1.This Act may be cited as the
Southern Oregon Bureau of Reclamation
Repayment Act of 2005
.
2.Notwithstanding the
provisions of section 213 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C.
390mm), any landowner within Rogue River Valley Irrigation District or within
Medford 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 in question. Upon discharge, in full, of the
obligation for repayment of the construction costs allocated to all lands the
landowner owns in the district in question, 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.).
3.
Nothing herein
modifies contractual rights that may exist between Rogue River Valley
Irrigation District and Medford Irrigation District and the United States under
their respective Reclamation contracts, or amends or reopens those contracts;
nor does it modify any rights, obligations or relationships that may exist
between the districts and their landowners as may be provided or governed by
Oregon state law.
4.Upon the request of a landowner 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 (b)(1) of section
213 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390 mm(b)(1)).
December 8, 2005
Reported without amendment