YAKIMA RIVER BASIN WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM.

SEC. 8203. YAKIMA RIVER BASIN WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM. Section 1203 of Public Law 103-434 (108 Stat. 4551) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in the second sentence, by striking “title” and inserting “section”; and (ii) in the third sentence, by striking “within 5 years of the date of enactment of this Act”; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking “irrigation” and inserting “the number of irrigated acres”; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) in each of subparagraphs (A) through (D), by striking the comma at the end of the subparagraph and inserting a semicolon; (ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking the comma at the end and inserting “; and”; (iii) in subparagraph (F), by striking “Department of Wildlife of the State of Washington, and” and inserting “Department of Fish and Wildlife of the State of Washington.”; and (iv) by striking subparagraph (G); (B) in paragraph (3)— (i) in each of subparagraphs (A) through (C), by striking the comma at the end of the subparagraph and inserting a semicolon; (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking “, and” at the end and inserting a semicolon; (iii) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and (iv) by adding at the end the following: “(F) provide recommendations to advance the purposes and programs of the Yakima Enhancement Project, including the Integrated Plan.” ; and (C) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: “(4) Authority of designated federal official.—The designated Federal official may— “(A) arrange and provide logistical support for meetings of the Conservation Advisory Group; “(B) use a facilitator to serve as a moderator for meetings of the Conservation Advisory Group or provide additional logistical support; and “(C) grant any request for a facilitator by any member of the Conservation Advisory Group.” ; (3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following: “(4) Payment of local share by state or federal government.— “(A) In general.—The State or the Federal Government may fund not more than the 17.5-percent local share of the costs of the Basin Conservation Program in exchange for the long-term use of conserved water, subject to the requirement that the funding by the Federal Government of the local share of the costs shall provide a quantifiable public benefit in meeting Federal responsibilities in the Yakima River basin and the purposes of this title. “(B) Use of conserved water.—The Yakima Project Manager may use water resulting from conservation measures taken under this title, in addition to water that the Bureau of Reclamation may acquire from any willing seller through purchase, donation, or lease, for water management uses pursuant to this title.” ; (4) in subsection (e), by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: “To participate in the Basin Conservation Program, as described in subsection (b), an entity shall submit to the Secretary a proposed water conservation plan.”; (5) in subsection (i)(3)— (A) by striking “purchase or lease” each place it appears and inserting “purchase, lease, or management”; and (B) in the third sentence, by striking “made immediately upon availability” and all that follows through “Committee” and inserting “continued as needed to provide water to be used by the Yakima Project Manager as recommended by the System Operations Advisory Committee and the Conservation Advisory Group”; and (6) in subsection (j)(4), in the first sentence, by striking “initial acquisition” and all that follows through “flushing flows” and inserting “acquisition of water from willing sellers or lessors specifically to provide improved instream flows for anadromous and resident fish and other aquatic life, including pulse flows to facilitate outward migration of anadromous fish”.