(3) VACANCIES.—(A) Any vacancy on the Task 
Force shall be filled in the manner in which the 
original appointment was made. 
(B) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy oc-
curring before the expiration of the term for which 
the member’s predecessor was appointed shall be ap-
pointed only for the remainder of such term. 
(e) TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS.—
(1) PROCEDURES.—The Task Force shall es-
tablish practices and procedures for the carrying out 
of its functions under subsection (b). The procedures 
shall include the requirement that a quorum of the 
Task Force must be present before business may be 
transacted. The Task Force shall make decisions by 
the unanimous consent of the members voting (with-
out regard to any abstentions). 
(2) CHAIRMAN.—The members of the Task 
Force shall select a Chairman from among its mem-
bers. The term of membership as Chairman shall be 
one year. The chairmanship shall rotate annually be-
tween appointees from California and appointees 
from Oregon. Any member who is an employee of a 
Federal agency shall be considered, for purposes of 
this paragraph, to be an appointee from both States,
and may serve as Chairman without regard to the 
member’s State of residence. 
(3) MEETINGS.—The Task Force shall meet at 
the call of the Chairman or upon the request of a 
majority of its members, but not less than 4 times 
each year. At least one meeting each calendar year 
shall be held in or near Klamath Falls, Oregon, and 
at least one meeting each calendar year shall be held 
in or near Eureka, California. 
(f) STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION.—
(1) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPPORT.—The 
Sec-
retary, through the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service and other relevant agencies, shall provide the 
Task Force with the administrative and technical 
support services necessary for the effective func-
tioning of the Task Force. 
(2) INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall furnish 
the members of the Task Force with relevant infor-
mation concerning the Klamath Basin. 
(3) ORGANIZATION.—The Task Force shall de-
termine its organization, and prescribe the practices 
and procedures for carrying out its functions under 
subsection (b). 
(4) SCIENCE ADVISORY TEAM.—(A) The Task 
Force shall establish a Science Advisory Team to ad-
vise it on technical issues referred to it and to review 
and advise the Task Force on the scientific merits 
of proposed projects and measures. 
(B) The Task Force shall—
(i) provide staff support for the Science 
Advisory Team; and 
(ii) reimburse travel expenses of members 
of the Science Advisory Team in the same man-
ner such reimbursement is provided to Task 
Force members. 
(g) MEMBERS WHO ARE FEDERAL OR STATE EM-
PLOYEES.—Any Task Force member who is an officer or 
employee of the United States, the State of California, or 
the State of Oregon at the time of appointment to the 
Task Force, and who serves on the Task Force as a rep-
resentative of a State or Federal agency, shall cease to 
be a member of the Task Force within 14 days after the 
date on which the member ceases to be employed by such 
agency. 
(h) EXPENSES.—
(1) TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—(A) Except as pro-
vided in subparagraph (B), while away from their 
homes or regular places of business in the perform-
ance of services for the Task Force, Task Force 
members shall be allowed travel expenses, including
a per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence, in the 
same manner as persons employed intermittently in 
the Government service are allowed travel expenses 
under section 5703 of title 5, United States Code. 
(B) Any Task Force member who is an em-
ployee of any agency or governmental unit and is eli-
gible for travel expenses from that agency or unit 
for performing services for the Task Force is not eli-
gible for travel expenses under this paragraph. 
(2) LIMITATION ON SPENDING AUTHORITY.—
Amounts appropriated under section 6 of the Klam-
ath River Basin Fishery Resources Restoration Act 
(16 U.S.C. 460ss–5) may not be used to reimburse 
any agency or governmental unit that has a rep-
resentative as a member of the Task Force with re-
spect to the performance of such member’s duties on 
the Task Force. 
(i) MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT REGARDING EN-
FORCEMENT.—In order to strengthen and facilitate the 
enforcement of Klamath Basin fishery harvesting and 
wildlife hunting regulations, the Secretary shall enter into 
a memorandum or agreement with the California Depart-
ment of Fish and Game and the Oregon Department of 
Fish and Wildlife that—
(1) specifies the enforcement activities within 
the Klamath Basin for which the Department of In-
terior and the California Department of Fish and 
Game and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 
are responsible; and 
(2) contains such provisions as are necessary to 
ensure coordinated implementation of Federal and 
State enforcement activities. 
(j) TERMINATION OF EXISTING ENTITIES.—
(1) TERMINATION.—The Upper Klamath Basin 
Working Group referred to in section 1024 of the 
Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Act of 1996 (Pub-
lic Law 104–333; 110 Stat. 4224) and the Klamath 
Basin Fisheries Restoration Task Force established 
by section 4 of the Klamath River Basin Fishery Re-
sources Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 460ss–3) are 
terminated. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS
AND
RE-
PEALS—(A) Section 1024 of the Omnibus Parks and 
Public Lands Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333; 
110 Stat. 4224) is repealed. 
(B) The Klamath River Basin Fishery Re-
sources Restoration Act is amended—
(i) in section 2(b)(1) (16 U.S.C. 460ss–
1(b)(1)) by striking ‘‘, in consultation with the 
task force established under section 4,’’; 
(ii) in section 2(b)(2) (16 U.S.C. 460ss–
1(b)(2)) by striking ‘‘, in cooperation with the 
task force established under section 4,’’; 
(iii) in section 6(a) (16 U.S.C. 460ss–5(a)) 
by striking ‘‘and 4(i); and 
(iv) by repealing section 4 (16 U.S.C. 
460ss–3). 
SEC. 7. TRINITY RIVER FLOW IMPLEMENTATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall implement, upon enactment of this Act, the 
flow release requirements for the Trinity River set forth 
in the record of decision by the Department of the Interior 
entitled ‘‘Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration’’, 
issued by the Secretary of the Interior with the concur-
rence of the Hoopa Valley Tribe on December 19, 2000 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘record of decision’’). 
(b) MODIFICATION.—The Secretary may modify a 
flow release to the Trinity River to a level other than as 
required in the record of decision only with the concur-
rence of—
(1) the Hoopa Valley Tribe; and 
(2) the Yurok Tribe.