118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7938 
AN ACT 
To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement 
Act of 2000 to provide the Secretary of the Interior 
with certain authorities with respect to projects affecting 
the Klamath Basin watershed, 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 ‘‘Klamath Basin Water 
Agreement Support Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. KLAMATH PROJECT WATER AND POWER. 
(a) ADDRESSING WATER, POWER, AND FACILITIES 
MANAGEMENT FOR IRRIGATION.—Section 4 of the Klam-
ath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 (Pub-
lic Law 106–498) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(d) RESTORATION
ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary 
may— 
‘‘(1) plan, design, construct, operate, and main-
tain projects in the Klamath Basin watershed, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) facilities to reduce fish entrainment; 
‘‘(B) projects that reduce or avoid impacts 
on aquatic resources of facilities involved in the 
storage or diversion of water for irrigation in 
the Klamath Project service area; and 
‘‘(C) projects that restore habitats in the 
Klamath Basin watershed, including Tribal 
fishery resources held in trust; 
‘‘(2) undertake studies, including feasibility 
studies, and improvements that the Secretary deter-
mines to be necessary to implement this subsection;
‘‘(3) in implementing this subsection, enter into 
contracts, memoranda of understanding, financial 
assistance agreements, cost-sharing agreements, or 
other appropriate agreements with— 
‘‘(A) State, Tribal, and local governmental 
agencies; and 
‘‘(B) private parties; and 
‘‘(4) accept and expend non-Federal funds in 
order to facilitate implementation of this subsection. 
‘‘(e) GOALS.—The goals of activities under sub-
sections (b) and (d) shall include, as applicable— 
‘‘(1) the short-term and long-term reduction 
and resolution of conflicts relating to water in the 
Klamath Basin watershed; and 
‘‘(2) compatibility and utility for protecting nat-
ural resources throughout the Klamath Basin water-
shed, including the protection, preservation, and res-
toration of Klamath River Tribal fishery resources, 
particularly through collaboratively developed agree-
ments. 
‘‘(f) PUMPING PLANT D.—The Secretary may enter 
into 1 or more agreements with the Tulelake Irrigation 
District to reimburse the Tulelake Irrigation District for 
not more than 69 percent of the cost incurred by the 
Tulelake Irrigation District for the operation and mainte-
nance of Pumping Plant D, subject to the condition that 
the cost results in benefits to the United States. 
‘‘(g) KENO AND LINK RIVER DAMS.—The Secretary 
of the Interior shall comply with the terms of the agree-
ment entitled ‘2016 Klamath Power and Facilities Agree-
ment’(‘Agreement’), including Attachment A to the Agree-
ment.’’. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION; EFFECT.— 
(1) COMPLIANCE.—In implementing the amend-
ments made by this section, the Secretary of the In-
terior shall comply with— 
(A) the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 
(B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and 
(C) all other applicable laws. 
(2) EFFECT.—None of the amendments made 
by this section— 
(A) modify any authority or obligation of 
the United States with respect to any Tribal 
trust or treaty obligation of the United States; 
(B) create or determine any water right; or
(C) affect any water right or water right 
claim in existence on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 17, 
2024. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7938 
AN ACT 
To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply En-
hancement Act of 2000 to provide the Secretary 
of the Interior with certain authorities with re-
spect to projects affecting the Klamath Basin 
watershed, and for other purposes.