[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1826 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1826

 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the 
 feasibility of providing adequate upstream and downstream passage for 
        fish at the Chiloquin Dam on the Sprague River, Oregon.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 13, 2001

    Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Smith of Oregon) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the 
 feasibility of providing adequate upstream and downstream passage for 
        fish at the Chiloquin Dam on the Sprague River, Oregon.

    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 ``Chiloquin Dam Fish Passage 
Feasibility Study Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. CHILOQUIN DAM FISH PASSAGE FEASIBILITY STUDY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall, in 
collaboration with all interested parties, including the Modoc Point 
Irrigation District, the Klamath Tribes, and the Oregon Department of 
Fish and Wildlife, conduct a study of the feasibility of providing 
adequate upstream and downstream passage for fish at the Chiloquin Dam 
on the Sprague River, Oregon.
    (b) Subjects.--The study shall include--
            (1) review of all alternatives for providing such passage, 
        including the removal of the dam;
            (2) determination of the most appropriate alternative;
            (3) development of recommendations for implementing such 
        alternative; and
            (4) examination of mitigation needed for upstream and 
        downstream water users, and for Klamath tribal non-consumptive 
        uses, as a result of such implementation.
    (c) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on 
the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the study by not 
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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