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 110 STAT. 4226 PUBLIC LAW 104-333 —NOV. 12, 1996 life restoration and conservation plans, including but not limited to plans developed by the Task Force and the Compact Commission. Notification. (2) To the greatest extent practicable, the Working Group shall provide notice to, and accept input from, two members each of the Task Force, the Trinity Task Force, and the Compact Commission, so appointed by those entities, for the express purpose of facilitating better communication and coordination regarding additional basin-wide fish and wildlife and ecosystem restoration and planning efforts. The roles and relationships of the entities involved shall be clarified in the cooperative agreement. (d) PUBLIC MEETINGS.— The Working Group shall conduct all meetings subject to Federal open meeting and public participation laws. The chartering requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) are hereby deemed to have been met by this section. (e) TERMS AND VACANCIES. —Working Group Members shall serve for three-year terms, beginning on the date of enactment of this title. Vacancies which occur for any reason after the date of enactment of this title shall be filled by direct appointment of the Governor of the State of Oregon, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, in accordance with nominations from the appropriate groups, interests, and government agencies outlined in subsection (a)(2). (f) RIGHTS, DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES UNAFFECTED. —The Working Group will supplement, rather than replace, existing efforts to manage the natural resources of the IQamath Basin. Nothing in this section affects any legal right, duty or authority of any person or agency, including any member of the Working Group. (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2002. SEC. 1025. DESCHUTES BASIN ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PROJECTS. (a) DEFINITIONS. —In this section: (1) WORKING GROUP. —The term "Working Group" means the Deschutes River Basin Working Group established before the date of enactment of this title, consisting of members nominated by their represented groups, including— (A) five representatives of private interests including one each from hydroelectric production, livestock grazing, timber, land development, and recreation/tourism; (B) four representatives of private interests including two each from irrigated agriculture and the environmental community; (C) two representatives from the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; (D) two representatives from Federal agencies with authority and responsibility in the Deschutes River Basin, including one from the Department of the Interior and one from the Agriculture Department; (E) two representatives from the State of Oregon agencies with authority and responsibility in the Deschutes River Basin, including one from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and one from the Oregon Water Resources Department; and

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