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Union Calendar No. 171
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2828
[Report No. 107–284]
To authorize refunds of amounts collected from Klamath Project irrigation
and drainage districts for operation and maintenance of the Project’s
transferred and reserved works for water year 2001, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 2001
Mr. WALDEN of Oregon (for himself, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. HERGER, Mr.
POMBO, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington,
Mr. NETHERCUTT, and Mr. GIBBONS) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Resources
NOVEMBER 13, 2001
Additional sponsors: Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon and Mr. SCHAFFER
NOVEMBER 13, 2001
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 2, 2001]
A BILL
To authorize refunds of amounts collected from Klamath
Project irrigation and drainage districts for operation
and maintenance of the Project’s transferred and re-
served works for water year 2001, and for other pur-
poses.
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 Emer-
gency Operation and Maintenance Refund Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. QUALIFIED KLAMATH PROJECT ENTITY DEFINED.
In this Act, the term ‘‘qualified Klamath Project enti-
ty’’ means an entity that—
(1) has executed a water supply contract with
the United States for water from the Upper Klamath
Lake and the Klamath River of the Klamath Project
pursuant to the reclamation laws, including the Act
of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and Acts amend-
atory thereof or supplementary thereto;
(2) distributes water received under the contract;
(3) received a severely limited irrigation supply
from the Upper Klamath Lake and the Klamath
River based on the Bureau of Reclamation 2001 an-
nual operations plan dated April 6, 2001; and
(4) was not reimbursed for its operation and
maintenance expenses for 2001 pursuant to State law.
SEC. 3. REFUND AND WAIVER OF ASSESSMENTS AND
CHARGES 
FOR 
OPERATION 
AND 
MAINTE-
NANCE 
OF 
KLAMATH 
RECLAMATION
PROJECT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior is au-
thorized to pay to each qualified Klamath Project entity
an amount equal to the amount assessed or charged to mem-
bers of the qualified Klamath Project entity, or to other per-
sons receiving water or drainage service from such an enti-
ty, for operation and maintenance of Klamath Project
transferred and reserved works for 2001.
(b) CONDITIONS.—Payment under this section may be
made to a qualified Klamath Project entity only after the
entity has—
(1) provided to the Secretary documentation sat-
isfactory to the Bureau of Reclamation, dem-
onstrating the total amount assessed or charged to
members of the entity or to persons receiving service
from the entity; and
(2) executed a binding agreement under which
the funds paid to the entity under this section shall
be distributed to each member of the entity or persons
receiving service from the entity in an amount equal
to the amount collected by the entity from the member
or person for operation and maintenance for 2001.
(c) 
WAIVER
OF
REMAINING
AND
ADDITIONAL
CHARGES.—The Secretary may waive any requirement
that a qualified Klamath Project entity pay remaining or
additional charges for operation and maintenance of Klam-
ath Project reserved works for 2001.
(d) PAYMENTS AND WAIVERS FOR INDIVIDUALS.—The
Secretary—
(1) may pay, to any individual within the
Klamath Project who holds a contract entered into
pursuant to the Act of February 21, 1911 (36 Stat.
925; 43 U.S.C. 523–525), popularly known as the
‘‘Warren Act’’, and who is not within a district that
receives a payment pursuant to subsection (a) and a
waiver under subsection (c), an amount equal to the
amount collected from such individual for operation
and maintenance of Klamath Project reserved works
for 2001; and
(2) may forego collection from such individual of
charges for operation and maintenance of such works
for the remainder of 2001.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Amounts not paid by a qualified Klamath Project enti-
ty to the Bureau of Reclamation for the operation and
maintenance of the reserved works for 2001 shall be funded
from the appropriations authorized by this Act. Costs in-
curred by the Bureau of Reclamation in carrying out this
Act shall not be reimbursable.
SEC. 5. NO SUPPLEMENTAL OR ADDITIONAL BENEFIT.
Activities under this Act or funded pursuant to this
Act shall not be considered a supplemental or additional
benefit under the Act of June 17, 1902 (82 Stat. 388), and
all Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
Amend the title to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize pay-
ments to certain Klamath Project water distribution enti-
ties for amounts assessed by the entities for operation
and maintenance of the Project’s transferred works for
2001, to authorize refunds to such entities of amounts
collected by the Bureau of Reclamation for reserved
works for 2001, and for other purposes.’’.
Union Calendar No. 171
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2828
[Report No. 107–284]
A BILL
To authorize refunds of amounts collected from
Klamath Project irrigation and drainage districts
for operation and maintenance of the Project’s
transferred and reserved works for water year
2001, and for other purposes.
NOVEMBER 13, 2001
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed