Pub. L. 110-161, div. F, tit. I, sec. 126

Sec. 126. The Federal properties commonly referred to as the Barnes Ranch and Agency Lake Ranch (the properties) in Klamath County, Oregon, managed by the Bureau of Reclamation shall be transferred to the Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex and the Bureau of Reclamation Klamath Basin Area Office and The Nature Conservancy dated March 2, 2007, as expeditiously as possible and no later than December 2008: Provided, That these Federal properties and all Federal refuge lands within the adjusted boundary area for the Refuge, as approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) in June 2005 under the Land Protection Plan of 2005, shall be made a part of the Refuge and shall be managed by the Service as such: Provided further, That each year after the properties become part of the Refuge, those increments of water passively stored on the properties 121 STAT. 2122 shall be applied and credited toward the requirements of any consultation or reconsultation over Klamath Project operations pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, consistent with Federal law and State water law.