Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014
Latest action · Jul 31, 2014 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 31, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014 - Ratifies the Hydroelectric Settlement (Settlement), the Klamath River Basin Restoration Agreement for the Sustainability of Public and Trust Resources and Affected Communities (Restoration Agreement), and the Upper Klamath Basin Comprehensive Agreement (Upper Basin Agreement), except as modified by this Act.
Lists the Klamath Reclamation Project's authorized purposes. Prohibits water allocations for fish, wildlife, and National Wildlife Refuges purposes from adversely affecting water allocations for irrigation purposes, with the exception of allocations to refuges as provided for in the Restoration Agreement.
Provides for the disposition of net revenues from the leasing of refuge land within the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge and the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge.
Authorizes the release of specified water rights claims against the United States by the Klamath Tribe, the Karuk Tribe, and the Yurok Tribe.
Amends the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain water, power, and ecosystem restoration programs that are consistent with the Agreements.
Establishes in the Treasury the Klamath Tribes Tribal Resource Fund.
Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) removing the Iron Gate Dam, the Copco No. 1 Dam, the Copco No. 2 Dam, and the J.C. Boyle Dam; (2) transferring the Keno Dam to the United States; (3) surrendering the East Side and West Side Developments associated with the Link River Dam; (4) relicensing PacifiCorp's Fall Creek Dam; and (5) transferring the title of the Iron Gate Hatchery from PacifiCorp to California.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit tax-exempt mutual ditch or irrigation companies to earn income from dispositions of certain real property and stock interests without affecting their tax-exempt status. Requires that such income be used to pay the costs of operations, maintenance, and capital improvements of such a company.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 31, 2014.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Jul 31, 2014 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 31, 2014Introduced in Senate
- Jul 31, 2014Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1441 | Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2013 | Related bill | Aug 1, 2013 |
| S 2379 | Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014 | Related bill | Dec 10, 2014 |
| HR 3023 | Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2013 | Related bill | Aug 2, 2013 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Aquatic ecology
- Business investment and capital
- California
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Corporate finance and management
- Dams and canals
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Farmland
- Federal-Indian relations
- Financial services and investments
- Fishes
- Floods and storm protection
- Government trust funds
- Indian claims
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Indian social and development programs
- Intergovernmental relations
- Judicial review and appeals
- Lakes and rivers
- Land transfers
- Licensing and registrations
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Oregon
- Securities
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Water Resources Development
- Water resources funding
- Water use and supply
- Watersheds
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 31, 2014Introduced in Senate
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