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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5079 
To provide for the modification of an amendatory repayment contract between 
the Secretary of the Interior and the North Unit Irrigation District, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 4, 2006 
Mr. WALDEN of Oregon introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the modification of an amendatory repayment 
contract between the Secretary of the Interior and the 
North Unit Irrigation District, 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 ‘‘North Unit Irrigation 
District Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. NORTH UNIT IRRIGATION DISTRICT. 
The Act of August 10, 1954 (68 Stat. 679, chapter 
663), is amended— 
(1) in the first section— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘(referred to in this Act 
as the ‘District’)’’ after ‘‘irrigation district’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(referred to in this Act 
as the ‘Contract’)’’ after ‘‘1953’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL TERMS. 
‘‘On approval of the District directors and notwith-
standing project authorizing legislation to the contrary, 
the Contract is modified, without further action by the 
Secretary of the Interior, to include the following modi-
fications: 
‘‘(1) In Article 8(a) of the Contract, by deleting 
‘a maximum of 50,000’ and inserting ‘approximately 
59,000’ after ‘irrigation service to’. 
‘‘(2) In Article 11(a) of the Contract, by delet-
ing ‘The classified irrigable lands within the project 
comprise 
49,817.75 
irrigable 
acres, 
of 
which 
35,773.75 acres are in Class A and 14,044.40 in 
Class B. These lands and the standards upon which 
the classification was made are described in the doc-
ument entitled ‘‘Land Classification, North Unit, 
Deschutes Project, 1953’’ which is on file in the of-
fice of the Regional Director, Bureau of Reclama-
tion, Boise, Idaho, and in the office of the District’ 
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and inserting ‘The classified irrigable land within 
the project comprises 58,902.8 irrigable acres, all of 
which are authorized to receive irrigation water pur-
suant to water rights issued by the State of Oregon 
and have in the past received water pursuant to 
such State water rights.’. 
‘‘(3) In Article 11(c) of the Contract, by delet-
ing ‘, with the approval of the Secretary,’ after ‘Dis-
trict may’, by deleting ‘the 49,817.75 acre maximum 
limit on the irrigable area is not exceeded’ and in-
serting ‘irrigation service is provided to no more 
than approximately 59,000 acres and no amendment 
to the District boundary is required’ after ‘time so 
long as’. 
‘‘(4) In Article 11(d) of the Contract, by insert-
ing ‘, and may further be used for instream pur-
poses, including fish or wildlife purposes, to the ex-
tent that such use is required by Oregon State law 
in order for the District to engage in, or take advan-
tage of, conserved water projects as authorized by 
Oregon State law’ after ‘herein provided’. 
‘‘(5) By adding at the end of Article 12(d) the 
following: ‘(e) Notwithstanding the above subsections 
of this Article or Article 13 below, beginning with 
the irrigation season immediately following the date 
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of enactment of the North Unit Irrigation District 
Act of 2006, the annual installment for each year, 
for the District, under the Contract, on account of 
the District’s construction charge obligation, shall be 
a fixed and equal annual amount payable on June 
30 the year following the year for which it is appli-
cable, such that the District’s total construction 
charge obligation shall be completely paid by June 
30, 2044.’. 
‘‘(6) In Article 14(a) of the Contract, by insert-
ing ‘and for instream purposes, including fish or 
wildlife purposes, to the extent that such use is re-
quired by Oregon State law in order for the District 
to engage in, or take advantage of, conserved water 
projects as authorized by Oregon State law,’ after 
‘and incidental stock and domestic uses’, by insert-
ing ‘and for instream purposes as described above,’ 
after ‘irrigation, stock and domestic uses’, and by in-
serting ‘, including natural flow rights out of the 
Crooked River held by the District’ after ‘irrigation 
system’. 
‘‘(7) In Article 29(a) of the Contract, by insert-
ing ‘and for instream purposes, including fish or 
wildlife purposes, to the extent that such use is re-
quired by Oregon State law in order for the District 
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to engage in, or take advantage of, conserved water 
projects as authorized by Oregon State law’ after 
‘provided in article 11’. 
‘‘(8) In Article 34 of the Contract, by deleting 
‘The District, after the election and upon the execu-
tion of this contract, shall promptly secure final de-
cree of the proper State court approving and con-
firming this contract and decreeing and adjudging it 
to be a lawful, valid, and binding general obligation 
of the District. The District shall furnish to the 
United States certified copies of such decrees and of 
all pertinent supporting records.’ after ‘for that pur-
pose.’. 
‘‘SEC. 4. FUTURE AUTHORITY TO RENEGOTIATE. 
‘‘The Secretary of the Interior (acting through the 
Commissioner of Reclamation) may in the future renego-
tiate with the District such terms of the Contract as the 
District directors determine to be necessary, only upon the 
written request of the District directors and the consent 
of the Commissioner of Reclamation.’’. 
Æ 
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