Sec. 2. Modification of terms, purposes, and definitions

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Title XII of Public Law 103–434 (108 Stat. 4550) is amended— by striking Yakama Indian each place it appears and inserting Yakama ; and by striking Superintendent each place it appears and inserting Manager . Section 1204 of Public Law 103–434 (108 Stat. 4555) is amended— in the section heading by striking ; and Indian in subsection (g), in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting Yakama Indian Nation . Yakama Nation Section 1201 of Public Law 103–434 (108 Stat. 4550) is amended— by striking paragraph

(1)and inserting the following: to protect, mitigate, and enhance fish and wildlife and the recovery and maintenance of self-sustaining harvestable populations of fish and other aquatic life, both anadromous and resident species, throughout their historic distribution range in the Yakima Basin through— improved water management and the constructions of fish passage at storage and diversion dams, as authorized under the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 ( 43 U.S.C. 619 et seq. ); improved instream flows and water supplies; improved water quality, watershed, and ecosystem function; protection, creation, and enhancement of wetlands; and other appropriate means of habitat improvement; ; in paragraph (2), by inserting , municipal, industrial, and domestic water supply and use purposes, especially during drought years, including reducing the frequency and severity of water supply shortages for pro-ratable irrigation entities before the semicolon at the end; by striking paragraph (4); by redesignating paragraph

(3)as paragraph (4); by inserting after paragraph

(2)the following: to authorize the Secretary to make water available for purchase or lease for meeting municipal, industrial, and domestic water supply purposes; ; in paragraph (5), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: to improve the resilience of the ecosystems, economies, and communities in the Basin as they faced drought, climate variability, and climate change, for the benefit of both the people and the fish and wildlife of the region; and to authorize and implement the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resources Management Plan as Phase III of the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, in a balanced approach to maximize benefits to the communities and environment in the Basin. . Section 1202 of Public Law 103–434 (108 Stat. 4550) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), and

(14)as paragraphs (7), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (17), and (19), respectively; by inserting after paragraph

(5)the following: The term designated Federal official means the Commissioner of Reclamation (or a designee), acting pursuant to the charter of the Conservation Advisory Group. ; by inserting after paragraph

(7)(as redesignated by paragraph (1)) the following: The term Management Plan means the plan described in the document entitled Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and Integrated Water Resource Management Plan, Yakima River Basin, Water Enhancement Project, Benton, Kittitas, Klickitat, and Yakima Counties, WA (77 Fed. Reg. 12076 (February 28, 2012)). The term municipal, industrial, and domestic water supply and use means the supply and use of water for— domestic consumption (whether urban or rural); maintenance and protection of public health and safety; manufacture, fabrication, processing, assembly, or other production of a good or commodity; production of energy; fish hatcheries; or any conservation activity relating to a use described in any of subparagraphs

(A)through (E). ; by inserting after paragraph

(15)(as redesignated by paragraph (1)) the following: The term Work Group means the work group that— is identified in section 90.38.010(2) of the Revised Code of Washington as responsible for development of the Management Plan; includes representatives of— the Yakama Nation; Federal and State governments; participating county and city governments; environmental organizations; and irrigation districts; and is not subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). ; and by inserting after paragraph

(17)(as redesignated by paragraph (1)) the following: The terms Yakima Enhancement Project and Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project mean the Yakima River basin water enhancement project authorized by Congress pursuant to this Act and other Acts (including Public Law 96–162 (93 Stat. 1241), section 109 of Public Law 98–381 ( 16 U.S.C. 839b note; 98 Stat. 1340), Public Law 105–62 (111 Stat. 1320), and Public Law 106–372 (114 Stat. 1425)) to promote water conservation, water supply, habitat, and stream enhancement improvements in the Yakima River basin. .

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