Sec. 8202. Modification of purposes and definitions

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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; ; by redesignating paragraphs

(5)and

(6)as paragraphs

(6)and (8), respectively; by inserting after paragraph

(4)(as redesignated by paragraph (4)) the following: to realize sufficient water savings from implementing the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan, so that not less than 85,000 acre feet of water savings are achieved by implementing the initial development phase of the Integrated Plan pursuant to section 8201(b)(1) of the Natural Resources Management Act , in addition to the 165,000 acre-feet of water savings targeted through the Basin Conservation Program, as authorized on October 31, 1994; ; in paragraph

(6)(as redesignated by paragraph (6))— by inserting an increase in before voluntary ; and by striking and at the end; by inserting after paragraph

(6)(as so redesignated) the following: to encourage an increase in the use of, and reduce the barriers to, water transfers, leasing, markets, and other voluntary transactions among public and private entities to enhance water management in the Yakima River basin; ; in paragraph

(8)(as so redesignated), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: to improve the resilience of the ecosystems, economies, and communities in the Yakima River basin facing drought, hydrologic changes, and other related changes and variability in natural and human systems, for the benefit of the people, fish, and wildlife of the region. . 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 (8), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (17), and (18), 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. The term Integrated Plan has the meaning given the term in section 8201(a) of the Natural Resources Management Act , to be carried out in cooperation with, and in addition to, activities of the State of Washington and the Yakama Nation. ; by inserting after paragraph

(8)(as redesignated by paragraph (1)) the following: 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 water conservation activities relating to a use described in subparagraphs

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

(15)(as so redesignated) 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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