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In this Act: (1) Lower Yellowstone Fish Bypass Channel The term Lower Yellowstone Fish Bypass Channel means the 2.1-mile-long engineered fish passage channel constructed near Intake, Montana, designed to facilitate the migration of pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) and other native fish species around the Intake Diversion Dam located near Intake, Montana. (2) Lower Yellowstone Irrigation District The term Lower Yellowstone Irrigation District means the local, State-chartered water management entity responsible for operating and maintaining the irrigation components of the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project. (3) Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project The term Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project means the Federal irrigation system— (A) authorized in 1904 under the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093); and (B) operated in partnership with the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation District for agricultural water delivery. (4) Operations and maintenance The term operations and maintenance means all actions, costs, and labor necessary to operate, repair, upgrade, and maintain the Lower Yellowstone Fish Bypass Channel. (5) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation.