Definitions

In this Act: (1) Advance watershed analytics The term advance watershed analytics means the technical analysis that— (A) is conducted before providing funding for a watershed outcomes project; (B) identifies and quantifies the outcomes and costs of all potential qualifying activities across the watershed outcomes project; and (C) assesses how different groups of qualifying activities in the watershed outcomes project could efficiently maximize outcomes for the least cost. (2) Appropriate committees of Congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. (3) Eligible entity The term eligible entity includes— (A) a State, Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, irrigation district, or water district; (B) a State, regional, or local authority, the members of which include 1 or more organizations with water or power delivery authority; (C) any other organization with water or power delivery authority; and (D) any nongovernmental entity. (4) Pay-for-performance contract The term pay-for-performance contract means a contract to purchase verified outcomes produced by implemented qualifying activities in a watershed outcomes project at a negotiated price. (5) Qualifying activity The term qualifying activity means a conservation project carried out in a watershed identified through advance watershed analytics as having a high likelihood of cost-effectively achieving 1 or more outcomes if implement consistent with applicable performance standards made available under section 3(e)(4). (6) Reclamation State The term Reclamation State means— (A) a State or territory described in the first section of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093; 43 U.S.C. 391); (B) the State of Hawaii; (C) the State of Alaska; and (D) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (7) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation. (8) Watershed outcomes project The term watershed outcomes project means the overall watershed project managed by the watershed partner. (9) Watershed partner The term watershed partner means an eligible entity selected by the Secretary under section 3(a)(2) to carry out a watershed outcomes project.