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[H.R. 3986 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3986

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                                 An Act


 
    To provide for a study of the engineering feasibility of a water 
  exchange in lieu of electrification of the Chandler Pumping Plant at 
                   Prosser Diversion Dam, Washington.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1208 of 
Public Law 103-434 (108 Stat. 4562) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``or Water 
        Exchange'' after ``Electrification'';
            (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as 
        subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, and indenting 
        appropriately;
            (C) by striking ``In order to'' and inserting the 
        following:
        ``(1) Electrification.--In order to''; and
            (D) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(2) Water exchange alternative.--
            ``(A) In general.--As an alternative to the measures 
        authorized under paragraph (1) for electrification, the 
        Secretary is authorized to use not more than $4,000,000 of sums 
        appropriated under paragraph (1) to study the engineering 
        feasibility of exchanging water from the Columbia River for 
        water historically diverted from the Yakima River.
            ``(B) Requirements.--In carrying out subparagraph (A), the 
        Secretary, in coordination with the Kennewick Irrigation 
        District and in consultation with the Bonneville Power 
        Administration, shall--
                ``(i) prepare a report that describes project benefits 
            and contains feasibility level designs and cost estimates;
                ``(ii) secure the critical right-of-way areas for the 
            pipeline alignment;
                ``(iii) prepare an environmental assessment; and
                ``(iv) conduct such other studies or investigations as 
            are necessary to develop a water exchange.'';
        (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or water exchange'' 
        after ``electrification''; and
            (B) in the second sentence of paragraph (2)(A), by 
        inserting ``or the equivalent of the rate'' before the period;
        (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``electrification,'' each 
    place it appears and inserting ``electrification or water 
    exchange''; and
        (4) in subsection (d), by striking ``of the two'' and inserting 
    ``thereof''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.