113 HR 3964 PCS: Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act
U.S. House of Representatives
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Central Valley Project Water Reliability
Sec. 101. Amendment to purposes.
Sec. 102. Amendment to definition.
Sec. 103. Contracts.
Sec. 104. Water transfers, improved water management, and conservation.
Sec. 105. Fish, wildlife, and habitat restoration.
Sec. 106. Restoration fund.
Sec. 107. Additional authorities.
Sec. 108. Bay-Delta Accord.
Sec. 109. Natural and artificially spawned species.
Sec. 110. Authorized service area.
Sec. 111. Regulatory streamlining.
Sec. 112. Warren Act contracts.
Sec. 113. Additional Warren Act contracts.
Sec. 114. Pilot Program to Protect Native Anadromous Fish in the Stanislaus River.
Sec. 115. San Luis Reservoir.
Title II—San Joaquin River restoration
Sec. 201. Repeal of the San Joaquin River settlement.
Sec. 202. Purpose.
Sec. 203. Definitions.
Sec. 204. Implementation of restoration.
Sec. 205. Disposal of property; title to facilities.
Sec. 206. Compliance with applicable law.
Sec. 207. Compliance with Central Valley Project Improvement Act.
Sec. 208. No private right of action.
Sec. 209. Implementation.
Sec. 210. Repayment contracts and acceleration of repayment of construction costs.
Sec. 211. Repeal.
Sec. 212. Water supply mitigation.
Sec. 213. Additional Authorities.
Title III—Repayment contracts and acceleration of repayment of construction costs
Sec. 301. Repayment contracts and acceleration of repayment of construction costs.
Title IV—Bay-Delta Watershed water rights preservation and protection
Sec. 401. Water rights and area-of-origin protections.
Sec. 402. Sacramento River settlement contracts.
Sec. 403. Sacramento River Watershed Water Service Contractors.
Sec. 404. No redirected adverse impacts.
Title V—Miscellaneous
Sec. 501. Precedent.
Sec. 502. No effect on Proclamation of State of Emergency.
Sec. 503. Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
Sec. 504. Fisheries disaster declaration.
<enum>I</enum><header>Central Valley Project Water Reliability</header>
<section id="H75BC74762CCE483EBD68268C2E860B29"><enum>101.</enum><header>Amendment to purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3402 of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4706) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7B102F16B613473D9229B6FCCE34CE65"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking the period at the end; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB25FD0B75A6243B5A3EEEA6AA771FE2B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HED602714A2404A58B73FACDFDA167143" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H61730A2B88394C8386199F2DEB8743E0"><enum>(g)</enum><text>to ensure that water dedicated to fish and wildlife purposes by this title is replaced and provided
to Central Valley Project water contractors by December 31, 2018, at the
lowest cost reasonably achievable; and</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H15419B1414F34C439AA0732B4BA3165A"><enum>(h)</enum><text>to facilitate and expedite water transfers in accordance with this Act.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HE83A77CC1B1541ADB7664577286966C4"><enum>102.</enum><header>Amendment to definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3403 of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4707) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2685A15BB2644CE49494F7F708DC1B92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7D8B875F4F3A444CB27B9056739FE463" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF623E54F747343C3A5BB28572F4667D7"><enum>(a)</enum><text>the term <term>anadromous fish</term> means those native stocks of salmon (including steelhead) and sturgeon that, as of October 30,
1992, were present in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their
tributaries and ascend those rivers and their tributaries to reproduce
after maturing in San Francisco Bay or the Pacific Ocean;</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6588EF40BB4244478452529476775D10"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (l), by striking <quote>and,</quote></text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA10435E38F7E42D4807CE9C0306BE3EB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (m), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H922ECA070E5C40C69763584FD5691814"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8FAAE232DB46442DAA9EACD51B95C45C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H49E8EFF54520464B831765338E6CB6C6"><enum>(n)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>reasonable flows</term> means water flows capable of being maintained taking into account competing consumptive uses of
water and economic, environmental, and social factors.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H428B209987C84442AE5F576A62097D1C"><enum>103.</enum><header>Contracts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3404 of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4708) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H526F4A1BB6CF43E5ADD929444F24ACC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Limitation on contracting and contract reform</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Contracts</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A8CAAB9D5EC4E4F9847264943239171"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the language of the section and by adding:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBB7B7869D416423DBCA9F53476C91865" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H3EFD1169AB0D4568B3F261170BB97CD2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Renewal of existing long-Term contracts</header><text>Upon request of the contractor, the Secretary shall renew any existing long-term repayment or water
service contract that provides for the delivery of water from the Central
Valley Project for a period of 40 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D97407BBD2646028EE6DC879BA2A1E1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration of Contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as expressly provided by this Act, any existing long-term repayment or water service
contract for the delivery of water from the Central Valley Project shall
be administered pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 483).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H126E8CAADCF3456E8F2BB76E27797A6F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Delivery charge</header><text>Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, a contract entered into or renewed pursuant to
this section shall include a provision that requires the Secretary to
charge the other party to such contract only for water actually delivered
by the Secretary.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4131F82022184793ABBC43E41B1E8659"><enum>104.</enum><header>Water transfers, improved water management, and conservation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3405 of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4709) is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H2DE69517188D4FA395B3796CB4F41269"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9C285B5AFBA44465A25B00186D6C564E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting before <quote>Except as provided herein</quote> the following: <quote>The Secretary shall take all necessary actions to facilitate and expedite transfers of Central
Valley Project water in accordance with this Act or any other provision of
Federal reclamation law and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H263C9B9862694B9486AA07CA8F8CF701"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>to combination</quote> and inserting <quote>or combination</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE393294F77AE4241A82C097FEA61028E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H168245EA65894AEE9C9C431107CBF60A" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H8809FBB4B1C347329A0DD26DFE084F01"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The contracting district from which the water is coming, the agency, or the Secretary shall
determine if a written transfer proposal is complete within 45 days after
the date of submission of such proposal. If such district or agency or the
Secretary determines that such proposal is incomplete, such district or
agency or the Secretary shall state with specificity what must be added to
or revised in order for such proposal to be complete.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27D153AF25684F858055E2C4B2794560"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Except as provided in this section, the Secretary shall not impose mitigation or other requirements
on a proposed transfer, but the contracting district from which the water
is coming or the agency shall retain all authority under State law to
approve or condition a proposed transfer.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEB0048E96264004B45028BFA6369F02"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC51D67E33CAE4F148960EF288F438A0C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB2E907D857984B2DB00F77240B47A361"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal reclamation law—</text>
<subparagraph id="H05088587A404429AA33E76F1985CD35D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the authority to make transfers or exchanges of, or banking or recharge arrangements using, Central
Valley Project water that could have been conducted before October 30,
1992, is valid, and such transfers, exchanges, or arrangements shall not
be subject to, limited, or conditioned by this title; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12CE964D64A64AE08F466E2274761B4E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>this title shall not supersede or revoke the authority to transfer, exchange, bank, or recharge
Central Valley Project water that existed prior to October 30, 1992.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H74B60E63C5C043E6B718DEB73577B532"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3A1ECCD408B940498EC87EEFCA7BEDB5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">METERING</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">MEASUREMENT</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F41F3E2082A4CA99243DC340D59846F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after the first sentence the following: <quote>The contracting district or agency, not including contracting districts serving multiple agencies
with separate governing boards, shall ensure that all contractor-owned
water delivery systems within its boundaries measure surface water at the
district or agency’s facilities up to the point the surface water is
commingled with other water supplies.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H05D04A34DEE94A8DAF2032588DC6CC3A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>By striking subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDAF27CF9329640FBAC25D52125E595B1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>By redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H908EB211410A497098911B7175E0CB49"><enum>(5)</enum><text>By amending subsection (e)(as redesignated by paragraph (4))—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB27C17E74169454FAF373E18C2A2C6A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>as a result of the increased repayment</quote> and inserting <quote>that exceed the cost-of-service</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD284C98EFC8242DDB7DEF2CB78C3372B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>the delivery of </quote> after <quote>rates applicable to</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A541FD3E3B24D8B89620E8607455DA3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, and all increased revenues received by the Secretary as a result of the increased water prices
established under subsection 3405(d) of this section,</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H6C302A7E646D4485857E5A0CFB8189F8"><enum>105.</enum><header>Fish, wildlife, and habitat restoration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3406 of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4714) is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H750FF1FC70CE4B329CDDCB27ABE0EC89"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCA8F925833704C75BAAABE5F6ACFA3FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)—</text>
<clause id="HFBA1C8E09ED04512B22E33D8B2530744"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>is authorized and directed to</quote> and inserting <quote>may</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3EE0F79AF1174989B4C9618F2BBC528C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>reasonable water</quote> after <quote>to provide</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H04BF0381E30F466FAB54C4F2EE18010E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>anadromous fish, except that such</quote> and inserting <quote>anadromous fish. Such</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H968255CC51374550BA12E6282CB0959B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Instream flow</quote> and inserting <quote>Reasonable instream flow</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H69D32AA513D348A8ADE255900C5923F5"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and the National Marine Fisheries Service</quote> after <quote>United States Fish and Wildlife Service</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H25E80D3255BF476B8F6601B0A535D465"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>by striking <quote>California Department of Fish and Game</quote> and inserting <quote>United States Geological Survey</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6477FAC553040618179DC622CCA2BE5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H9714C0529A744B15B7C89347808BB8BC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>primary purpose</quote> and inserting <quote>purposes</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H11CE1A5F7AAF42D1B0DCDF124B4C9FCE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>but not limited to</quote> before <quote>additional obligations</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7015B3DBBE38481481EC599646368067"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding after the period the following: <quote>All Central Valley Project water used for the purposes specified in this paragraph shall be
credited to the quantity of Central Valley Project yield dedicated and
managed under this paragraph by determining how the dedication and
management of such water would affect the delivery capability of the
Central Valley Project during the 1928 to 1934 drought period after
fishery, water quality, and other flow and operational requirements
imposed by terms and conditions existing in licenses, permits, and other
agreements pertaining to the Central Valley Project under applicable State
or Federal law existing on October 30, 1992, have been met. To the fullest
extent possible and in accordance with section 3411, Central Valley
Project water dedicated and managed pursuant to this paragraph shall be
reused to fulfill the Secretary’s remaining contractual obligations to
provide Central Valley Project water for agricultural or municipal and
industrial purposes.</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6673CA972F347FD8DE55AEF9A8E72EA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2)(C) to read:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1B6A03FBD3204197B1239A1CD5F984A1" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HAAAAA5F16E33489D8C6FA2AC1163219F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>If by March 15th of any year the quantity of Central Valley Project water forecasted to be made
available to water service or repayment contractors in the Delta Division
of the Central Valley Project is below 75 percent of the total quantity of
water to be made available under said contracts, the quantity of Central
Valley Project yield dedicated and managed for that year under this
paragraph shall be reduced by 25 percent.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF8E29D1B83F44D9196C5A20A2E026977"><enum>(2)</enum><text>By adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2C9C3033F8224751AFFA8751329C0396" style="OLC">
<clause id="HD7C0B5FBDFEC4A2EB53AB74974AE579F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Satisfaction of purposes</header><text>By pursuing the activities described in this section, the Secretary shall be deemed to have met the
mitigation, protection, restoration, and enhancement purposes of this
title.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H1BA138D91BD64EB2A16B3ED354B90F42"><enum>106.</enum><header>Restoration fund</header>
<subsection id="H68F4DD071F274A33878067FC992CF166"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3407(a) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4726) is amended as
follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H527A2C336E704D29A002A380D37DEDED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>By inserting <quote>(1) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">In General</header-in-text>.—</quote> before <quote>There is hereby</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E49B4326C334B4883B108AAEF8A066F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>By striking <quote>Not less than 67 percent</quote> and all that follows through <quote>Monies</quote> and inserting <quote>Monies</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2FFA23CC69804430A8C3806AF1295926"><enum>(3)</enum><text>By adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8AB59A0B378F4BF18E617E400C77F2D7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idCA68DD8E64F14EE6B923EA5D98779222" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibitions</header><text>The Secretary may not directly or indirectly require a donation or other payment to the Restoration
Fund—</text><subparagraph id="id8A4F1E5CA69447F0A0FE1190A54488BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>or environmental restoration or mitigation fees not otherwise provided by law, as a condition to—</text><clause id="id3B1172AE15D74AAF9E9E7182E6E964B3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>providing for the storage or conveyance of non-Central Valley Project water pursuant to Federal
reclamation laws; or</text></clause><clause id="id50127CB779494A9B8CF6BDE54AED019F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the delivery of water pursuant to section 215 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/97/293">Public Law 97–293</external-xref>; 96 Stat. 1270); or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC19E78F5428944E3B473B72520036404"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for any water that is delivered with the sole intent of groundwater recharge.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H381E47F2DB0842948118307ED1004F98"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certain payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3407(c)(1) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H29763A1D37064869AB9B5EB4B69E70D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>mitigation and restoration</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54A18AFCD0A64328AFC777050EA09CE6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>provided for or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H439B9153FAC5412D94B9797C07087C50"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of fish, wildlife</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting <quote>of carrying out all activities described in this title.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H96CFABA0452C48EEB2EEFF936C2682D3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Adjustment and Assessment of Mitigation and Restoration Payments</header><text>Section 3407(d)(2) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act is amended by inserting <quote>, or after October 1, 2015, $4 per megawatt-hour for Central Valley Project power sold to power
contractors (October 2015 price levels)</quote> after <quote>$12 per acre-foot (October 1992 price levels) for municipal and industrial water sold and delivered
by the Central Valley Project</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H24FAAF716BCC4E718F14715031CF93F9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Completion of actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3407(d)(2)(A) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act is amended by inserting <quote>no later than December 31, 2020,</quote> after <quote>That upon the completion of the fish, wildlife, and habitat mitigation and restoration actions
mandated under section 3406 of this title,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDF1CB79880BF486B811759BE28A657A9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report; advisory board</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3407 of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4714) is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9D04A07D4F34D26A2D3D9339040CE7D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6155EE40CA5143BBA24618A6ED4DC415"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report on expenditure of funds</header><text>At the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary, in consultation with the Restoration Fund Advisory
Board, shall submit to Congress a plan for the expenditure of all of the
funds deposited into the Restoration Fund during the preceding fiscal
year. Such plan shall contain a cost-effectiveness analysis of each
expenditure.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6BE0E963B9434A63BA20FDF541B38CB9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Advisory board</header>
<paragraph id="HB6F1BCFC0EE745C9BA40AEB8954A85C9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is hereby established the Restoration Fund Advisory Board (hereinafter in this section
referred to as the <quote>Advisory Board</quote>) composed of 12 members selected by the Secretary, each for four-year terms, one of whom shall be
designated by the Secretary as Chairman. The members shall be selected so
as to represent the various Central Valley Project stakeholders, four of
whom shall be from CVP agricultural users, three from CVP municipal and
industrial users, three from CVP power contractors, and two at the
discretion of the Secretary. The Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce
may each designate a representative to act as an observer of the Advisory
Board.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB790670D42964D30A29E112BC3F83269"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The duties of the Advisory Board are as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H6238E4ADDAC749819510CE08FC519374"><enum>(A)</enum><text>To meet at least semiannually to develop and make recommendations to the Secretary regarding
priorities and spending levels on projects and programs carried out
pursuant to the Central Valley Project Improvement Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H854A3D93B34749B096288B625D047134"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To ensure that any advice or recommendation made by the Advisory Board to the Secretary reflect the
independent judgment of the Advisory Board.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98D7FB4342034538AEBA6479DFB91B79"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Not later than December 31, 2015, and annually thereafter, to transmit to the Secretary and
Congress recommendations required under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A53CB0AC3BD4D6CB82802BB1262DFD4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than December 31, 2015, and biennially thereafter, to transmit to Congress a report that
details the progress made in achieving the actions mandated under section
3406 of this title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6C366D5881CC46EAB87D2C61AD403501"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>With the consent of the appropriate agency head, the Advisory Board may use the facilities and
services of any Federal agency.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HFCC6AAE891B44D8A88EB717CF346B71B"><enum>107.</enum><header>Additional authorities</header>
<subsection id="H5E0296DD8E864B358A274FCF85CB8A48"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority for certain activities</header><text>Section 3408(c) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4728) is amended to read
as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3E14432F9BA345CE9B23A6B0E1FDC9A7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HEFB53854D9C24BE58F0BFA6AED4C91A7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contracts for additional storage and delivery of water</header>
<paragraph id="H202B175AFE334CEF92BA82F2D09D8E12"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts pursuant to Federal reclamation law and this
title with any Federal agency, California water user or water agency,
State agency, or private organization for the exchange, impoundment,
storage, carriage, and delivery of nonproject water for domestic,
municipal, industrial, fish and wildlife, and any other beneficial
purpose.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H663FA35E9DB34C548822888094F43FD3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to supersede the provisions of section 103 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/546">Public Law 99–546</external-xref> (100 Stat. 3051).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB0DCCBCE589D4C6C8AD41B88555F11FA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authority for certain activities</header><text>The Secretary shall use the authority granted by this subsection in connection with requests to
exchange, impound, store, carry, or deliver nonproject water using Central
Valley Project facilities for any beneficial purpose.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H285EB8559FC44835A2A20AEA23E97B5B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Rates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall develop rates not to exceed the amount required to recover the reasonable costs
incurred by the Secretary in connection with a beneficial purpose under
this subsection. Such rates shall be charged to a party using Central
Valley Project facilities for such purpose. Such costs shall not include
any donation or other payment to the Restoration Fund.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H63CA6DD8ED8E45C29B45D5A2BC75B2EF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>This subsection shall be construed and implemented to facilitate and encourage the use of Central
Valley Project facilities to exchange, impound, store, carry, or deliver
nonproject water for any beneficial purpose.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HB05F61DF68474A71A8AD8CB77E59B1C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header><text>Section 3408(f) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4729) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H53C00C70D71C40AA95A09D107CBA151A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries</quote> and inserting <quote>Natural Resources</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFDE07C0C7A9A4D7F973121ACE5281EA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, including progress on the plan required by subsection (j)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDE73D5F6F12342A988786CE4C4DFBFC6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>The filing and adequacy of such report shall be personally certified to the Committees referenced
above by the Regional Director of the Mid-Pacific Region of the Bureau of
Reclamation.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1D54C26B47CA4B828B1FC7FE75E17D40"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Project yield increase</header><text>Section 3408(j) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4730) is amended as
follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HEA50DD61227F4DB78BCC13DD63DB9151"><enum>(1)</enum><text>By redesignating paragraphs (1) through (7) as subparagraphs (A) through (G), respectively.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE87167DFC8AB497583A407BDA3BE485F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">By striking <quote>In order to minimize adverse effects, if any, upon</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">In general.—</header-in-text>In order to minimize adverse effects upon</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC31C1718732F4C9E9949B2539DFB002F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">By striking <quote>needs, the Secretary,</quote> and all that follows through <quote>submit to the Congress, a</quote> and inserting <quote>needs, the Secretary, on a priority basis and not later than September 30, 2015, shall submit to
Congress a</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H991919CD64D54C67BF2FCC11E53E80DA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>By striking <quote>increase,</quote> and all that follows through <quote>options:</quote> and inserting <quote>increase, as soon as possible but not later than September 30, 2018 (except for the construction of
new facilities which shall not be limited by that deadline), the water of
the Central Valley Project by the amount dedicated and managed for fish
and wildlife purposes under this title and otherwise required to meet the
purposes of the Central Valley Project including satisfying contractual
obligations. The plan required by this subsection shall include
recommendations on appropriate cost-sharing arrangements and authorizing
legislation or other measures needed to implement the intent, purposes,
and provisions of this subsection and a description of how the Secretary
intends to use the following options—</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDC643510BEA14E4F9C8DCABB8479F641"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>and construction of new water storage facilities</quote> before the semicolon.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB9424D2405D04A8E8474B70BFB1F7C88"><enum>(6)</enum><text>In subparagraph (F), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B51868C94D04E2298D2FFBE67B537F4"><enum>(7)</enum><text>In subparagraph (G), by striking the period and all that follows through the end of the subsection
and inserting <quote>; and</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1C6CAEF9AAE48F1BABD24ED5261DB58"><enum>(8)</enum><text>By inserting after subparagraph (G) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H534B2708E6F048B699E5197B72424ED1" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id3E28E37376E747F18DD3E66E5BBB78BD" indent="up1"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Water banking and recharge.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H065A62A2F8964E09A4B500BE4CE0C028"><enum>(9)</enum><text>By adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F5283AA429143ECB814CD3DBF8A70A4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H98DEFE030CB34A39897AFD7D74004200"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation of plan</header><text>The Secretary shall implement the plan required by paragraph (1) commencing on October 1, 2015. In
order to carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall coordinate with
the State of California in implementing measures for the long-term
resolution of problems in the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin
Delta Estuary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C65A33FB14C4CE09AE133A7A24827D5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Failure of the plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal reclamation law, if by September 30, 2018, the plan
required by paragraph (1) fails to increase the annual delivery capability
of the Central Valley Project by 800,000 acre-feet, implementation of any
non-mandatory action under section 3406(b)(2) shall be suspended until the
plan achieves an increase in the annual delivery capability of the Central
Valley Project by 800,000 acre-feet.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFD8DE69287F14650AF683A428C014B61"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical correction</header><text>Section 3408(h) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4729) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8E67310A90A94469861B2229F4F56CA9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>paragraph (h)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6B92792A0917453088AA81E5CBEAE8DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>paragraph (h)(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8154DB1ED81C42ADA921B52079F9377B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Water storage project construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, may partner or enter
into an agreement on the water storage projects identified in section
103(d)(1) of the Water Supply Reliability, and Environmental Improvement
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/361">Public Law 108–361</external-xref>)(and Acts supplemental and amendatory to the Act) with local joint powers authorities formed
pursuant to State law by irrigation districts and other local water
districts and local governments within the applicable hydrologic region,
to advance these projects. No additional Federal funds are authorized for
the activities authorized in sections 103(d)(1)(A)(i), 103(d)(1)(A)(ii),
and 103(d)(1)(A)(iii) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/361">Public Law 108–361</external-xref>. However, each water storage project under sections 103(d)(1)(A)(i), 103(d)(1)(A)(ii), and
103(d)(1)(A)(iii) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/361">Public Law 108–361</external-xref> is authorized for construction if non-Federal funds are used for financing and constructing the
project.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H94CD215C564446629DAC497E9EBFEC35"><enum>108.</enum><header>Bay-Delta Accord</header>
<subsection id="H3A8CEF0E1ACA4AF493CF9913427A14A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Congressional direction regarding central valley project and California state water project
operations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Central Valley Project and the State Water Project shall be operated pursuant to the water
quality standards and operational constraints described in the <quote>Principles for Agreement on the Bay-Delta Standards Between the State of California and the Federal
Government</quote> dated December 15, 1994, and such operations shall proceed without regard to the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>) or any other law pertaining to the operation of the Central Valley Project and the California
State Water Project. Implementation of this section shall be in strict
conformance with the <quote>Principles for Agreement on the Bay-Delta Standards Between the State of California and the Federal
Government</quote> dated December 15, 1994.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H03C393CDBDAD4EBCBD99912FBEF5C793"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application of laws to others</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Neither a Federal department nor the State of California, including any agency or board of the
State of California, shall impose on any water right obtained pursuant to
State law, including a pre-1914 appropriative right, any condition that
restricts the exercise of that water right in order to conserve, enhance,
recover or otherwise protect any species that is affected by operations of
the Central Valley Project or California State Water Project. Nor shall
the State of California, including any agency or board of the State of
California, restrict the exercise of any water right obtained pursuant to
State law, including a pre-1914 appropriative right, in order to protect,
enhance, or restore under the Public Trust Doctrine any public trust
value. Implementation of the <quote>Principles for Agreement on the Bay-Delta Standards Between the State of California and the Federal
Government</quote> dated December 15, 1994, shall be in strict compliance with the water rights priority system and
statutory protections for areas of origin.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0EDA5D11FC3D447CB296D1953DC4F19E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>No cost associated with the implementation of this section shall be imposed directly or indirectly
on any Central Valley Project contractor, or any other person or entity,
unless such costs are incurred on a voluntary basis.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0653F8D2D09C4E14806F1BCCA20DD5F5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Native species protection</header><text>California law is preempted with respect to any restriction on the quantity or size of nonnative
fish taken or harvested that preys upon one or more native fish species
that occupy the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries or
the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers Delta.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H20F57F85C6764CEE98EA26D60FD0507B"><enum>109.</enum><header>Natural and artificially spawned species</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">After the date of the enactment of this title, and regardless of the date of listing, the
Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce shall not distinguish between
natural-spawned and hatchery-spawned or otherwise artificially propagated
strains of a species in making any determination under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>) that relates to any anadromous fish species present in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers or
their tributaries and ascend those rivers and their tributaries to
reproduce after maturing in San Francisco Bay or the Pacific Ocean.</text>
</section><section id="H3A60813078A7494DB2298A0201BEC704"><enum>110.</enum><header>Authorized service area</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The authorized service area of the Central Valley Project shall include the area within the
boundaries of the Kettleman City Community Services District, California,
as those boundaries exist on the date of the enactment of this title.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of October 30, 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</external-xref>, 106 Stat. 4600 et seq.), upon enactment of this title, the Secretary is authorized and directed
to enter into a long-term contract in accordance with the reclamation laws
with the Kettleman City Community Services District, California, for the
delivery of up to 900 acre-feet of Central Valley Project water for
municipal and industrial use. The Secretary may temporarily reduce
deliveries of the quantity of water made available pursuant to up to 25
percent of such total whenever reductions due to hydrologic circumstances
are imposed upon agricultural deliveries of Central Valley Project water.
If any additional infrastructure or related-costs are needed to implement
this section, such costs shall be the responsibility of the non-Federal
entity.</text>
</section><section id="H5B38CA526647469EAA753625FEF05E6E"><enum>111.</enum><header>Regulatory streamlining</header>
<subsection id="H124ADA6661FE4A9E9E4ED14D9275DE97"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Applicability of certain laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Filing of a Notice of Determination or a Notice of Exemption for any project, including the
issuance of a permit under State law, related to any project of the CVP or
the delivery of water therefrom in accordance with the California
Environmental Quality Act shall be deemed to meet the requirements of
section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Protection Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)</external-xref>) for that project or permit.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB3B933DC838B4561AA1C3DF57FE50A05"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Continuation of project</header><text>The Bureau of Reclamation shall not be required to cease or modify any major Federal action or
other activity related to any project of the CVP or the delivery of water
there from pending completion of judicial review of any determination made
under the National Environmental Protection Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7284F55227CB4C96B30DB0738779855B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Project defined</header><text>For the purposes of this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H7C0980FE746C4D6E885023C13C46CC50"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cvp</header><text>The term <term>CVP</term> means the Central Valley Project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A3351AEAABB49D9AA5179DAA4C6D7B0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project</header><text>The term <term>project</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA5821079C71247799841E2F1A2304394"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means an activity that—</text>
<clause id="H45D4A14C7C71449C9B203F29BFA6C1AA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is undertaken by a public agency, funded by a public agency, or that requires an issuance of a
permit by a public agency;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8454B485FE924471815D49330D508D23"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has a potential to result in physical change to the environment; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4E461976E5434EBFB6CCEB8413CA828D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>may be subject to several discretionary approvals by governmental agencies;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF76FD467A87A4EB2847FE7EABA2E1842"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may include construction activities, clearing or grading of land, improvements to existing
structures, and activities or equipment involving the issuance of a
permit; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB46FF24FDCB74FCAB996F3FE1409C88C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>as defined under the California Environmental Quality Act in section 21065 of the California Public
Resource Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2B76DE853F434356AC325296346CA345"><enum>112.</enum><header>Warren Act contracts</header>
<subsection id="HCD79E64D88354F329094EC90145E58A6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior
shall offer to the Oakdale Irrigation District and the South San Joaquin
Irrigation District (hereafter in this section referred to as the
‘‘districts’’) a contract enabling the districts to collectively impound
and store up to 200,000 acre-feet of their Stanislaus River water rights
in the New Melones Reservoir in accordance with the terms and conditions
of sections 1 through 3 of the Act of February 21, 1911 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/523">43 U.S.C. 523–525</external-xref>; commonly known as the <quote>Warren Act</quote>); provided that before offering any such contract, the Secretary has determined that the amount of
water to be impounded and stored under the contract will not directly or
indirectly result in any redirected adverse water supply or fiscal impacts
to any Central Valley Project contractor related to the Secretary’s
operation of the Central Valley Project to meet legal obligations imposed
by or through any State or Federal agency, including but not limited to
those legal obligations emanating from the Endangered Species Act of 1973
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531</external-xref>, et seq.), the Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251</external-xref>, et seq., commonly known as the “Clean Water Act” pursuant to the 1977 amendments, <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/95/217">Public Law 95–217</external-xref>), and the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Cal. Water Code 13000, et seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD7E06539CCCA43EF86A75A4A631ACFAC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms and conditions of any contract entered into under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H5447EA3C1F9E421EB420928B426DF770"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be for a term of not less than 10 years; and (2) expressly provide that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H595C054452024BD0BCE09F1214499197"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the districts may use any water impounded and stored in the New Melones Reservoir for any legal
purpose under California law, including use within the boundaries of
either district, transfer to and reasonable and beneficial use by a person
or entity not located within the boundaries of either district, and for
instream use in the Stanislaus River, the San Joaquin River, or the
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H426DEFAB66784346B33126A32B5E5853"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any water impounded and stored by either district shall not be released or withdrawn if the end of
month September storage level for New Melones Reservoir is projected to be
equal to or below 300,000 acre-feet, but in such event the impounded and
stored water shall be retained in the New Melones Reservoir for use by the
districts in the following year, subject to the same 300,000 acre-foot
minimum storage requirement, and without additional payment being
required.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4F44242B6D6B424FB74C10BDBE7B951A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conservation account</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any water impounded and stored in the New Melones Reservoir by either district under the contract
shall not be considered or accounted as water placed in the districts’
conservation account, as that account is defined and explained in the
August 30, 1988 Stipulation and Agreement entered into by and between the
Bureau of Reclamation and the districts.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7E9F0D932D484EB49EE7D95DCA605F02"><enum>113.</enum><header>Additional Warren Act contracts</header>
<subsection id="H518B075367C14DA3A3686E581AF8EAAA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>) In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior
shall develop and offer to the Calaveras County Water District (hereafter
in this section referred to as the <quote>CCWD</quote>) a contract enabling the CCWD to impound and store up to 100,000 acre-feet of their Stanislaus
River water rights in the New Melones Reservoir in accordance with the
terms and conditions of sections 1 through 3 of the Act of February 21,
1911 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/523">43 U.S.C. 523–525</external-xref>; commonly known as the <quote>Warren Act</quote>). This stored water may be obtained for use by CCWD at a point, or points determined convenient to
the District.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H92E2A4BEF7D54B65A5F69FB90C6EDE29"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Terms and Conditions</header><text>The terms and conditions of any contract entered into under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC83A436D46184E21B56B10AF4763DEC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be for a term of not less than 10 years; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H62891AC15C704F34A6BBA41FD2623D41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expressly provide that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H92ADFD3C0F6B4D7393B2C3AE1E4E2B50"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the CCWD may use any water impounded and stored in the New Melones Reservoir for any legal purpose
under California law, including use within the boundaries of the CCWD,
transfer to and reasonable and beneficial use by a person or entity not
located within the boundaries of CCWD, and for instream use in the
Stanislaus River, the San Joaquin River, or the Sacramento-San Joaquin
River Delta; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBFBA62B2291B490DB7D972B59569254E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any water impounded and stored by either district shall not be released or withdrawn if the end of
month September storage level for New Melones Reservoir is projected to be
equal to or below 300,000 acre-feet, but in such event the impounded and
stored water shall be retained in the New Melones Reservoir for use by the
districts in the following year, subject to the same 300,000 acre-foot
minimum storage requirement, and without additional payment being
required.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4880FA4FC731410087D168E7A1CCF338"><enum>114.</enum><header>Pilot Program to Protect Native Anadromous Fish in the Stanislaus River</header>
<subsection id="H6D8CD6A58F384D6BB3B6B74792DF9E67"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of non-native predator fish removal program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner and districts, in consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service, the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the California Department of
Fish and Wildlife, shall jointly develop and conduct a pilot non-native
predator fish removal program to remove non-native striped bass,
smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, black bass, and other non-native
predator fishes from the Stanislaus River. The pilot program shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HAE54BA51A3804387AB65769E77CC64A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be scientifically based;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H28493F19FE3742A0AF0BF93B38F3225F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include methods to quantify the number and size of predator fishes removed each year, the impact of
such removal on the overall abundance of predator fishes, and the impact
of such removal on the populations of juvenile anadromous fish found in
the Stanislaus River by, among other things, evaluating the number of
juvenile anadromous fish that migrate past the rotary screw trap located
at Caswell;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7CBBFB7F15DE430E9F3DC8F2BA6E0A1D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use wire fyke trapping, portable resistance board weirs, and boat electrofishing, which are the
most effective predator collection techniques that minimize affects to
native anadromous fish;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H17F80689809B4E3F9632331B4A9059DF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>be developed, including the application for all necessary scientific research and species
enhancement permits under section 10(a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1539">16 U.S.C. 1539(a)(1)</external-xref>), for the performance of the pilot program, not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A9F282EA9474A1E8360C1F99C939699"><enum>(5)</enum><text>be implemented on the first business day of the calendar year following the issuance of all
necessary scientific research and species enhancement permits needed to
begin the pilot program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA29CCF853B4842EBAD09C8104586B9E6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>be implemented for a period of seven consecutive calendar years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3CF365206E8B45B7BC68FEB3AF86337E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Management</header><text>The management of the pilot program shall be the joint responsibility of the Commissioner and the
districts. Such parties shall work collaboratively to insure the
performance of the pilot program, and shall discuss and agree upon, among
other things, changes in the structure, management, personnel, techniques,
strategy, data collection, reporting and conduct of the pilot program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2137135258224FB9B0AADCCA12E9D38E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conduct</header>
<paragraph id="HDBC2A3F26C8D4BBA8F2655CA6B3808AA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In General</header><text>At the election of the districts, the pilot program may be conducted by their own personnel,
qualified private contractors hired by the districts, personnel of, on
loan to, or otherwise assigned to the Bureau of Reclamation, or a
combination thereof.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C0E9B1E316347E2847DE5F1F83AEBFC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Participation By the Bureau of Reclamation</header><text>In the event the districts elect to conduct the program using their own personnel or qualified
private contractors hired by them, the Commissioner has the option to
assign an employee of, on loan to, or otherwise assigned to the Bureau of
Reclamation, to be present for all activities performed in the field. Such
presence shall insure compliance with the agreed upon elements specified
in subsection (b). The districts shall pay 100 percent of the cost of such
participation as specified in subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC86579C260EB4C47B53E1888DBBFB47A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Timing of Election</header><text>The districts shall notify the Commissioner of their election on or before October 15 of each
calendar year of the pilot program, which election shall apply to the work
performed in the subsequent calendar year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4CA68A8FD2A742338D48BAC79DA3CEC4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="H2F02D19E254144458A0C841F2A4DE1D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual funding</header><text>The districts shall be responsible for 100 percent of the cost of the pilot program. On or before
December 1 of each year of the pilot program, the Commissioner shall
submit to the districts an estimate of the cost to be incurred by the
Bureau of Reclamation in the following calendar year, if any, including
the cost of any data collection and posting under subsection (e). If an
amount equal to the estimate is not provided to the reclamation fund
identified in section 3 of the Act of February 21, 1911 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/525">43 U.S.C. 525</external-xref>), or any other fund as directed by the Commissioner, by the districts on or before December 31 of
each year, (a) the Bureau of Reclamation shall have no obligation to
conduct the pilot program activities otherwise scheduled, and (b) the
districts shall be prohibited from conducting any aspect of the pilot
program, until full payment is made by the districts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF99D332E47E64357B5EAA18882E36A96"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Accounting</header><text>On or before September 1 of each calendar year, the Commissioner shall provide an accounting of the
prior calendar year’s expenses to the districts. If the estimate paid by
the districts was less than the actual costs incurred by the Bureau of
Reclamation, the districts shall have until September 30 of that calendar
year to pay the difference to the reclamation fund. If the estimate paid
by the districts was greater than the actual costs incurred by the Bureau
of Reclamation, then a credit shall be provided to the districts, which
shall be deducted from the estimate payment the districts must make for
the work performed by the Bureau of Reclamation, if any, in the next
calendar year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H13700057D97B4DA9924B9CB934194A20"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting and evaluation</header>
<paragraph id="HBEDD7E87CED641D6AFAF94D4D175EFD0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On or before the 15th day of each month, the Commissioner shall post on the website of the Bureau
of Reclamation a tabular summary of the raw data collected in the prior
month.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H452E17E1EE55475092A48DD9B62F3C68"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On or before June 30 of the calendar year following the completion of the program, the Commissioner
and districts shall jointly publish a peer reviewed report that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H020D0107A5D34E0CAE35FBCCFC4FE688"><enum>(A)</enum><text>discusses the findings and conclusions of the pilot program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC489F90DFB90473DB524D594773DA104"><enum>(B)</enum><text>synthesizes the data collected under paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E75FD60115A41D798905C85B4C59363"><enum>(C)</enum><text>makes recommendations for further study and action.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4B3E9C2589A34782B998F9E8902F997F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Permits process</header>
<paragraph id="H2008EEDB3EA14CBC8FD9B9C1BDEA4840"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than 180 days after filing of an application by the Commissioner and the districts, the
Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, or both, as
appropriate, shall issue all necessary scientific research and species
enhancement permits under section 10(a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act
(16 U.S.C. 153(9)(a)(1)), for the performance of the pilot program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49777FE0953C4B129A761DCB3F8057FA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any permit application that is not approved by the Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of
Commerce, or both, as appropriate, for any reason, within 180 days after
receiving the application, shall be deemed approved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BA96A38385C4E2C85CA3F7DEF4D436C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>All permits issued shall be in the name of the Bureau of Reclamation and the districts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69E38B800C354632A88D18B8E82AB7C8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Districts may delegate the authority to administer the permit authority to any qualified private
contractor retained in accordance with subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1DB3B2EA87C14FF5888A884F11E7B7ED"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The pilot program, including amendments thereto by the appropriate Federal and State agencies,
shall constitute a conservation plan that complies with the requirements
of section 10(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1539">16 U.S.C. 1539(a)(2)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF368A7D71DFC40908BA1B01C6B63A28E"><enum>(g)</enum><header>NEPA</header><text>Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)</external-xref>) shall not apply with respect to section 402 and the issuance of any permit under this subsection
during the seven year period beginning on the date of the implementation
of the pilot program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC6C1A7F61095421DBC271739EF0DDF79"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Restrictions</header><text>Any restriction imposed under California law on the catch, take, or harvest of any non-native or
introduced aquatic or terrestrial species that preys upon anadromous fish
and that occupies or is found in the Stanislaus River is hereby void and
is preempted.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB987D6E71CC74E54BD52426F75D6CB31"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For the purposes of this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HC6FBC28338FB40A7ABF00A16DA5B0843"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Anadromous fish</header>
<subparagraph id="H365A99178E754432B8A39EA1D65952C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term <term>anadromous fish</term> as applied to the Stanislaus River and the operation of New Melones—</text>
<clause id="HAA35AFE0E72949DE843D8CCC6A975ADB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>means those native stocks of salmon (including steelhead) that—</text>
<subclause id="H05F732A4375647EF95B1AC6A536CFE0C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>as of October 30, 1992 were present in and had not been extirpated from the Stanislaus River, and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA5446C4667504E44AD87048C14D34674"><enum>(II)</enum><text>which ascend the Stanislaus River to reproduce after maturing in San Francisco Bay or the Pacific
Ocean; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H72673CE4F36C4DA685A2ABB62F1BD251"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>does not mean any stock, strain or member of American shad, sockeye salmon, or striped bass.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD746FB380D354861A1BE110D551C0F2A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The definition of anadromous fish provided in section 3403(a) of the Central Valley Project
Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</external-xref>) shall not apply to the operation of New Melones Dam and Reservoir, or to any Federal action in
the Stanislaus River.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2C92515AE0B04B5097428FDB880B6412"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commissioner</header><text>The term <term>Commissioner</term> means the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD226669400144AC0BA503BDAAAC060D1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Districts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>districts</term> means the Oakdale Irrigation District and the South San Joaquin Irrigation District.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D16621687DE4D61A5E5AAFF5EF42087"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pilot program</header><text>The term <term>program</term> means the pilot non-native predator removal program established under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFF54A22423814CDE92AB79B76A269B72"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The authorities provided under this section shall expire seven years after the implementation of
the pilot program.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HAC161529F12C4B0DB812AD78E3BC9B99"><enum>115.</enum><header>San Luis Reservoir</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In connection with operations of the Central Valley Project, California, if San Luis Reservoir does
not fill by the last day of February, the Secretary of the Interior shall
permit any entity with an agricultural water service or repayment contract
for the delivery of water from the Delta Division or the San Luis Unit to
reschedule into the immediately following contract year (March 1 through
the last day of February) any unused Central Valley Project water
previously allocated for irrigation purposes. If water remaining in
federal storage in San Luis Reservoir on the last day of February is
insufficient to meet all rescheduling requests, the Secretary shall
apportion, based on contract quantity, among all such contractors that
request to reschedule water all water remaining in San Luis Reservoir on
the last day of February. The Secretary shall thereafter make all
reasonable efforts to make available additional rescheduled water;
provided that such efforts shall not interfere with the Central Valley
Project operations in the contract year into which Central Valley Project
has been rescheduled.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>San Joaquin River restoration</header>
<section id="H8F7E6A22B7BB457A99FC3D246CEB76CE"><enum>201.</enum><header>Repeal of the San Joaquin River settlement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">As of the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary shall cease any action to implement the
Stipulation of Settlement (Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v.
Kirk Rodgers, et al., Eastern District of California, No. Civ. S–88–1658
LKK/GGH).</text>
</section><section id="H1CF7CD798DAD4FA8810979092C6F92F3"><enum>202.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10002 of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>implementation of the Settlement</quote> and inserting <quote>restoration of the San Joaquin River</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H24B8A8D9CC7D49CA8719D5EE02F08559"><enum>203.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10003 of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5FC50C8DCECA48AC84A3A021ABD6E8CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H370DDFB938BB46B3B5741FAF48A37EFD" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAFB05BD4BD7B4C89937E16075F31D82E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Restoration Flows</term> means the additional water released or bypassed from Friant Dam to insure that the target flow
entering Mendota Pool, located approximately 62 river miles downstream
from Friant Dam, does not fall below 50 cubic feet per second.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6BDDA9874EDF49B0A6C4BED17712C443"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33748E8C58424E32AC20BAF361BC15FF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE32C127C93A74197B8CD222381375C43"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Water Year</term> means March 1 through the last day of February of the following Calendar Year, both dates
inclusive.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4A69CE8ACFE49158E3705CC03F10A42"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA7740A95BC44FE781CDEFA912517FC4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5311518DE8374A6198B60D8EBC4A0D55"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Critical Water Year</term> means when the total unimpaired runoff at Friant Dam is less than 400,000 acre-feet, as forecasted
as of March 1 of that water year by the California Department of Water
Resources.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4BC939498DED418EB1F7FB53FDEADDCD"><enum>204.</enum><header>Implementation of restoration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10004 of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2D72C35B844942AF801E10DDF1ADE92B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA79DD503D1314C669CA199D31791DC1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>authorized and directed</quote> and all that follows through <quote>in the Settlement:</quote> and inserting <quote>authorized to carry out the following:</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA299A21D9CF418C9336A21F00D3F41D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCDB1EB9BFF0E4673A8B7B1158B86563A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="HE160DD1BE61A4446AC4758DCE7B71180"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>(1)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA8933FDEE5864D4E8B9AD92C77055F09"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraph 13 of the Settlement</quote> and inserting <quote>this part</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0AD6990ABA2541DCAFDEB23F33B9BCDE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC0D806D71BB74E31A65DCC97C14C36F9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H387C9F38269F41F698DAE5091521C96E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In each Water Year, commencing in the Water Year starting on March 1, 2015—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD0285A532342459E8524E3CA18F1D3C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall modify Friant Dam operations so as to release the Restoration Flows for that Water Year,
except in any Critical Water Year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9FBD53A50CF84ADBA52BE5C32F05DB9B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall ensure that the release of Restoration Flows are maintained at the level prescribed by this
part, but that Restoration Flows do not reach downstream of Mendota Pool;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2921AD9B5A13457FAFA60425482BE1A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall release the Restoration Flows in a manner that improves the fishery in the San Joaquin River
below Friant Dam, but upstream of Gravelly Ford in existence as of the
date of the enactment of this part, and the associated riparian habitat;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93981E8EC4524B868691F4BBA0AD6B98"><enum>(D)</enum><text>may, without limiting the actions required under paragraphs (A) and (C) and subject to subsections
10004(a)(3) and 10004(l), use the Restoration Flows to enhance or restore
a warm water fishery downstream of Gravelly Ford to and including Mendota
Pool, if the Secretary determines that it is reasonable, prudent, and
feasible to do so; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFE7E0C3A4709405B80EE94E0FF5FD4F7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall develop
and implement, in cooperation with the State of California, a reasonable
plan, to fully recirculate, recapture, reuse, exchange, or transfer all
Restoration Flows and provide such recirculated, recaptured, reused,
exchanged, or transferred flows to those contractors within the Friant
Division, Hidden Unit, and Buchanan Unit of the Central Valley Project
that relinquished the Restoration Flows so recirculated, recaptured,
reused, exchanged, or transferred. Such a plan shall address any impact on
ground water resources within the service area of the Friant Division,
Hidden Unit, and Buchanan Unit of the Central Valley Project and
mitigation may include ground water banking and recharge projects. Such a
plan shall not impact the water supply or water rights of any entity
outside the Friant Division, Hidden unit, and Buchanan Unit of the Central
Valley Project. Such a plan shall be subject to applicable provisions of
California water law and the Secretary’s use of Central Valley Project
facilities to make Project water (other than water released from Friant
Dam pursuant to this part) and water acquired through transfers available
to existing south-of-Delta Central Valley Project contractors.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEBC84F021E954458809351D9707131F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H08A66241669C472F8C4F36BD3BC57CEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>the Settlement</quote> and inserting <quote>this part</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA95C71BFE6124B5DA94AC8034F9225B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>the Settlement</quote> and inserting <quote>this part</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H184E81F3A0204C01834F25AE0F6E0034"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by striking <quote>the Settlement</quote> and inserting <quote>this part</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7034D91CEBE945618F41E92E2DBAC00B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08D4CE6EAC9C49DB9EC69D85805B2DB2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H651B9E9821BE41D796B750B71D3E34BF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Mitigation of impacts</header><text>Prior to October 1, 2015, the Secretary shall identify—</text>
<paragraph id="H7AF6F118CE8A45A0BB5F25F643B6944F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the impacts associated with the release of Restoration Flows prescribed in this part;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC39205947C0B42FDAA820CDD43853AC7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the measures which shall be implemented to mitigate impacts on adjacent and downstream water users,
landowners and agencies as a result of Restoration Flows prescribed in
this part; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF6495A6A20D448AA6DB3CADD148E8E9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>prior to the implementation of decisions or agreements to construct, improve, operate, or maintain
facilities that the Secretary determines are needed to implement this
part, the Secretary shall implement all mitigations measures identified in
subsection (d)(2) before Restoration Flows are commenced.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC21209362FC419E8BD31BEAC90F7ED7"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e), by striking <quote>the Settlement</quote> and inserting <quote>this part</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC707D3F582584528B2667FB6B1378A83"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking <quote>the Settlement</quote> and all that follows through <quote>section 10011</quote> and insert <quote>this part</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC8A6FFC0BDF0476E9DB0732875434F69"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE515AA22EF524A2F9E5DFAEE58F09E59"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Settlement and</quote> before this part; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3246D197DA7D41CBB2A67692E43A3F7A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or exchange contract</quote> and inserting <quote>exchange contract, or water rights settlement or holding contracts</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9E6A491645D54651A3978A9BF95FBC86"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5AA0A464CB354A25B93844624B7A3A80"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Interim</header-in-text></quote> in the header;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF6CEE73AA3640E58D8252F5214DD180"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H903740458E4840B598239E3666927DF4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Interim Flows under the Settlement</quote> and inserting <quote>Restoration Flows under this part</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H78F75B00904A497EB8838A63E978F9F2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<subclause id="HDBA23ACB1C2247539D59C6AC4EE804CA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>Interim</quote> and inserting <quote>Restoration</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H26B9318396084A09B645688715240793"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H1CBC5DA5EA024354A28A1C1931FFC2C1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA03DA6432D134CCBA0FB7E410A02F766"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (E);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7BB86768CA3A4B4286E643B77EDA88D2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HC144A2759C9340179276B022F612984C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Interim</quote> and inserting <quote>Restoration</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA5F66C0ECC494B2B9B7A4CD79986E814"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5E30C04A9E5D4FE8B19A02F75254790E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(B) exceed</quote> and inserting <quote>exceed</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H44F6903D058A4860AAD3666B76D1F38A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>Interim</quote> and inserting <quote>Restoration</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H627337C7FE9C435EBABA3194ACCE941E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85442920B8564F1AB71186355401521F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7ED23E52E09B4200BA7BC150425CD7C1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Claims</header><text>Within 60 days of enactment of this Act the Secretary shall promulgate a rule establishing a claims
process to address current and future claims including, but not limited
to, ground water seepage, flooding, or levee instability damages caused as
a result of, arising out of, or related to implementation of subtitle A of
title X of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H77346154D0254CBFA47BF23366156D84"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in subsection (i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF9A2BFB5F18E438696E7FA9E6CCCCF5B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H88FFA5230E9B48A1B680094C451BE04E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the Settlement and parts I and III</quote> and inserting <quote>this part</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0467DA3266944E23849E4033310FC9F0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause id="H632050F2F7304F928BAA956E76EEE11E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="H974C64D76DB34D16899EF6F4687F7607"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>additional amounts authorized to be appropriated, including the</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H375771EE4C8140B3B6CA027E15CB6B59"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>; and </quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HEC0410231A5A42C28DBDE74091435656"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71EBC1F7E06B42E298CEFF8937A06C84"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE171165D91A44C37B7E9ABDB63D74E5A"><enum>(10)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB32FB0EA11254764A28FD0C020526C56" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF1F56FCCDB2B474EA14B6F8CAEED9F23"><enum>(k)</enum><header>No impacts on other interests</header><text>No Central Valley Project or other water other than San Joaquin River water impounded by or
bypassed from Friant Dam shall be used to implement subsection (a)(2)
unless such use is on a voluntary basis. No cost associated with the
implementation of this section shall be imposed directly or indirectly on
any Central Valley Project contractor, or any other person or entity,
outside the Friant Division, the Hidden Unit, or the Buchanan Unit, unless
such costs are incurred on a voluntary basis. The implementation of this
part shall not result directly or indirectly in any reduction in water
supplies or water reliability on any Central Valley Project contractor,
any State Water Project contractor, or any other person or entity, outside
the Friant Division, the Hidden Unit, or the Buchanan Unit, unless such
reductions or costs are incurred on a voluntary basis.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H118171DEE7134B7B8CF9DD0752392BD0"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>All actions taken under this part shall be subordinate to the Secretary’s use of Central Valley
Project facilities to make Project water available to Project contractors,
other than water released from the Friant Dam pursuant to this part.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE2B2F3C8178A417DB2CA3AA4F5DC4E0E"><enum>(m)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 8 of the Reclamation Act of 1902, except as provided in this part,
including title IV of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys Water
Reliability Act, this part preempts and supersedes any State law,
regulation, or requirement that imposes more restrictive requirements or
regulations on the activities authorized under this part. Nothing in this
part shall alter or modify the obligations, if any, of the Friant
Division, Hidden Unit, and Buchanan Unit of the Central Valley Project, or
other water users on the San Joaquin River or its tributaries, under
orders issued by the State Water Resources Control Board pursuant to the
Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (California Water Code sections
13000 et seq.). Any such order shall be consistent with the congressional
authorization for any affected Federal facility as it pertains to the
Central Valley Project.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H48CECCF155494F77A4DC5A82269E05BA"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Project implementation</header><text>Projects to implement this title shall be phased such that each project shall follow the sequencing
identified below and include at least the—</text>
<paragraph id="H2AC5EE3A61944958B252BE4097B53D61"><enum>(1)</enum><text>project purpose and need;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2B8AC2F95E3749EC806F20214CCDD797"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identification of mitigation measures;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H77EE214E4CC143728302E8E1CEC345E2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>appropriate environmental review; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1ED1DB0636AF485496CD6C54EEC32B75"><enum>(4)</enum><text>prior to releasing Restoration Flows under this part, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCB50ACCD134E4AC183305FA8D8CA633D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>complete the implementation of mitigation measures required; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9F31585B4864D66A434D17020BD5DE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>complete implementation of the project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H3ABA8879EBC34338BE206FC68E205A5E"><enum>205.</enum><header>Disposal of property; title to facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10005 of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3843C84033F54124B167E74075D13471"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>the Settlement authorized by this part</quote> and inserting <quote>this part</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A9049C6990C44BEA303571B40E851E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2B73557E784C441F9E83E615739E7CA4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HD709F114DFD644EA9DEB58E059ECFE7A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(1) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">In general.—</header-in-text>The Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFACB37CE44C340B2894186E93818F51D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Settlement authorized by this part</quote> and inserting <quote>this part</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B9BC229A11B46A9800EC782B479CDC5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA02708B2986540CB9BA3B0D1D8108481"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC234E852612B447FB11165808CC64C7C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>the Settlement</quote> and inserting <quote>this part</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC14FBDC0BE04241B41520CB0B3C97B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H30B0E93B0F014583A23F6F57DE1A132C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>through the exercise of its eminent domain authority</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBE3B2C2C1F2D4B96B7A12E8AB4AC4621"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Settlement</quote> and inserting <quote>this part</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C352A7D43D8493490EAB86B93CA82CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>section 10009(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 10009</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H670F2E95A96944FBAC174586A33C1322"><enum>206.</enum><header>Compliance with applicable law</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10006 of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAB17FF207A1E4E2197C16E1C14591A5C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B87ABF2036B4460AD90DBF351C57A73"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>unless otherwise provided by this part</quote> before the period at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE956F617BD7443CE99AF0F1C0E5A1405"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>the Settlement</quote> and inserting <quote>this part</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBA4A9562D308486CB23DA85DE57D363B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by inserting <quote>, unless otherwise provided by this part</quote> before the period at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC53CCBE07D942E08E5612C71D8F958A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H92304D3268CB4E52B410DBC815DDFC88"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>section 10004</quote> and inserting <quote>this part</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H17DA5DDB15D441878F65F0C2975DBBA9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>the Settlement</quote> and inserting <quote>this part</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H471D8633ADF742ECA20ED5AF012E16F9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5297D20291DF4A09A3CDA32A25C87EE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, including without limitation to sections 10004(d) and 10004(h)(4) of this part,</quote> after <quote>implementing this part</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H625A8584D9ED41A6B5F062C1D7510516"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for implementation of the Settlement</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H7D1AB3D29B384069BDBE04F88FA73A5D"><enum>207.</enum><header>Compliance with Central Valley Project Improvement Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10007 of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2128EF21B5294AF29E360176124E8812"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1),</text>
<subparagraph id="HF53776DB17DC4630A92EE78D3BBEA79F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Settlement</quote> and inserting <quote>enactment of this part</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0437D3739A044B7282F766181F540EB2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting: <quote>and the obligations of the Secretary and all other parties to protect and keep in good condition
any fish that may be planted or exist below Friant Dam including any
obligations under section 5937 of the California Fish and Game Code and
the public trust doctrine, and those of the Secretary and all other
parties under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>).</quote> before <quote>, provided</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8555D1C4A48343F6A07EC3A54A2411E5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>, as provided in the Settlement</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HF87ACEDCC51B4E419EE6DC152ADB2DF8"><enum>208.</enum><header>No private right of action</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10008(a) of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H22BD486517CB4E66BBE7553A333420CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>not a party to the Settlement</quote> after <quote>person or entity</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF183A622E4994E6BB10A71618347D749"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or the Settlement</quote> before the period and inserting <quote>unless otherwise provided by this part. Any Central Valley Project long-term water service or
repayment contractor within the Friant Division, Hidden unit, or Buchanan
Unit adversely affected by the Secretary’s failure to comply with section
10004(a)(3) of this part may bring an action against the Secretary for
injunctive relief or damages, or both.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HE2B23CFB91004D3BB51D02898FFDA754"><enum>209.</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10009 of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF8C14518DC3945D9B87756FC039E6C9E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the header by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">; settlement fund</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD134A2089AAC482383EEF6E37B8F6F3B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5F6BFFECFA87422DAE62E09FC06F9FFC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H078937C2B2984D6BB872E74AC80D0620"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the Settlement</quote> the first place it appears and inserting <quote>this part</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1DA12B86FCF64A519A0B438B20B4B3D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, estimated to total</quote> and all that follows through <quote>subsection (b)(1),</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HAA810EC3D5E64EDD8EFCFE86AF4881F6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>provided however,</quote> and all that follows through <quote>$110,000,000 of State funds</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02501ACB7A124EDAB15A96A9F770D686"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HD7BBE3E94F7E42E3A2A49CB638BA6713"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>(A) <header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">In general.—</header-in-text>The Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAE6CC3B65BFD4835869D38E630C29F48"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE90F8D713E3C4AB3893603B3A0769E47"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="HF1D2272A22FF4EEA863F87776DDE82A3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Except as provided in the Settlement, to</quote> and inserting <quote>To</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6B50EEA40AD742D5B012C806F5B9F581"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>this Settlement</quote> and inserting <quote>this part</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEFCB7903A3E843FC9420580C0F880E0B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H246966C25C01414BAE26FE1E1CB4D721"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>In addition</quote> through <quote>however, that the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD417012B272447E5B65739D59FEDDF14"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such additional appropriations only in amounts equal to</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45AADC7179B5476D8F30E8643A4B0AC0"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or the Settlement</quote> before the period;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC9BD26E22F9C4B76BB99CF759C936173"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDFF974F626074B98912E2704FB3FC855"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HCD91D2A774044E138ED93EC85686B436"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the Settlement</quote> and inserting <quote>this part</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H514D297B82E84973A839E65339A8A08A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>from the sale of water pursuant to the Settlement, or</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H25E0013B0E20488F99DF95190738E866"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>the Settlement</quote> and inserting <quote>this part</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08DB1414D4E5400D9BAE744995B34B17"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>the Settlement and</quote> before <quote>this part</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H971C93C8A2CD4208B60302C94B21F4ED"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking subsections (d) through (f).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HE9EF99BCE4AF4D328D0F7A92AE278196"><enum>210.</enum><header>Repayment contracts and acceleration of repayment of construction costs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10010 of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7A610F805CA84ADB869FDBBFFF9E242F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB0741AE5DF8D48A78E58C9953CAE2946"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(D), by striking <quote>the Settlement and</quote> before <quote>this part</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7AC402DF4CE45B686B519E19CF15124"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)(C), by striking <quote>the Settlement and</quote> before <quote>this part</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H68A73F2ECC33421795935817C2E92E41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD9083EAD8F93474EB46B96CCD9467F8B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1), by striking <quote>the Settlement</quote> in both places it appears and inserting <quote>this part</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44C005B0729B4B349C7BA9EBAB9FF8BB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0834814353B94E7AB47056FCCC45C4C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H4D5C7BEE627E4030AF173D3E95937280"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Interim Flows or Restoration Flows, pursuant to paragraphs 13 or 15 of the Settlement</quote> and inserting <quote>Restoration Flows, pursuant to this part</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE19955FB0DC74CAF93B322292E8E47E2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Interim Flows or</quote> before <quote>Restoration Flows</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0FC4CA34C6E44FC1AC762FBA97B41056"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Interim Flows or Restoration Flows or is intended to otherwise facilitate the Water Management
Goal, as described in the Settlement</quote> and inserting <quote>Restoration Flows</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99BB7364344E40A8A64B635AE909999D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HA6FF639D17AC4E7FA928802ECF5AB33F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>except as provided in paragraph 16(b) of the Settlement</quote> after <quote>Friant Division long-term contractor</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H50E88C9AF30C428D8A17286D4AB63CCD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Interim Flows or Restoration Flows or to facilitate the Water Management Goal</quote> and inserting <quote>Restoration Flows</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="HC5BF7ED2C2074AA29B2BEA4F58DF7615"><enum>211.</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10011 of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</section><section id="HA1A3FA522A8D4777B66AEF19E43B423C"><enum>212.</enum><header>Water supply mitigation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10202(b) of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3DC5CCFB34294D71B5A5759E2A1EAC8F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>the Interim or Restoration Flows authorized in part I of this subtitle</quote> and inserting <quote>Restoration Flows authorized in this part</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE14AAE3802FF489F99957C85524E176F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>the Interim or Restoration Flows authorized in part I of this subtitle</quote> and inserting <quote>Restoration Flows authorized in this part</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3BD5AA7A1FCC4DC4A2F43974D9CF1423"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H945A63BF8F0C4799BD02B32DBD5284B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>meet the Restoration Goal as described in part I of this subtitle</quote> and inserting <quote>recover Restoration Flows as described in this part</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DDA0B37F497482AA447B43ED3CE1D87"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<clause id="HD289AE1BA3D14EC9BC8A9F3B3D11A912"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Interim or Restoration Flows authorized in part I of this subtitle</quote> and inserting <quote>Restoration Flows authorized in this part</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H97908700AF864DEABD2C1205CD7C4158"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, and for ensuring appropriate adjustment in the recovered water account pursuant to section
10004(a)(5)</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H90F04CDF873C4F059E8AB1C1C044E0C1"><enum>213.</enum><header>Additional Authorities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10203 of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H66B7771253B24D1AAE10149A1B3CCF45"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFB477991B887413E834AB0DCBD4D9F9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 10004(a)(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 10004(a)(3)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4257B971B3E4FF0A7850CB3FB068DC9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, provided</quote> and all that follows through <quote>section 10009(f)(2)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H35A11120CB054457B73A49E3BAC1AFAA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Repayment contracts and acceleration of repayment of construction costs</header>
<section id="H2BE094FD48A74BB6953DC6698551481A"><enum>301.</enum><header>Repayment contracts and acceleration of repayment of construction costs</header>
<subsection id="H000F33A315484968B1DB787F4E74F14D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conversion of contracts</header>
<paragraph id="H15F0DE4C984745139DAE01B0053DA24B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than 1 year after enactment, the Secretary of the Interior, upon request of the
contractor, shall convert all existing long-term Central Valley Project
contracts entered under subsection (e) of section 9 of the Act of August
4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1196), to a contract under subsection (d) of section 9
of said Act (53 Stat. 1195), under mutually agreeable terms and
conditions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF07236B16B44FEDB88B58AB81AE23C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Upon request of the contractor, the Secretary is further authorized to convert, not later than 1
year after enactment, any Central Valley Project long-term contract
entered under subsection (c)(2) of section 9 of the Act of August 4, 1939
(53 Stat. 1194), to a contract under subsection (c)(1) of section 9 of
said Act, under mutually agreeable terms and conditions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA9DB16BACF84D1A88BBF0D9F5F8ADD7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>All contracts entered into pursuant to paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5FB14C484EB64432AF64ED9D2C07B88A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>require the repayment, either in lump sum or by accelerated prepayment, of the remaining amount of
construction costs identified in the most current version of the Central
Valley Project Schedule of Irrigation Capital Allocations by Contractor,
as adjusted to reflect payments not reflected in such schedule, and
properly assignable for ultimate return by the contractor, no later than
January 31, 2015, or if made in approximately equal annual installments,
no later than January 31, 2018; such amount to be discounted by the
Treasury Rate. An estimate of the remaining amount of construction costs
as of January 31, 2015, as adjusted, shall be provided by the Secretary of
the Interior to each contractor no later than 180 days after enactment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0BB493CE7A6B4C6EB047000A0D0CAD73"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require that, notwithstanding subsection (c)(2), construction costs or other capitalized costs
incurred after the effective date of the converted contract or not
reflected in the schedule referenced in subparagraph (A), and properly
assignable to such contractor, shall be repaid in not more than 5 years
after notification of the allocation if such amount is a result of a
collective annual allocation of capital costs to the contractors
exercising contract conversions under this subsection of less than
$5,000,000. If such amount is $5,000,000 or greater, such cost shall be
repaid as provided by applicable reclamation law, provided that the
reference to the amount of $5,000,000 shall not be a precedent in any
other context; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEACBCA4B0C184E9AAE9A6C89C00000DA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide that power revenues will not be available to aid in repayment of construction costs
allocated to irrigation under the contract.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9B085F8A16D0453199A569BE1045CB1D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>All contracts entered into pursuant to paragraph (2) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE03CB8ACC12B41B08541D4C63A2897C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>require the repayment in lump sum of the remaining amount of construction costs identified in the
most current version of the Central Valley Project Schedule of Municipal
and Industrial Water Rates, as adjusted to reflect payments not reflected
in such schedule, and properly assignable for ultimate return by the
contractor, no later than January 31, 2018. An estimate of the remaining
amount of construction costs as of January 31, 2018, as adjusted, shall be
provided by the Secretary of the Interior to each contractor no later than
180 days after enactment; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B2F255AEB044A45B9FDF06E98E105EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require that, notwithstanding subsection (c)(2), construction costs or other capitalized costs
incurred after the effective date of the contract or not reflected in the
schedule referenced in subparagraph (A), and properly assignable to such
contractor, shall be repaid in not more than 5 years after notification of
the allocation if such amount is a result of a collective annual
allocation of capital costs to the contractors exercising contract
conversions under this subsection of less than $5,000,000. If such amount
is $5,000,000 or greater, such cost shall be repaid as provided by
applicable reclamation law, provided that the reference to the amount of
$5,000,000 shall not be a precedent in any other context.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDF206270BB8C4316928EACD1FA6B1AF0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Final adjustment</header><text>The amounts paid pursuant to subsection (a) shall be subject to adjustment following a final cost
allocation by the Secretary of the Interior upon completion of the
construction of the Central Valley Project. In the event that the final
cost allocation indicates that the costs properly assignable to the
contractor are greater than what has been paid by the contractor, the
contractor shall be obligated to pay the remaining allocated costs. The
term of such additional repayment contract shall be no less than 1 year
and no more than 10 years, however, mutually agreeable provisions
regarding the rate of repayment of such amount may be developed by the
parties. In the event that the final cost allocation indicates that the
costs properly assignable to the contractor are less than what the
contractor has paid, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and
directed to credit such overpayment as an offset against any outstanding
or future obligation of the contractor.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDC5EEDA103C24665AF9EFEE0E1E5D451"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability of certain provisions</header>
<paragraph id="HE95351C1DEA647EF9512C055D247EAB0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any repayment obligation under subsection (a)(3)(B) or subsection (b), upon a
contractor’s compliance with and discharge of the obligation of repayment
of the construction costs as provided in subsection (a)(3)(A), the
ownership and full-cost pricing limitations of any provision of Federal
reclamation law shall not apply to lands in such district.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC580D3B6235649939A72A2D7DE4B7452"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any repayment obligation under paragraph (3)(B) or paragraph (4)(B) of subsection
(a), or subsection (b), upon a contractor’s compliance with and discharge
of the obligation of repayment of the construction costs as provided in
paragraphs (3)(A) and (4)(A) of subsection (a), such contractor shall
continue to pay applicable operation and maintenance costs and other
charges applicable to such repayment contracts pursuant to the
then-current rate-setting policy and applicable law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFCE0FC5CDE9F45A38B510355AE3CA9D8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Certain repayment obligations not altered</header><text>Implementation of the provisions of this section shall not alter the repayment obligation of any
other long-term water service or repayment contractor receiving water from
the Central Valley Project, or shift any costs that would otherwise have
been properly assignable to any contractors absent this section, including
operations and maintenance costs, construction costs, or other capitalized
costs incurred after the date of enactment of this Act, to other such
contractors.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H285E214E9787450FBB399B79294B6B6C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Statutory interpretation</header><text>Nothing in this part shall be construed to affect the right of any long-term contractor to use a
particular type of financing to make the payments required in paragraph
(3)(A) or paragraph (4)(A) of subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1A78465E469F4A939D9BED8C3A0876C3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definition of treasury rate</header><text>For purposes of this section, <quote>Treasury Rate</quote> shall be defined as the 20-year Constant Maturity Treasury rate published by the United States
Department of the Treasury as of October 1, 2014.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Bay-Delta Watershed water rights preservation and protection</header>
<section id="HB78E96288DF447168A7B7BF437528CF5"><enum>401.</enum><header>Water rights and area-of-origin protections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, Federal reclamation law, or the Endangered Species Act
of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>)—</text>
<paragraph id="HFC0427DE5E8641F0995BE519FD3FE2B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of the Interior (<quote>Secretary</quote>) is directed, in the operation of the Central Valley Project, to strictly adhere to State water
rights law governing water rights priorities by honoring water rights
senior to those belonging to the Central Valley Project, regardless of the
source of priority;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8614ED7E1EE644538A7F1A1933119953"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary is directed, in the operation of the Central Valley Project, to strictly adhere to
and honor water rights and other priorities that are obtained or exist
pursuant to the provisions of California Water Code sections 10505,
10505:5, 11128, 11460, and 11463; and sections 12200 to 12220, inclusive;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD700D5179ECE4107A3D1B85F3B8D7409"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any action that affects the diversion of water or involves the release of water from any Central
Valley Project water storage facility taken by the Secretary or the
Secretary of the Department of Commerce to conserve, enhance, recover, or
otherwise protect any species listed under the Endangered Species Act of
1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>) shall be applied in a manner that is consistent with water right priorities established by State
law.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0ADAD9847560469987FE0E142ECD1BDA"><enum>402.</enum><header>Sacramento River settlement contracts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In the implementation of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>), in the Bay-Delta and on the Sacramento River, the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce are
directed to apply any limitations on the operation of the Central Valley
Project or to formulate any <quote>reasonable prudent alternative</quote> associated with the operation of the Central Valley Project in a manner that strictly adheres to
and applies the water rights priorities for <quote>Project Water</quote> and <quote>Base Supply</quote> provided for in the Sacramento River Settlement Contracts. Article 3(i) of the Sacramento River
Settlement Contracts shall not be utilized by the United States as means
to provide shortages to the Sacramento River Settlement Contracts that are
different than those provided for in Article 5(a) of those contracts.</text>
</section><section id="HF4594D2C4F0543E999EC6821D3B781CB"><enum>403.</enum><header>Sacramento River Watershed Water Service Contractors</header>
<subsection id="H2B68DA0D436E4ABAA02854CAA0D560A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b) and the absolute priority of the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors
to Sacramento River supplies over Central Valley Project diversions and
deliveries to other contractors, the Secretary is directed, in the
operation of the Central Valley Project, to allocate water provided for
irrigation purposes to existing Central Valley Project agricultural water
service contractors within the Sacramento River Watershed in compliance
with the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H55E6615C7D9D4410ADAE415C63382422"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not less than 100% of their contract quantities in a <quote>Wet</quote> year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB561A5DC25D8459EBD87437A8305D6EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not less than 100% of their contract quantities in an <quote>Above Normal</quote> year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD57308FBE8824989BA7C19DA3AD3E4B7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Not less than 100% of their contract quantities in a <quote>Below Normal</quote> year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5C6CAA11CF74CD69FB34EDF6DD5ED86"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Not less than 75% of their contract quantities in a <quote>Dry</quote> year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA9A682C6F3B4891AC6861286D7D74EE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Not less than 50% of their contract quantities in a <quote>Critically Dry</quote> year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB548111501DF4A43BAFA0743A666E7B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Protection of municipal and industrial supplies</header><text>Nothing in subsection (a) shall be deemed to: (i) modify any provision of a water service contract
that addresses municipal and industrial water shortage policies of the
Secretary; (ii) affect or limit the authority of the Secretary to adopt or
modify municipal and industrial water shortage policies; (iii) affect or
limit the authority of the Secretary to implement municipal and industrial
water shortage policies; or (iv) affect allocations to Central Valley
Project municipal and industrial contractors pursuant to such policies.
Neither subsection (a) nor the Secretary’s implementation of subsection
(a) shall constrain, govern or affect, directly or indirectly, the
operations of the Central Valley Project’s American River Division or any
deliveries from that Division, its units or its facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCCB797C1822349AEB07E28FF1B3A76A5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H5F36BE6C54B640B39F913AD9961D04A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>existing Central Valley Project agricultural water service contractors within the Sacramento River
Watershed</term> means water service contractors within the Shasta, Trinity, and Sacramento River Divisions of the
Central Valley Project, that have a water service contract in effect, on
the date of the enactment of this section, that provides water for
irrigation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H61A3CF74B2044C1FADB5ADB74A462852"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The year type terms used in subsection (a) have the meaning given those year types in the
Sacramento Valley Water Year Type (40–30–30) Index.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3F2E9E5372A64BAF9EEC38A50B04CEBF"><enum>404.</enum><header>No redirected adverse impacts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall insure that there are no redirected adverse water supply or fiscal impacts to
those within the Sacramento River or San Joaquin River watershed or to the
State Water Project arising from the Secretary’s operation of the Central
Valley Project to meet legal obligations imposed by or through any State
or Federal agency, including, but not limited to those legal obligations
emanating from the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>) or this Act, or actions or activities implemented to meet the twin goals of improving water
supply or addressing environmental needs of the Bay Delta.</text>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="H110F2D55F5A140E2B31053226924F906"><enum>501.</enum><header>Precedent</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds and declares that—</text>
<paragraph id="H99691FBB4065409C92C39F553F225563"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coordinated operations between the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project, previously
requested and consented to by the State of California and the Federal
Government, require assertion of Federal supremacy to protect existing
water rights throughout the system; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE91D8747CFF4A8AB15A66FD5524D344"><enum>(2)</enum><text>these circumstances are unique to California.</text>
<continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph" indent="subsection">Therefore, nothing in this Act shall serve as precedent in any other State.</continuation-text></paragraph></section><section id="H6D16801630D441208D6223B98F5394C7"><enum>502.</enum><header>No effect on Proclamation of State of Emergency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act shall affect in any way the Proclamation of State of Emergency and associated
Executive Order issued by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. on January 17,
2014, or the authorities granted thereby, including without limitation the
authority of the California State Water Resources Control Board to modify
any standards or operational constraints adopted to implement the <quote>Principles for on the Bay-Delta Standards Between the State of California and the Federal
Government</quote>, dated December 15, 1994, so as to make additional irrigation and municipal and industrial water
supplies available in the Central Valley Project and State Water Project
service areas during the state of emergency.</text>
</section><section id="H1D23E3980F3747FE832146CD58E8B70F"><enum>503.</enum><header>Wild and Scenic Rivers Act</header>
<subsection id="H9A7F4C5CE28247DA9E609CA2B6DE9256"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Wild and Scenic Rivers Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(a)(62)(B)(i) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1274">16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(62)(B)(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF4DE53EF00FF4A7F80F3E975DF6B8D9B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the normal maximum</quote> the first place that it appears and all that follows through <quote>April, 1990.</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>the boundary of FERC Project No. 2179 as it existed on February 15, 2013, consisting of a point
approximately 2,480 feet downstream of the confluence with the North Fork
of the Merced River, consisting of approximately 7.4 miles.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD5BE53453A94F8DA8B36B5DC77CDBF1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the normal maximum operating pool water surface level of Lake McClure</quote> the second place that it appears and inserting <quote>the boundary of FERC Project No. 2179 as it existed on February 15, 2013, consisting of a point
approximately 2,480 feet downstream of the confluence with the North Fork
of the Merced River</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDAABAA11EABB4B55B84FF609D6407FCF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exchequer Project</header><text>Section 3 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/432">Public Law 102–432</external-xref> is amended by striking <quote>Act</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting <quote>Act.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H17DD1CE112DB4648BD6B105FB49B1A60"><enum>504.</enum><header>Fisheries disaster declaration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Proclamation of State Emergency and associated Executive order issued by Governor Edmund G.
Brown, Jr. on January 17, 2014, shall be considered a request by the
Governor for purposes of section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1861a">16 U.S.C. 1861a</external-xref>) to determine that a fishery resource disaster exists for fisheries that originate in the State of
California.</text>
</section>
Passed the House of Representatives February 5, 2014.Karen L. Haas,Clerk
February 10, 2014Read the second time and placed on the calendar