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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1200 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 to reauthorize |
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| 6 | 6 | | the Deschutes River Conservancy Working Group, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH31, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | ERKLEY(for himself and Mr. WYDEN) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Nat- |
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| 12 | 12 | | ural Resources |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 |
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| 15 | 15 | | to reauthorize the Deschutes River Conservancy Working |
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| 16 | 16 | | Group, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deschutes River Con-4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | servancy Reauthorization Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF DESCHUTES RIVER CONSER-6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | VANCY WORKING GROUP. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) D |
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| 25 | 25 | | EFINITION OF WORKINGGROUP.—Section 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 301(a) of the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 9 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (Public Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–534; 122 Stat. 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 836) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the following: 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(1) W |
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| 34 | 34 | | ORKING GROUP.—The term ‘Working 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Group’ means the Deschutes River Conservancy 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Working Group composed of a board of directors of 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | not fewer than 10, but not more than 15, members 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | nominated by the group represented by the member, 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | of whom— 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(A) 2 members shall be representatives of 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the environmental community in the Deschutes 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | River Basin; 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(B) 2 members shall be representatives of 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | the irrigated agriculture community in the 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Deschutes River Basin; 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(C) 2 members shall be representatives of 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Reservation of Oregon; 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(D) 1 member shall be a representative of 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | the hydroelectric production community in the 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Deschutes River Basin; 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(E) 1 member shall be a representative of 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 1 of the Federal agencies with authority and re-23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | sponsibility in the Deschutes River Basin; 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘(F) 1 member shall be a representative of 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | an agency of the State of Oregon with authority 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | and responsibility in the Deschutes River Basin, 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | such as— 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(i) the Oregon Department of Fish 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | and Wildlife; or 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘(ii) the Oregon Water Resources De-7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | partment; and 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘(G) 1 member shall be a representative of 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | a unit of local government in the Deschutes 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | River Basin.’’. 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (b) R |
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| 70 | 70 | | EAUTHORIZATION; ADMINISTRATIVECOSTS.— 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | Section 301 of the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | 1996 (Public Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–534; 122 14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Stat. 836) is amended— 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (1) in subsection (b)— 16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘2016’’ 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | and inserting ‘‘2032’’; and 18 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘5 per-19 |
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| 78 | 78 | | cent’’ and inserting ‘‘10 percent’’; and 20 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘2016’’ and 21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | inserting ‘‘2032’’. 22 |
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