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[S. 2882 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.2882

                       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 authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to conduct certain feasibility 
 studies to augment water supplies for the Klamath Project, Oregon and 
                   California, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Klamath Basin Water Supply 
Enhancement Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO CONDUCT FEASIBILITY STUDIES.

    In order to help meet the growing water needs in the Klamath River 
Basin, to improve water quality, to facilitate the efforts of the State 
of Oregon to resolve water rights claims in the Upper Klamath River 
Basin including facilitation of Klamath tribal water rights claims, and 
to reduce conflicts over water between the Upper and Lower Klamath 
Basins, the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter referred to as the 
``Secretary'') is authorized and directed, in consultation with 
affected State, local and tribal interests, stakeholder groups and the 
interested public, to engage in feasibility studies of the following 
proposals related to the Upper Klamath Basin and the Klamath Project, a 
Federal reclamation project in Oregon and California:
        (1) Increasing the storage capacity, and/or the yield of the 
    Klamath Project facilities while improving water quality, 
    consistent with the protection of fish and wildlife.
        (2) The potential for development of additional Klamath Basin 
    groundwater supplies to improve water quantity and quality, 
    including the effect of such groundwater development on nonproject 
    lands, groundwater and surface water supplies, and fish and 
    wildlife.
        (3) The potential for further innovations in the use of 
    existing water resources, or market-based approaches, in order to 
    meet growing water needs consistent with State water law.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL STUDIES.

    (a) Nonproject Lands.--The Secretary may enter into an agreement 
with the Oregon Department of Water Resources to fund studies relating 
to the water supply needs of nonproject lands in the Upper Klamath 
Basin.
    (b) Surveys.--To further the purposes of this Act, the Secretary is 
authorized to compile information on native fish species in the Upper 
Klamath River Basin, upstream of Upper Klamath Lake. Wherever possible, 
the Secretary should use data already developed by Federal agencies and 
other stakeholders in the Basin.
    (c) Hydrologic Studies.--The Secretary is directed to complete 
ongoing hydrologic surveys in the Klamath River Basin currently being 
conducted by the United States Geological Survey.
    (d) Reporting Requirements.--The Secretary shall submit the 
findings of the studies conducted under section 2 and section 3(a) of 
this Act to the Congress within 90 days of each study's completion, 
together with any recommendations for projects.

SEC. 4. LIMITATION.

    Activities funded under 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.

SEC. 5. WATER RIGHTS

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to--
        (1) create, by implication or otherwise, any reserved water 
    right or other right to the use of water;
        (2) invalidate, preempt, or create any exception to State water 
    law or an interstate compact governing water;
        (3) alter the rights of any State to any appropriated share of 
    the waters of any body or surface or groundwater, whether 
    determined by past or future interstate compacts or by past or 
    future legislative or final judicial allocations;
        (4) preempt or modify any State or Federal law or interstate 
    compact dealing with water quality or disposal; or
        (5) confer upon any non-Federal entity the ability to exercise 
    any Federal right to the waters of any stream or to any groundwater 
    resources.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized such sums as necessary to carry out the 
purposes of this Act. Activities conducted under this Act shall be 
nonreimbursable and nonreturnable.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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