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[H.R. 1607 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1607

                     One Hundred Eighteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four


                                 An Act


 
 To clarify jurisdiction with respect to certain Bureau of Reclamation 
           pumped storage development, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LAND WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION.
    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) Agreement.--The term ``Agreement'' means the agreement 
    between the United States and the Association dated September 6, 
    1917, as amended.
        (2) Association.--The term ``Association'' means the Salt River 
    Valley Water Users' Association.
        (3) Covered land.--The term ``covered land'' means the portion 
    of the National Forest System land located on the south side of the 
    Salt River from the March 9, 1903, 1-mile withdrawal area for the 
    Bureau of Reclamation purposes extending an additional 2 miles from 
    the Salt River at Roosevelt Dam to 18.25 river miles downstream, in 
    the State of Arizona, not including the Superstition Mountain 
    Wilderness Area and the Tonto National Monument, as depicted on the 
    Map.
        (4) District.--The term ``District'' means the Salt River 
    Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District.
        (5) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map prepared under 
    subsection (e)(1).
        (6) SRP.--The term ``SRP'' means--
            (A) the District; and
            (B) the Association.
    (b) Reservation of Covered Land.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
the covered land is reserved to the United States, through the 
Secretary of the Interior, for the exclusive right to use the covered 
land and interests in the covered land for the development, generation, 
and transmission of electrical power and energy for the use and benefit 
of the Salt River Federal Reclamation Project pursuant to the 
Agreement.
    (c) Withdrawal of Covered Land.--The covered land is permanently 
withdrawn from--
        (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the 
    public land laws;
        (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
        (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and 
    geothermal leasing laws.
    (d) Facilities.--With respect to facilities constructed by SRP on 
the covered land for the development, generation, and transmission of 
electrical power and energy--
        (1) the design and specifications shall conform to Bureau of 
    Reclamation standards, and final designs shall be subject to review 
    and approval by the Secretary of the Interior;
        (2) all construction work shall be subject to inspection and 
    approval by the Secretary of the Interior;
        (3) upon a determination of substantial completion of such 
    facilities, the Secretary of the Interior shall accept title on 
    behalf of the United States as part of the Salt River Federal 
    Reclamation Project pursuant to--
            (A) section 6 of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 389, 
        chapter 1093; 43 U.S.C. 498); and
            (B) the Agreement; and
        (4) SRP shall be responsible for the care, operation, and 
    maintenance pursuant to the Agreement.
    (e) Map.--
        (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
    enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare a 
    map depicting the boundary of the covered land.
        (2) Availability.--The Map shall be on file and available for 
    public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest Service 
    and the Bureau of Reclamation.
    (f) Management of Covered Land.--Management of the covered lands 
shall be in accordance with the Management Memorandum among the 
District, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, and 
the Bureau of Reclamation, dated April 27, 1979, as amended.
    (g) Relation to Other Law.--
        (1) Compliance with environmental laws.--The Secretary of the 
    Interior is directed to carry out all necessary environmental 
    compliance under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
    U.S.C. 4321, et seq.), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
    U.S.C. 1531, et seq.), and all other applicable environmental laws 
    and regulations, prior to construction of facilities on the covered 
    land for the development, generation, and transmission of 
    electrical power and energy.
        (2) Lead agency.--The Bureau of Reclamation shall be the lead 
    agency with respect to environmental compliance.
        (3) Withdrawal not major federal action.--The withdrawal of the 
    covered land shall not constitute a major Federal action under the 
    National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321, et 
    seq.).
        (4) Antideficiency.--The United States shall not be liable for 
    failure to carry out any obligation or activity authorized to be 
    carried out under this title (including any such obligation or 
    activity under the Agreement) if adequate appropriations are not 
    provided by Congress expressly to carry out the purposes of this 
    Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.