COUGAR AND DETROIT DAMS, WILLAMETTE RIVER BASIN, OREGON.

SEC. 218. COUGAR AND DETROIT DAMS, WILLAMETTE RIVER BASIN, OREGON. (a) Report.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and make publicly available, a report providing an initial analysis of deauthorizing hydropower as a project purpose at the Cougar and Detroit Dams project. (b) Contents.—The Secretary shall include in the report submitted under subsection (a)— (1) a description of the potential effects of deauthorizing hydropower as a project purpose at the Cougar and Detroit Dams project on— (A) the operation of the project, including with respect to the other authorized purposes of the project; (B) compliance of the project with the Endangered Species Act; (C) costs that would be attributed to other authorized purposes of the project, including costs relating to compliance with such Act; and (D) other ongoing studies in the Willamette River Basin; and (2) identification of any further research needed. (c) Project Defined.—In this section, the terms “Cougar and Detroit Dams project” and “project” mean the Cougar Dam and Reservoir project and Detroit Dam and Reservoir project, Willamette River Basin, Oregon, authorized by section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 179), and facilities that operate in conjunction with the main Detroit Dam facility, including the Big Cliff re-regulating dam.