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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-847
KLAMATH BASIN WATER AGREEMENT SUPPORT ACT OF
2024
DECEMBER 10, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 7938]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 7938) to amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply En-
hancement 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, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
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 Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 (Public Law
106-498) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(d) RESTORATION ACTIVITIES.-The Secretary may-
(1) plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain projects in the Klamath
Basin watershed, including-
(A) facilities to reduce fish entrainment;
(B) projects that reduce or avoid impacts on aquatic resources of facili-
ties involved in the storage or diversion of water for irrigation in the Klam-
ath Project service area; and
(C) projects that restore habitats in the Klamath Basin watershed, in-
cluding Tribal fishery resources held in trust;
(2) undertake studies, including feasibility studies, and improvements that
the Secretary determines to be necessary to implement this subsection;
(3) in implementing this subsection, enter into contracts, memoranda of un-
derstanding, financial assistance agreements, cost-sharing agreements, or other
appropriate agreements with-
(A) State, Tribal, and local governmental agencies; and
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