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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 ‘‘Klamath Basin Emer-
gency Operation and Maintenance Refund Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. QUALIFIED KLAMATH PROJECT ENTITY DEFINED.
In this Act, the term ‘‘qualified Klamath Project enti-
ty’’ means an entity that—
(1) has executed a water supply contract with
the United States for water from the Upper Klam-
ath Lake and the Klamath River of the Klamath
Project pursuant to the reclamation laws, including
the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and Acts
amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto;
(2) distributes water received under the con-
tract;
(3) received a severely limited irrigation supply
from the Upper Klamath Lake and the Klamath
River based on the Bureau of Reclamation 2001 an-
nual operations plan dated April 6, 2001; and
(4) was not reimbursed for its operation and
maintenance expenses for 2001 pursuant to State
law.
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SEC. 3. REFUND AND WAIVER OF ASSESSMENTS AND
CHARGES FOR OPERATION AND MAINTE-
NANCE 
OF 
KLAMATH 
RECLAMATION
PROJECT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior is
authorized to pay to each qualified Klamath Project entity
an amount equal to the amount assessed or charged to
members of the qualified Klamath Project entity, or to
other persons receiving water or drainage service from
such an entity, for operation and maintenance of Klamath
Project transferred and reserved works for 2001.
(b) CONDITIONS.—Payment under this section may
be made to a qualified Klamath Project entity only after
the entity has—
(1) provided to the Secretary documentation
satisfactory to the Bureau of Reclamation, dem-
onstrating the total amount assessed or charged to
members of the entity or to persons receiving service
from the entity; and
(2) executed a binding agreement under which
the funds paid to the entity under this section shall
be distributed to each member of the entity or per-
sons receiving service from the entity in an amount
equal to the amount collected by the entity from the
member or person for operation and maintenance for
2001.
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(c) WAIVER
OF
REMAINING
AND
ADDITIONAL
CHARGES.—The Secretary may waive any requirement
that a qualified Klamath Project entity pay remaining or
additional charges for operation and maintenance of
Klamath Project reserved works for 2001.
(d) PAYMENTS AND WAIVERS FOR INDIVIDUALS.—
The Secretary—
(1) may pay, to any individual within the Klam-
ath Project who holds a contract entered into pursu-
ant to the Act of February 21, 1911 (36 Stat. 925;
43 U.S.C. 523–525), popularly known as the ‘‘War-
ren Act’’, and who is not within a district that re-
ceives a payment pursuant to subsection (a) and a
waiver under subsection (c), an amount equal to the
amount collected from such individual for operation
and maintenance of Klamath Project reserved works
for 2001; and
(2) may forego collection from such individual
of charges for operation and maintenance of such
works for the remainder of 2001.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Amounts not paid by a qualified Klamath Project en-
tity to the Bureau of Reclamation for the operation and
maintenance of the reserved works for 2001 shall be fund-
ed from the appropriations authorized by this Act. Costs
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incurred by the Bureau of Reclamation in carrying out
this Act shall not be reimbursable.
SEC. 5. NO SUPPLEMENTAL OR ADDITIONAL BENEFIT.
Activities under this Act or funded pursuant to this
Act shall not be considered a supplemental or additional
benefit under the Act of June 17, 1902 (82 Stat. 388),
and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
Passed the House of Representatives November 13,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.