
two each from irrigated agriculture and the environmental
community;
(C) two representatives from the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon;
(D) two representatives from Federal agencies with
authority and responsibility in the Deschutes River Basin,
including one from the Department of the Interior and
one from the Agriculture Department;
(E) two representatives from the State of Oregon agen-
cies with authority and responsibility in the Deschutes
River Basin, including one from the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife and one from the Oregon Water
Resources Department; and
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(F) four representatives from county or city govern-
ments within the Deschutes River Basin county and/or
city governments.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(3) FEDERAL
AGENCIES.—The term ‘‘Federal agencies’’
means agencies and departments of the United States, includ-
ing, but not limited to, the Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wild-
life Service, Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation
Service, Farm Services Agency, the National Marine Fisheries
Service, and the Bonneville Power Administration.
(4) CONSENSUS.—The term ‘‘consensus’’ means a unanimous
agreement by the Working Group members present and
constituting at least a quorum at a regularly scheduled business
meeting.
(5) QUORUM.—The term ‘‘quorum’’ means one more than
half of those qualified Working Group members appointed and
eligible to serve.
(b) IN GENERAL.—
(1) The Working Group will propose ecological restoration
projects on both Federal and non-Federal lands and waters
to be undertaken in the Deschutes River Basin based on a
consensus of the Working Group, provided that such projects,
when involving Federal land or funds, shall be proposed to
the Bureau of Reclamation in the Department of the Interior
and any other Federal agency with affected land or funds.
(2) The Working Group will accept donations, grants or
other funds and place such funds received into a trust fund,
to be expended on ecological restoration projects which, when
involving Federal land or funds, are approved by the affected
Federal agency.
(3) The Bureau of Reclamation shall pay from funds
authorized under subsection (h) of this title up to 50 percent
of the cost of performing any project proposed by the Working
Group and approved by the Secretary, up to a total amount
of $1,000,000 during each of the fiscal years 1997 through
2001.
(4) Non-Federal contributions to project costs for purposes
of computing the Federal matching share under paragraph
(3) of this subsection may include in-kind contributions.
(5) Funds authorized in subsection (h) of this section shall
be maintained in and distributed by the Bureau of Reclamation
in the Department of the Interior. The Bureau of Reclamation
shall not expend more than 5 percent of amounts appropriated
pursuant to subsection (h) for Federal administration of such
appropriations pursuant to this section.
(6) The Bureau of Reclamation is authorized to provide
by grant to the Working Group not more than 5 percent of
funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (h) of this title for
not more than 50 percent of administration costs relating to
the implementation of this section.
(7) The Federal agencies with authority and responsibility
in the Deschutes River Basin shall provide technical assistance
to the Working Group and shall designate representatives to
serve as members of the Working Group.