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the provision of financial assistance to facilitate the
buy out of properties located in areas identified by
the State as areas that are or will be at risk of dam-
age caused by land subsidence and associated prop-
erties otherwise identified by the State; however, any
buyout of such properties shall not be considered to be
part of a Federally assisted program or project for
purposes of Public Law 91–646 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et
seq.), consistent with section 2301 of Public Law 109–
234 (120 Stat. 455–456).’’; and
(2) by striking the first sentence of subsection (d)
and inserting the following: ‘‘Non-Federal interests
shall be responsible for operating and maintaining
any restoration alternatives constructed or carried out
pursuant to this section.’’.
SEC. 3101. RED RIVER CHLORIDE CONTROL, OKLAHOMA
AND TEXAS.
Section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1966 (80 Stat.
1420; 100 Stat. 4229) is further modified to direct the Sec-
retary to provide operation and maintenance for the Red
River Chloride Control project, Oklahoma and Texas, at full
Federal expense.
SEC. 3102. WAURIKA LAKE, OKLAHOMA.
The remaining obligation of the Waurika Project Mas-
ter Conservancy District payable to the United States Gov-
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ernment in the amounts, rates of interest, and payment
schedules—
(1) is set at the amounts, rates of interest, and
payment schedules that existed on June 3, 1986; and
(2) may not be adjusted, altered, or changed
without a specific, separate, and written agreement
between the District and the United States.
SEC. 3103. LOOKOUT POINT PROJECT, LOWELL, OREGON.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), the Sec-
retary shall convey at fair market value to the Lowell
School District No. 71, all right, title, and interest of the
United States in and to a parcel consisting of approxi-
mately 0.98 acres of land, including 3 abandoned buildings
on the land, located in Lowell, Oregon, as described in sub-
section (b).
(b) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The parcel of land
to be conveyed under subsection (a) is more particularly
described as follows: Commencing at the point of intersec-
tion of the west line of Pioneer Street with the westerly ex-
tension of the north line of Summit Street, in Meadows Ad-
dition to Lowell, as platted and recorded on page 56 of vol-
ume 4, Lane County Oregon Plat Records; thence north on
the west line of Pioneer Street a distance of 176.0 feet to
the true point of beginning of this description; thence north
on the west line of Pioneer Street a distance of 170.0 feet;
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thence west at right angles to the west line of Pioneer Street
a distance of 250.0 feet; thence south and parallel to the
west line of Pioneer Street a distance of 170.0 feet; and
thence east 250.0 feet to the true point of beginning of this
description in sec. 14, T. 19 S., R. 1 W. of the Willamette
Meridian, Lane County, Oregon.
(c) CONDITION.—The Secretary shall not complete the
conveyance under subsection (a) until such time as the For-
est Service—
(1) completes and certifies that necessary envi-
ronmental remediation associated with the structures
located on the property is complete; and
(2) transfers the structures to the Corps of Engi-
neers.
(d) EFFECT OF OTHER LAW.—
(1) APPLICABILITY
OF
PROPERTY
SCREENING
PROVISIONS.—Section 2696 of title 10, United States
Code, shall not apply to any conveyance under this
section.
(2) LIABILITY.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Lowell School District
No. 71 shall hold the United States harmless
from any liability with respect to activities car-
ried out on the property described in subsection
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(b) on or after the date of the conveyance under
subsection (a).
(B) 
CERTAIN
ACTIVITIES.—The 
United
States shall be liable with respect to any activity
carried out on the property described in sub-
section (b) before the date of conveyance under
subsection (a).
SEC. 3104. UPPER WILLAMETTE RIVER WATERSHED ECO-
SYSTEM RESTORATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct studies
and ecosystem restoration projects for the upper Willamette
River watershed from Albany, Oregon, to the headwaters
of the Willamette River and tributaries.
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall carry out
ecosystem restoration projects under this section for the
Upper Willamette River watershed in consultation with the
Governor of the State of Oregon, the heads of appropriate
Indian tribes, the Environmental Protection Agency, the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Ma-
rine Fisheries Service, the Bureau of Land Management,
the Forest Service, and local entities.
(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out eco-
system restoration projects under this section, the Secretary
shall undertake activities necessary to protect, monitor, and
restore fish and wildlife habitat.