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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2828

    To authorize refunds of amounts collected from Klamath Project 
irrigation and drainage districts for operation and maintenance of the 
 Project's transferred and reserved works for water year 2001, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2001

Mr. Walden of Oregon (for himself, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Herger, Mr. Pombo, 
Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Nethercutt, 
 and Mr. Gibbons) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                       the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize refunds of amounts collected from Klamath Project 
irrigation and drainage districts for operation and maintenance of the 
 Project's transferred and reserved works for water year 2001, 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 Emergency Operation 
and Maintenance Refund Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. REFUND AND WAIVER OF PAYMENTS FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF 
              KLAMATH RECLAMATION PROJECT.

    (a) Refund of Payments by Irrigation and Drainage District 
Members.--The Secretary of the Interior may pay to each Klamath Project 
irrigation and drainage district an amount equal to the amount assessed 
and collected from members of the district for operation and 
maintenance of Klamath Project transferred and reserved works for water 
year 2001. Such payment may be made to a district only after that 
district has--
            (1) provided to the Secretary documentation satisfactory to 
        the Bureau of Reclamation, demonstrating the total amount 
        assessed and collected from members of the district; and
            (2) executed a binding agreement under which the funds paid 
        to the district pursuant to this section shall be distributed 
        to each district member in an amount equal to the amount 
        assessed and collected from the member for operation and 
        maintenance for water year 2001.
    (b) Waiver of Remaining and Additional Charges.--The Secretary of 
the Interior may waive any requirement that the Klamath Project 
irrigation and drainage districts pay remaining or additional charges 
for operation and maintenance of Klamath Project reserved works for 
water year 2001.
    (c) Payments and Waivers for Individuals.--The Secretary--
            (1) may pay, to any individual within the Klamath Project 
        who holds a contract entered into pursuant to the Act of 
        February 21, 1911 (36 Stat. 925; 43 U.S.C. 523-525), popularly 
        known as the ``Warren Act'', and who is not within a district 
        that receives a payment pursuant to subsection (a) and a waiver 
        under subsection (b), an amount equal to the amount collected 
        from such individual for operation and maintenance of Klamath 
        Project reserved works for water year 2001; and
            (2) may forego collection from such individual of charges 
        for operation and maintenance of such works for the remainder 
        of water year 2001.
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