I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3606
To authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to participate in the rehabilitation
of the Wallowa Lake Dam in Oregon, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER 20, 2001
Mr. WALDEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to participate in
the rehabilitation of the Wallowa Lake Dam in Oregon,
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 ‘‘Wallowa Lake Dam
Rehabilitation and Water Management Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) ASSOCIATED
DITCH
COMPANIES, INCOR-
PORATED.—The term ‘‘Associated Ditch Companies,
Incorporated’’ means the nonprofit corporation by
that name (as established under the laws of the
State of Oregon) that operates Wallowa Lake Dam.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the
Commissioner of Reclamation.
(3) WALLOWA
LAKE
DAM
REHABILITATION
PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Wallowa Lake Dam Reha-
bilitation Program’’ means the program for the re-
habilitation of the Wallowa Lake Dam in Oregon, as
contained in the engineering document entitled
‘‘Phase I Dam Assessment and Preliminary Engi-
neering Design’’, dated October 2001, and on file
with the Bureau of Reclamation.
(4) WALLOWA
VALLEY
WATER
MANAGEMENT
PLAN.—The term ‘‘Wallowa Valley Water Manage-
ment Plan’’ means the program developed for
Wallowa River watershed, as contained in the docu-
ment entitled ‘‘Wallowa Lake Dam Rehabilitation
and Water Management Plan Vison Statement’’,
dated February 2001, and on file with the Bureau
of Reclamation.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION TO PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAM.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary—
(1) in cooperation with the Associated Ditch
Companies, Incorporated, may participate in the
Wallowa Lake Dam Rehabilitation Program; and
(2) in cooperation with tribal, State, and local
governmental entities, may participate in planning,
design, and construction of facilities needed to im-
plement the Wallowa Valley Water Management
Plan.
(b) COST SHARING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the
costs of activities authorized under this Act shall not
exceed 80 percent.
(2) EXCLUSIONS
FROM
FEDERAL
SHARE.—
There shall not be credited against the Federal
share of such costs—
(A) any expenditure by the Bonneville
Power Administration in the Wallowa River wa-
tershed; and
(B) expenditures made by individual farm-
ers in any Federal farm or conservation pro-
gram.
(c) COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.—The Secretary,
in carrying out this Act, shall comply with otherwise appli-
cable State water law.
(d) PROHIBITION ON HOLDING TITLE.—The Federal
Government shall not hold title to any facility rehabilitated
or constructed under this Act.
(e) PROHIBITION
ON OPERATION
AND MAINTE-
NANCE.—The Federal Government shall not be respon-
sible for the operation and maintenance of any facility con-
structed or rehabilitated under this Act.
(f) OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION OF FISH PASSAGE
FACILITY.—Any facility located at Wallowa Lake Dam for
trapping and transportation of migratory adult salmon
may be owned and operated only by the Nez Perce Tribe.
SEC. 4. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.
Activities funded under this Act shall not be consid-
ered a supplemental or additional benefit under the Act
of June 17, 1902 (82 Stat. 388), and all Acts amendatory
thereof or supplementary thereto.
SEC. 5. APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary $32,000,000 for the Federal share of the cost of
activities authorized under this Act.
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