Sec. 1152. Columbia River Basin

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Section 8309 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3780) is amended— by striking subsection (b)(3); and by adding at the end the following: The Secretary, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, is authorized to compensate, and make arrangements with, the Government of Canada for reserving and operating 3,600,000 acre-feet of pre-planned flood storage per operating year at Hugh Keenleyside Dam, including operations that the Government of Canada may not be obligated to provide under the Columbia River Treaty, to minimize the flood risk in the Columbia River Basin.

To carry out this subsection, there is authorized to be appropriated $37,600,000 for fiscal year 2025 and $37,600,000, adjusted for inflation beginning on August 1, 2024, for each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027, to remain available until expended. The authority to compensate, and make arrangements with, the Government of Canada under this subsection shall expire on August 31, 2027. In this section: The term Columbia River Basin means the entire United States portion of the Columbia River watershed.

The term Columbia River Treaty means the treaty relating to cooperative development of the water resources of the Columbia River Basin, signed at Washington January 17, 1961, and entered into force September 16, 1964. The term flood storage means the usable space in a reservoir that is set aside for impounding and releasing water for flood risk management or otherwise for regulating stream flows to minimize flood risk. The term Government of Canada means the Government of Canada, a Canadian Province, or a subdivision or instrumentality thereof.

The term operating year means a 12-month period beginning on August 1 and ending on July 31. The term U.S. entity means the entity designated by the United States under Article XIV of the Columbia River Treaty. .

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