AUTHORIZATION OF PROJECT.

SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION OF PROJECT. (a) For purposes of mitigating losses to anadromous fishery resources and continuing water service to the Hermiston, West Exten-102 STAT. 2792sion, Westland, and Stanfield Irrigation Districts, for the project water exchange, the Secretary of the Interior, acting pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto), is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain the Umatilla Basin Project, Oregon, substantially in accordance with the report entitled: “Umatilla Basin Project, Oregon, Planning Report” dated February 12, 1988, in the manner specified by this title. The principal work of the project shall consist of— (1) lands, water rights, or interests therein acquired for the benefit of fishery resources; (2) measures to conserve water and improve the efficiency of the existing conveyance, distribution, and drainage systems of the Umatilla Project, where such measures are found to make water available for the benefit of fishery resources; (3) pumping plants and related diversion, conveyance, and distribution features; (4) works incidental to the rehabilitation or modification of existing irrigation systems necessary to accomplish a water exchange required to fulfill the purposes of this title; (5) fish passage and protective facilities and other necessary mitigation measures; (6) a program to monitor and regulate project operations; and (7) a program to evaluate fishery resource mitigation measures.