Klamath Basin Water Agreement Support Act of 2024

“(d) Restoration Activities.—The Secretary may—

“(1) plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain projects in the Klamath Basin watershed, including—

“(A) facilities to reduce fish entrainment;

“(B) projects that reduce or avoid impacts on aquatic resources of facilities involved in the storage or diversion of water for irrigation in the Klamath Project service area; and

“(C) projects that restore habitats in the Klamath Basin watershed, including Tribal fishery resources held in trust;

“(2) undertake studies, including feasibility studies, and improvements that the Secretary determines to be necessary to implement this subsection;

“(3) in implementing this subsection, enter into contracts, memoranda of understanding, financial assistance agreements, cost-sharing agreements, or other appropriate agreements with—

“(A) State, Tribal, and local governmental agencies; and

“(B) private parties; and

“(4) accept and expend non-Federal funds in order to facilitate implementation of this subsection.

“(e) Goals.—The goals of activities under subsections (b) and (d) shall include, as applicable—

“(1) the short-term and long-term reduction and resolution of conflicts relating to water in the Klamath Basin watershed; and

“(2) compatibility and utility for protecting natural resources throughout the Klamath Basin watershed, including the protection, preservation, and restoration of Klamath River Tribal fishery resources, particularly through collaboratively developed agreements.

“(f) Pumping Plant D.—The Secretary may enter into 1 or more agreements with the Tulelake Irrigation District to reimburse the Tulelake Irrigation District for not more than 69 percent of the cost incurred by the Tulelake Irrigation District for the operation and maintenance of Pumping Plant D, subject to the condition that the cost results in benefits to the United States.

“(g) Keno and Link River Dams.—The Secretary of the Interior shall comply with the terms of the agreement entitled ‘2016 Klamath Power and Facilities Agreement’ (‘Agreement’), including Attachment A to the Agreement.”