S.Amdt. 6431

SA 6431. Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Wyden) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 10__. REAUTHORIZATION OF DESCHUTES RIVER CONSERVANCY
WORKING GROUP.

(a) Definition of Working Group.--Section 301(a) of the
Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208;
110 Stat. 3009-534; 122 Stat. 836) is amended by striking
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(1) Working group.--The term `Working Group' means the
Deschutes River Conservancy Working Group composed of a board
of directors of not fewer than 10, but not more than 15,
members nominated by the group represented by the member, of
whom--
``(A) 2 members shall be representatives of the
environmental community in the Deschutes River Basin;
``(B) 2 members shall be representatives of the irrigated
agriculture community in the Deschutes River Basin;
``(C) 2 members shall be representatives of the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of
Oregon;
``(D) 1 member shall be a representative of the
hydroelectric production community in the Deschutes River
Basin;
``(E) 1 member shall be a representative of 1 of the
Federal agencies with authority and responsibility in the
Deschutes River Basin;
``(F) 1 member shall be a representative of an agency of
the State of Oregon with authority and responsibility in the
Deschutes River Basin, such as--
``(i) the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife; or
``(ii) the Oregon Water Resources Department; and
``(G) 1 member shall be a representative of a unit of local
government in the Deschutes River Basin.''.

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(b) Reauthorization; Administrative Costs.--Section 301 of
the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-
208; 110 Stat. 3009-534; 122 Stat. 836) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``2016'' and inserting
``2032''; and
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ``5 percent'' and
inserting ``10 percent''; and
(2) in subsection (h), by striking ``2016'' and inserting
``2032''.
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