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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Central Oregon Jobs 
and Water Security Act’’. 
SEC. 2. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER; CROOKED, OREGON. 
Section 3(a)(72) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(72)) is amended as follows: 
(1) By striking ‘‘15-mile’’ and inserting ‘‘14.75- 
mile’’. 
(2) In subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘8-mile’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘Bowman Dam’’ and inserting 
‘‘7.75-mile segment from a point one-quarter 
mile downstream from the toe of Bowman 
Dam’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘The developer for any hydropower develop-
ment, including turbines and appurtenant facili-
ties, at Bowman Dam, in consultation with the 
Bureau of Land Management, shall analyze any 
impacts to the Outstandingly Remarkable Val-
ues of the Wild and Scenic River that may be 
caused by such development, including the fu-
ture need to undertake routine and emergency 
repairs, and shall propose mitigation for any 
impacts as part of any license application sub-
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mitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission.’’. 
SEC. 3. CITY OF PRINEVILLE WATER SUPPLY. 
Section 4 of the Act of August 6, 1956 (70 Stat. 
1058), (as amended by the Acts of September 14, 1959 
(73 Stat. 554), and September 18, 1964 (78 Stat. 954)) 
is further amended as follows: 
(1) By striking ‘‘ten cubic feet’’ the first place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘17 cubic feet’’. 
(2) By striking ‘‘during those months when 
there is no other discharge therefrom, but this re-
lease may be reduced for brief temporary periods by 
the Secretary whenever he may find that release of 
the full ten cubic feet per second is harmful to the 
primary purpose of the project’’. 
(3) By adding at the end the following: ‘‘With-
out further action by the Secretary, and as deter-
mined necessary for any given year by the City of 
Prineville, up to seven of the 17 cubic feet per sec-
ond minimum release shall also serve as mitigation 
for City of Prineville groundwater pumping, pursu-
ant to and in a manner consistent with Oregon State 
law, including any shaping of the release of the up 
to seven cubic feet per second to coincide with City 
of Prineville groundwater pumping as may be re-
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quired by the State of Oregon. As such, the Sec-
retary is authorized to make applications to the 
State of Oregon in conjunction with the City to pro-
tect these supplies instream. The City shall make 
payment to the Secretary for that portion of the 
minimum release that actually serves as mitigation 
pursuant to Oregon State law for the City in any 
given year, with the payment for any given year 
equal to the amount of mitigation in acre feet re-
quired to offset actual City groundwater pumping 
for that year in accordance with Reclamation ‘Water 
and Related Contract and Repayment Principles and 
Requirements’, Reclamation Manual Directives and 
Standards PEC 05–01, dated 09/12/2006, and guid-
ed by ‘Economic and Environmental Principles and 
Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources 
Implementation Studies’, dated March 10, 1983. 
The Secretary is authorized to contract exclusively 
with the City for additional amounts in the future 
at the request of the City.’’. 
SEC. 4. FIRST FILL PROTECTION. 
The Act of August 6, 1956 (70 Stat. 1058), as 
amended by the Acts of September 14, 1959 (73 Stat. 
554), and September 18, 1964 (78 Stat. 954), is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 6. Other than the 17 cubic feet per second re-
lease provided for in section 4, and subject to compliance 
with the Army Corps of Engineers’ flood curve require-
ments, the Secretary shall, on a ‘first fill’ priority basis, 
store in and release from Prineville Reservoir, whether 
from carryover, infill, or a combination thereof, the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) 68,273 acre feet of water annually to fulfill 
all 16 Bureau of Reclamation contracts existing as 
of January 1, 2011, and up to 2,740 acre feet of 
water annually to supply the McKay Creek lands as 
provided for in section 5 of this Act. 
‘‘(2) Not more than 10,000 acre feet of water 
annually, to be made available to the North Unit Ir-
rigation District pursuant to a Temporary Water 
Service Contract, upon the request of the North 
Unit Irrigation District, consistent with the same 
terms and conditions as prior such contracts be-
tween the District and the Bureau of Reclamation. 
‘‘SEC. 7. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
nothing in this Act— 
‘‘(1) modifies contractual rights that may exist 
between contractors and the United States under 
Reclamation contracts; 
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‘‘(2) amends or reopens contracts referred to in 
paragraph (1); or 
‘‘(3) modifies any rights, obligations, or require-
ments that may be provided or governed by Oregon 
State law.’’. 
SEC. 5. OCHOCO IRRIGATION DISTRICT. 
(a) EARLY REPAYMENT.—Notwithstanding section 
213 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 
390mm), any landowner within Ochoco Irrigation District 
in Oregon, may repay, at any time, the construction costs 
of the project facilities allocated to that landowner’s lands 
within the district. Upon discharge, in full, of the obliga-
tion for repayment of the construction costs allocated to 
all lands the landowner owns in the district, those lands 
shall not be subject to the ownership and full-cost pricing 
limitations of the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 371 
et seq.), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that 
Act, including the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 
U.S.C. 390aa et seq.). 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—Upon the request of a land-
owner who has repaid, in full, the construction costs of 
the project facilities allocated to that landowner’s lands 
owned within the district, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall provide the certification provided for in subsection 
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