108 STAT. 4556
PUBLIC LAW 103-434—OCT. 31, 1994
(2) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
not more than $23,000,000 for the preparation of plans, investigation of measures, and following the Secretary certification that
such measures are consistent with the water conservation objectives
of this title, the implementation of system improvements to the
Wapato Irrigation Project. Funding for further improvements within
the Wapato Irrigation Project may be acquired under the Basin
Conservation Program or other sources identified by the Yakama
Indian Nation.
(3) Water savings resulting from irrigation system improvements shall be available for the use of the Yakama Indian Nation
for irrigation and other purposes on the reservation and for protection and enhancement of fish and wildlife within the Yakima River
basin. The conveyance of such water through irrigation facilities
other than the Wapato Irrigation Project shall be on a voluntary
basis and shall not further diminish the amount of water that
otherwise would have been delivered by an entity to its water
users in years of water proration.
(b) IRRIGATION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT APPROPRIATIONS,—
(1)(A) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary—
(i) at September 1990 prices, plus or minus such amounts
as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations of
applicable cost indexes, $8,500,000 for the design and construction of the Yakama Indian Reservation Irrigation Demonstration Project; and
(ii) such sums as may be necessary for the operation and
maintenance of the Irrigation Demonstration Project, including
funds for administration, training, equipment, materials, and
supplies for the period specified by the Secretary, which sums
are in addition to operation and maintenance funds for wildlife
and cultural purposes appropriated to the Secretary under other
authorization.
(B) Funds may not be made available under this subsection
until the Yakama Indian Nation obtains the concurrence of the
Secretary in the construction, management, and administrative
aspects of the Irrigation Demonstration Project.
(C) After the end of the period specified under subparagraph
(A)(ii), costs for the operation and maintenance of the Irrigation
Demonstration Project, including funds for administration, training,
equipment, materials, and supplies referred to in that subparagraph, shall be borne exclusively by the lands directly benefitting
from the Irrigation Demonstration Project.
(2) The Irrigation Demonstration Project shall provide for the
construction of distribution and on-farm irrigation facilities to use
all or a portion of the water savings, as determined by the Yakama
Indian Nation, resulting from the Wapato Irrigation Project system
improvements for—
(A) demonstrating cost-effective state of the art irrigation
water management and conservation,
(B) the training of tribal members in irrigation methods,
operation, and management, and
(C) upgrading existing hydroelectric facilities and construction of additional hydroelectric facilities on the reservation to
meet irrigation pumping power needs.
(c) ToppENisH CREEK CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENT PROJECT
APPROPRIATIONS.— There is hereby authorized to be appropriated
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