[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 141 (Wednesday, September 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5993]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3256. Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Wyden) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1095. REAUTHORIZATION OF DESCHUTES RIVER CONSERVANCY 
                   WORKING GROUP.

       (a) Definition of Working Group.--Section 301(a) of the 
     Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 
     110 Stat. 3009-534; 122 Stat. 836) is amended by striking 
     paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
       ``(1) Working group.--The term `Working Group' means the 
     Deschutes River Conservancy Working Group composed of a board 
     of directors of not fewer than 10, but not more than 15, 
     members nominated by the group represented by the member, of 
     whom--
       ``(A) 2 members shall be representatives of the 
     environmental community in the Deschutes River Basin;
       ``(B) 2 members shall be representatives of the irrigated 
     agriculture community in the Deschutes River Basin;
       ``(C) 2 members shall be representatives of the 
     Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of 
     Oregon;
       ``(D) 1 member shall be a representative of the 
     hydroelectric production community in the Deschutes River 
     Basin;
       ``(E) 1 member shall be a representative of 1 of the 
     Federal agencies with authority and responsibility in the 
     Deschutes River Basin;
       ``(F) 1 member shall be a representative of an agency of 
     the State of Oregon with authority and responsibility in the 
     Deschutes River Basin, such as--
       ``(i) the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife; or
       ``(ii) the Oregon Water Resources Department; and
       ``(G) 1 member shall be a representative of a unit of local 
     government in the Deschutes River Basin.''.
       (b) Reauthorization; Administrative Costs.--Section 301 of 
     the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-
     208; 110 Stat. 3009-534; 122 Stat. 836) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``2016'' and inserting 
     ``2032''; and
       (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ``5 percent'' and 
     inserting ``10 percent''; and
       (2) in subsection (h), by striking ``2016'' and inserting 
     ``2032''.
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