SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Oregon Water Re-
sources Management Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PARTICIPATION OF BUREAU OF 
RECLAMATION IN DESCHUTES RIVER CON-
SERVANCY. 
Section 301 of the Oregon Resource Conservation Act 
of 1996 (division B of Public Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 
3009–534) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘Deschutes 
River 
Basin 
Working 
Group’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘Deschutes River Conservancy Working Group’’; 
(2) by amending the text of subsection 
(a)(1)(B) to read as follows: ‘‘4 representatives of 
private interests including two from irrigated agri-
culture who actively farm more than 100 acres of ir-
rigated land and are not irrigation district managers 
and two from the environmental community;’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting before the 
final period the following: ‘‘, and up to a total 
amount of $2,000,000 during each of fiscal years 
2007 through 2016’’; and 
(4) in subsection (h), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘, and $2,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2007 through 2016’’.
SEC. 3. WALLOWA LAKE DAM REHABILITATION ACT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) ASSOCIATED
DITCH
COMPANIES, INCOR-
PORATED.—The term ‘‘Associated Ditch Companies, 
Incorporated’’ means the nonprofit corporation es-
tablished 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 titled, 
‘‘Phase I Dam Assessment and Preliminary Engi-
neering Design’’, dated December 2002, and on file 
with the Bureau of Reclamation. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
TO
PARTICIPATE
IN
PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) 
GRANTS
AND
COOPERATIVE
AGREE-
MENTS.—The Secretary may provide grants to, or 
enter into cooperative or other agreements with, 
tribal, State, and local governmental entities and the 
Associated Ditch Companies, Incorporated, to plan,
design, and construct facilities needed to implement 
the Wallowa Lake Dam Rehabilitation Program. 
(2) CONDITIONS.—As a condition of providing 
funds under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall en-
sure that— 
(A) the Wallowa Lake Dam Rehabilitation 
Program and activities under this section meet 
the standards of the dam safety program of the 
State of Oregon; 
(B) the Associated Ditch Companies, In-
corporated, agrees to assume liability for any 
work performed, or supervised, with Federal 
funds provided to it under this section; and 
(C) the United States shall not be liable 
for damages of any kind arising out of any act, 
omission, or occurrence relating to a facility re-
habilitated or constructed with Federal funds 
provided under this section, both while and 
after activities are conducted using Federal 
funds provided under this section. 
(3) COST SHARING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 
the costs of activities authorized under this sec-
tion shall not exceed 50 percent.
(B) 
EXCLUSIONS
FROM
FEDERAL 
SHARE.—There shall not be credited against 
the Federal share of such costs— 
(i) any expenditure by the Bonneville 
Power Administration in the Wallowa 
River watershed; and 
(ii) expenditures made by individual 
agricultural producers in any Federal com-
modity or conservation program. 
(4) COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.—The Sec-
retary, in carrying out this section, shall comply 
with applicable Oregon State water law. 
(5) PROHIBITION
ON
HOLDING
TITLE.—The 
Federal Government shall not hold title to any facil-
ity rehabilitated or constructed under this section. 
(6) PROHIBITION ON OPERATION AND MAINTE-
NANCE.—The Federal Government shall not be re-
sponsible for the operation and maintenance of any 
facility constructed or rehabilitated under this sec-
tion. 
(c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.—Activities fund-
ed under this section shall not be considered a supple-
mental or additional benefit under Federal reclamation 
law (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter
1093), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that 
Act (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.)). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to pay the 
Federal share of the costs of activities authorized under 
this section, $6,000,000. 
(e) SUNSET.—The authority of the Secretary to carry 
out any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 years 
after the date of the enactment of this section. 
SEC. 4. LITTLE BUTTE/BEAR CREEK SUBBASINS, OREGON, 
WATER RESOURCE STUDY. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of the Interior, 
acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, may partici-
pate in the Water for Irrigation, Streams and the Econ-
omy Project water management feasibility study and envi-
ronmental impact statement in accordance with the 
‘‘Memorandum of Agreement Between City of Medford 
and Bureau of Reclamation for the Water for Irrigation, 
Streams, and the Economy Project’’, dated July 2, 2004. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Bureau 
of 
Reclamation 
$500,000 to carry out activities under this section. 
(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal share 
shall be 50 percent of the total costs of the Bu-
reau of Reclamation in carrying out subsection 
(a). 
(B) FORM.—The non-Federal share re-
quired under subparagraph (A) may be in the 
form of any in-kind services that the Secretary 
of the Interior determines would contribute sub-
stantially toward the conduct and completion of 
the study and environmental impact statement 
required under subsection (a). 
(c) SUNSET.—The authority of the Secretary to carry 
out any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 years 
after the date of the enactment of this section. 
SEC. 5. NORTH UNIT IRRIGATION DISTRICT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘North Unit Irrigation District Act of 2007’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT.—The Act of August 10, 1954 (68 
Stat. 679, chapter 663), is amended— 
(1) in the first section— 
(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’ 
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 
of enactment of the North Unit Irrigation District 
Act of 2007, 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 
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.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 495 
AN ACT 
To update the management of Oregon water 
resources, and for other purposes.