<enum>I</enum><header>Emergency drought relief</header><section id="id339e1687ca854230a3ca13b6ca008708"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="iddf93344be4eb4c17ae58948613ab37d2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as established in the Proclamation of a State of Emergency issued by the Governor of the State on January 17, 2014, the State is experiencing record dry conditions;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8e573ffdd1fa4dd8afdc5fd14dfe8c29"><enum>(2)</enum><text>extremely dry conditions have persisted in the State since 2012, and the current drought conditions are likely to persist into the future;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide32bacd8e67e4ae580e37abd85b54481"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the water supplies of the State are at record-low levels, as indicated by a statewide average snowpack of 12 percent of the normal average for winter as of February 1, 2014, and the fact that all major Central Valley Project reservoir levels are below 50 percent of the capacity of the reservoirs as of the date of enactment of this Act;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id91dc3916806f49fd918fc00c11692129"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the 2013–2014 drought constitutes a serious emergency posing immediate and severe risks to human life and safety and to the environment throughout the State;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idc36e1fd3dc714502b2865299f97958a1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the emergency requires—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id75F670C4C8F84232B3B3F686558765C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>immediate and credible action that respects the complexity of the State of California’s water system and its importance to the entire State; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6D2C26FD20BB49E7B9D683E049EF3A75"><enum>(B)</enum><text>policies that do not pit stakeholders against one another, which history has shown only leads to costly litigation that benefits no one and prevents any real solutions;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id60bc36ecdff543a78da7392c0a7a8440"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Federal law (including regulations) directly authorizes expedited decisionmaking procedures and environmental and public review procedures to enable timely and appropriate implementation of actions to respond to such a type and severity of emergency; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id65fb22737e1a4366a3e89292fc9aad05"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the serious emergency posed by the 2013–2014 drought in the State fully satisfies the conditions necessary for the exercise of emergency decision making, analytical, and public review requirements under—</text><subparagraph id="idca6cc95ccfe1411ca2de2cf876288219"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id561cfc8b62cb4e3abdbaae1d5b009b93"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddc5a28efe5f14777bf2d6300d0f4bc1e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>water control management procedures of the Corps of Engineers described in section 222.5 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (including successor regulations); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ided52848b99924cb4a7deddcae52ebeea"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/250">Public Law 102–250</external-xref>; 106 Stat. 53).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id157cf1c45b4b498cbfceb5d8e666bfdf"><enum>102.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph id="id624951d8aede47c988440fd12a350e83"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Central valley project</header><text>The term <term>Central Valley Project</term> has the meaning given the term in section 3403 of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4707).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2e68dad7c5b64088a8a47eb4b6557c83"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Klamath Project</header><text>The term <term>Klamath Project</term> means the Bureau of Reclamation project in the States of California and Oregon—</text><subparagraph id="id89E11F1C013B468D88317C7DB5F981AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as authorized under the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id782FCE9BCF43480883B4347877EEFC6C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as described in—</text><clause id="id084509862BDA469EBA6C61EFC97D10C5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>title II of the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/208">Public Law 104–208</external-xref>; 110 Stat. 3009–532); and</text></clause><clause id="id920598BB658D4B0293E55D6C66E80A01"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/498">Public Law 106–498</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2221).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idac79432b4532445b8598bf2514350fe9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reclamation project</header><text>The term <term>Reclamation Project</term> means a project constructed pursuant to the authorities of the reclamation laws and whose facilities are wholly or partially located in the State.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEB66E533EC3D4A98BCDA73A8045C6D58"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretaries</header><text>The term <quote>Secretaries</quote> means—</text><subparagraph id="id746A79E80A3A40F8A5A2725CA726A541"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7632261C89BF48E59FFED728BC3CDD97"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of Commerce; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0CC02A6FFB65456692E420E2BEE3BD09"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Interior.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id23BC646AF03148C48972B93240452748"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means the State of California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide198057b07aa47fe9b090f7ed8ad870c"><enum>(6)</enum><header>State water project</header><text>The term <term>State Water Project</term> means the water project described by California Water Code section 11550 et seq., and operated by the California Department of Water Resources.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idCC4E8BF6F656449DB3A28E268DE1E337"><enum>103.</enum><header>Emergency projects</header><subsection id="idb6c03499085b435798cd71e68a63821a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In response to the declaration of a state of drought emergency by the Governor of the State, the Secretaries shall provide the maximum quantity of water supplies possible to Central Valley Project and Klamath Project agricultural, municipal and industrial, and refuge service and repayment contractors, State Water Project contractors, and any other locality or municipality in the State, by approving, consistent with applicable laws (including regulations)—</text><paragraph id="ida69f2b47da4e426db3f83cf075e9fbd9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any project or operations to provide additional water supplies if there is any possible way whatsoever that the Secretaries can do so unless the project or operations constitute a highly inefficient way of providing additional water supplies; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4dc0a3bab963497aac56ef68fb4ac755"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any projects or operations as quickly as possible based on available information to address the emergency conditions.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4e18d24205e745e69bb710ec35b510b6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mandate</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the applicable agency heads described in that subsection shall, consistent with applicable laws (including regulations)—</text><paragraph id="ide45a60a110674a33a6bbcccb27b1bed1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>authorize and implement actions to ensure that the Delta Cross Channel Gates shall remain open to the greatest extent possible, timed to maximize the peak flood tide period and provide water supply and water quality benefits for the duration of the State's drought emergency declaration, consistent with operational criteria and monitoring criteria developed pursuant to the California State Water Resources Control Board’s Order Approving a Temporary Urgency Change in License and Permit Terms in Response to Drought Conditions, effective January 31, 2014, or a successor order;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id25ebfe0a901345729a57d29b74f0cb26"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idFD66590EC1EE4189A92A4D60F4F6AE86"><enum>(A)</enum><text>collect data associated with the operation of the Delta Cross Channel Gates described in paragraph (1) and its impact on species listed as threatened or endangered 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>), water quality, and water supply; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2BC13D2662B04FB490B3DD4871D0AA2B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>after assessing the data described in subparagraph (A), require the Director of the National Marine Fisheries Service to recommend revisions to operations of the Central Valley Project and the California State Water Project, including, if appropriate, the reasonable and prudent alternatives contained in the biological opinion issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service on June 4, 2009, that are likely to produce fishery, water quality, and water supply benefits;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2ed277d8faff478abbbaa3cc9b186f6a"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5772323868824B8FA863E8E2EEF5190D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>implement turbidity control strategies that allow for increased water deliveries while avoiding jeopardy to adult delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) due to entrainment at Central Valley Project and State Water Project pumping plants; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4E6E7FE6E90D4F138A0093EDE96D09E4" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>manage reverse flow in Old and Middle Rivers as prescribed by the biological opinion issued by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and dated December 15, 2008, to minimize water supply reductions for the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbd965b892296479c936f1d9c698695d2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>adopt a 1:1 inflow to export ratio for the increased flow of the San Joaquin River, as measured as a 3-day running average at Vernalis during the period from April 1 through May 31, resulting from voluntary transfers and exchanges of water supplies, among other purposes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id68279F56DCFD4C66B09C0FEE0C82D0EE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>issue all necessary permit decisions under the authority of the Secretaries within 30 days of receiving a completed application by the State to place and use temporary barriers or operable gates in Delta channels to improve water quantity and quality for State Water Project and Central Valley Project South of Delta water contractors and other water users, which barriers or gates should provide benefits for species protection and in-Delta water user water quality and shall be designed such that formal consultations under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536</external-xref>) would not be necessary;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8DBE4AF162D14488B6BB2F87C82BF2FC"><enum>(6)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB122DBA4AD934354AFCE077035C1702B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation to complete all requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) and 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>) necessary to make final permit decisions on water transfer requests associated with voluntarily fallowing nonpermanent crops in the State, within 30 days of receiving such a request; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2866CAF030AF4EA79C329EEB54498F9A" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to allow any water transfer request associated with fallowing to maximize the quantity of water supplies available for nonhabitat uses as long as the fallowing and associated water transfer are in compliance with applicable Federal laws (including regulations);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0F372D19E13C40048AF4AEE5530BDA57"><enum>(7)</enum><text>allow North of Delta water service contractors with unused 2013 Central Valley Project contract supplies to take delivery of those unused supplies through April 15, 2014, if—</text><subparagraph id="ideb46a32c5aaf41c8a7452cccf3c4a3c7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the contractor requests the extension; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id917ec51411b34a149e7847f06c28d684"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the requesting contractor certifies that, without the extension, the contractor would have insufficient supplies to adequately meet water delivery obligations;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id83fe66a4b20b4ccba8034e3a82a59bab"><enum>(8)</enum><text>maintain all rescheduled water supplies held in the San Luis Reservoir and Millerton Reservoir for all water users for delivery in the immediately following contract water year unless precluded by reservoir storage capacity limitations;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1d28dc4465c04470b49fca2b0b86e491"><enum>(9)</enum><text>to the maximum extent possible based on the availability of water and without causing land subsidence—</text><subparagraph id="idc0959996c162490e88f50d1306ab7acc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>meet the contract water supply needs of Central Valley Project refuges through the improvement or installation of wells to use groundwater resources and the purchase of water from willing sellers, which activities may be accomplished by using funding made available under section 104 or the Water Assistance Program or the WaterSMART program of the Department of the Interior; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7c308d905b334b02b77d344fc5c51394"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make a quantity of Central Valley Project surface water obtained from the measures implemented under subparagraph (A) available to Central Valley Project contractors;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida61ba5c636fe4c3a92586738ee450e71"><enum>(10)</enum><text>make any WaterSMART grant funding allocated to the State available on a priority and expedited basis for projects in the State that—</text><subparagraph id="id19e9d563c9914fbb93f1c993b1cb04df"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide emergency drinking and municipal water supplies to localities in a quantity necessary to meet minimum public health and safety needs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id318dfe54619449c5872920370a4d73a8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prevent the loss of permanent crops;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC3CB2ACC933747EF8F8AF089F852DB57"><enum>(C)</enum><text>minimize economic losses resulting from drought conditions; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2c8dda7746674857b7e861d0f6a07c6b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide innovative water conservation tools and technology for agriculture and urban water use that can have immediate water supply benefits;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5f78e4c9f08147c4bbb19ef692c9c612"><enum>(11)</enum><text>implement offsite upstream projects in the Delta and upstream Sacramento River and San Joaquin basins, in coordination with the California Department of Water Resources and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, that offset the effects on species listed as threatened or endangered 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>) due to actions taken under this Act; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idba32043ce14b49feae6558d5777a94ba"><enum>(12)</enum><text>use all available scientific tools to identify and implement any changes to real-time operations of Bureau of Reclamation, State, and local water projects that could result in the availability of additional water supplies.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida46ff00dcb114d039b33f40f821ad27f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other agencies</header><text>To the extent that a Federal agency other than agencies headed by the Secretaries has a role in approving projects described in subsections (a) and (b), the provisions of this section shall apply to those Federal agencies.</text></subsection><subsection id="id08EBE6487719458C946DA2D8F218A221"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Accelerated project decision and elevation</header><paragraph id="id6e2e74cb7c3f4053a0e31ed47207f92c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Upon the request of the State, the heads of Federal agencies shall use the expedited procedures under this subsection to make final decisions relating to a Federal project or operation to provide additional water supplies or address emergency drought conditions pursuant to subsections (a) and (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd4b1555c7cd542c79ac66d0f616442a8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Request for resolution</header><subparagraph id="id7775E76F1C06402494B5032C19DCDC1B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Upon the request of the State, the head of an agency referred to in subsection (a), or the head of another Federal agency responsible for carrying out a review of a project, as applicable, the Secretary of the Interior shall convene a final project decision meeting with the heads of all relevant Federal agencies to decide whether to approve a project to provide emergency water supplies.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA6B16269205943ACAA5B0BF49D1AD154"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Meeting</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall convene a meeting requested under subparagraph (A) not later than 7 days after receiving the meeting request.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idcddd1867d0884a3ba75078afca7c24a2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Upon receipt of a request for a meeting under this subsection, the Secretary of the Interior shall notify the heads of all relevant Federal agencies of the request, including the project to be reviewed and the date for the meeting.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idBBFF17B46AB044E287523524FB7D8C8C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Decision</header><text>Not later than 10 days after the date on which a meeting is requested under paragraph (2), the head of the relevant Federal agency shall issue a final decision on the project.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc1a5f3ad73834309ad499e01d6ddc85a"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Meeting convened by Secretary</header><text>The Secretary may convene a final project decision meeting under this subsection at any time, at the discretion of the Secretary, regardless of whether a meeting is requested under paragraph (2).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id4694faa3c761424fa8ce7aa1730379f6"><enum>104.</enum><header>Emergency funding</header><subsection id="id32439419678049fca2b5232e32ea5c36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Financial assistance</header><paragraph id="idC05CB7A1A6A4431285808D3B3315B8D1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Financial assistance may be made available under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/2201">43 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.</external-xref>), subtitle F of title IX of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10361 et seq.) (commonly known as the <quote>Secure Water Act of 2009</quote>), and any other applicable Federal law (including regulations), to be divided among each applicable program at the discretion of the Secretary for eligible water projects to assist drought-plagued areas of the State and the West.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFF547EA71BF240F2BF9C8430614AA7BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional availability</header><text>Financial assistance may be made available under this section to organizations and entities, including tribal governments, that are engaged in collaborative processes to restore the environment while settling water rights claims that are part of an active water rights adjudication or a broader settlement of claims that are part of a basin-wide solution for restoration.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd0362c9e19ff49e69389da01577127e4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Types of assistance</header><text>Assistance under subsection (a) shall include a range of projects, including—</text><paragraph id="id9a91f79679634584af7f0e403f322d95"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the installation of pumps, temporary barriers, or operable gates for water diversion and fish protection;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbf62335afda4476a814c6cccb4b69da2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the installation of groundwater wells in wildlife refuges and other areas;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5b9622d293f747aaac988305affe881f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the purchase or assistance in the purchase of water from willing sellers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id24c0f0cbaa084dab9f44dbea7b16b042"><enum>(4)</enum><text>conservation projects providing water supply benefits in the short-term;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id42627556f24d48459f17dbc5b9d9df41"><enum>(5)</enum><text>exchanges with any water district willing to provide water to meet the emergency water needs of other water districts in return for the delivery of equivalent quantities of water later that year or in future years;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc65d96bc688d4c9e91d5266eb18eb13a"><enum>(6)</enum><text>maintenance of cover crops to prevent public health impacts from severe dust storms;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddfeb83669bd74bab8e2a5a7fa8c9aa65"><enum>(7)</enum><text>emergency pumping projects for critical health and safety purposes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idea5d2a15e1ad4cb3a473051ed78c29d7"><enum>(8)</enum><text>activities to reduce water demand consistent with a comprehensive program for environmental restoration and settlement of water rights claims;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id91b2fc2d23424ffdb9d9d884c198c64e"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the use of new or innovative water on-farm water conservation technologies or methods that may assist in sustaining permanent crops in areas with severe water shortages;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id317599ace9fb46a68800f835995e8575"><enum>(10)</enum><text>technical assistance to improve existing irrigation practices to provide water supply benefits in the short-term; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0882006888f44dbf88dca505b2ee1b52"><enum>(11)</enum><text>any other assistance the Secretary determines to be necessary to increase available water supplies or mitigate drought impacts.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id95dada575e5c4d92aa1fcf37ea93700b"><enum>105.</enum><header>Emergency environmental reviews</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To minimize the time spent carrying out environmental reviews and to deliver water quickly that is needed to address emergency drought conditions, the head of each applicable Federal agency shall, in carrying out this Act, consult with the Council on Environmental Quality in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/1506">section 1506.11</external-xref> of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (including successor regulations) to develop alternative arrangements to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) during the emergency.</text></section><section id="idd1d1765800fb44328c5554535d78d18b"><enum>106.</enum><header>State revolving funds</header><subsection id="idD5B66C9CAB264CFBBA2F5CB23BBA871D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in allocating amounts for each of the fiscal years during which the State's emergency drought declaration is in force to State water pollution control revolving funds established under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1381">33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.</external-xref>) and the State drinking water treatment revolving loan funds established under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12</external-xref>), shall, for those projects that are eligible to receive assistance under section 603 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1383">33 U.S.C. 1383</external-xref>) or section 1452(a)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12(a)(2)</external-xref>), respectively, that the State determines will provide additional water supplies most expeditiously to areas that are at risk of having an inadequate supply of water for public health and safety purposes or to improve resiliency to drought—</text><paragraph id="id9BE97C55FA73442397FACA6E9B918A6A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the State to review and prioritize funding for such projects;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1A2245F04FB040C4A132618D3183A715"><enum>(2)</enum><text>issue a determination of waivers within 30 days of the conclusion of the informal public comment period pursuant to section 436(c) of title IV of division G of Public Law 113–76; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC1CAC9640BAA411AB7304F5FE7BFA02F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>authorize, at the request of the State, 40-year financing for assistance under section 603(d)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1383">33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(2)</external-xref>) or section 1452(f)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12(f)(2)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9182160b527e45febc2dae37c9c91171"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) shall apply to any other State—</text><paragraph id="id153B3AE9A4644485B6142135F27BB108"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that has a State-declared drought declaration in force; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD5CC3F9CC6254AC0A2B126AA550EC4F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for which a natural disaster has been declared by the Secretary of Agriculture under section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1961">7 U.S.C. 1961(a)</external-xref>) for drought or agricultural disaster.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idccccfb5d90504146af1038d470ec2d64"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect of section</header><text>Nothing in this section authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to modify any funding allocation, funding criteria, or other requirement relating to State water pollution control revolving funds established under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1381">33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.</external-xref>) and the State drinking water treatment revolving loan funds established under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12</external-xref>) for any State other than as described in subsections (a) and (b).</text></subsection></section><section id="id407f905fea2a4227b52856bf490dcec4"><enum>107.</enum><header>Drought planning assistance</header><subsection id="id4c57f6dcb3a144ab9a1e896f01ae3475"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Upon the request of Central Valley Project or Klamath Project contractors or other Reclamation Project contractors in the State, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall provide water supply planning assistance in preparation for and in response to dry, critically dry, and below normal water year types to those Central Valley Project or Klamath Project contractors or other Reclamation Project contractors making those requests, including contractors who possess contracts for refuge water supplies or deliver refuge water supplies.</text></subsection><subsection id="id894cc0a860e4499fb6deb40750a297b9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Types of assistance</header><text>Assistance under subsection (a) shall include—</text><paragraph id="id0ad9ce0e79494a30807531316c143ee0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>hydrological forecasting;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd81d36b8bcb648d4b9280bae56f43f42"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assessment of water supply sources under different water year classification types;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide7e878b89ec542bf9a8eca4789bd08fe"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identification of alternative water supply sources;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8b0ad04eddcf47eda84e98d23b6668d9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>guidance on potential water transfer partners;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id73f848ae41fe4f829653442d53653937"><enum>(5)</enum><text>technical assistance regarding Federal and State permits and contracts under the Act of February 21, 1911 (36 Stat. 925, chapter 141) (commonly known as the <quote>Warren Act</quote>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd8433dbb0ef848bcb4800f05636f5a53"><enum>(6)</enum><text>technical assistance regarding emergency provision of water supplies for critical health and safety purposes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7a5a8213a83446f7983026b8040b526d"><enum>(7)</enum><text>activities carried out in conjunction with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Integrated Drought Information System, and the State partners of the National Integrated Drought Information System under the National Integrated Drought Information System Act of 2006 (15 U.S.C. 313d)—</text><subparagraph id="idd248acee57d6468cb85da32f1eb17724"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to collect and integrate key indicators of drought severity and impacts; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida989a8aa37854e4bb1f2d152e2655679"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to produce and communicate timely monitoring and forecast information to local and regional communities, including the San Joaquin Valley, the Delta, and the Central Coast; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7f685ce20958491c8bf04fdafa532b4b"><enum>(8)</enum><text>any other assistance the Secretary determines to be necessary.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id823204e4ef2446c9ac5d714c1d54d18e"><enum>108.</enum><header>Calfed Bay-Delta Act reauthorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I of the Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act (118 Stat. 1681; 123 Stat. 2860) (as amended by section 207 of title II of division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014) is amended by striking <quote>2015</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text></section><section id="id638c04efa52c4961840e2cda34ddd1b8"><enum>109.</enum><header>Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act reauthorization</header><subsection id="idF5D5EB29DE8E477880FB40BA5A7D6EA0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/2241">43 U.S.C. 2241</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idCFC8FF987F64420CA829805728D97346"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$90,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$190,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0502C576103D4E1E98D1897070A97091"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2019</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfc1172a7c7a945739fd5be758db562d8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 104(c) of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/2214">43 U.S.C. 2214(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2017</quote> and inserting <quote>2019</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id0AC52B38712846EA9FFF5363ADF3AE04"><enum>110.</enum><header>Secure Water Act reauthorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9504 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10364">42 U.S.C. 10364</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idAE3B4A10C57A4F6A9CA164695F8A5768"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id16F9B34E748840588820078E1C9230E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id965f8ba166154d75978c878d3fa9f63a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idc157b65c51b24d38bfc0b99db25e1c7b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(A) be located within the States</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d1d840122124844ae740b220d7b1768" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8c538eea8824426e96f6496688c1a76b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be located within—</text><clause commented="no" id="idf568d9d51320423585e47d9e5fcebb0e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the States</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="ideef0c53fe0dc4a13b9525b7b0f6feba4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d13285a9f4c42d0bcee2b0ce969c65f" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="idaec4937a8be4424db0dec33950da8d87"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State of Hawaii; and</text><?xt?></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3E441F11A5BF4D2693BE599CE2C794E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(E), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C0C94D48750435BAD9C8B2B31B32BAA" style="OLC"><clause id="id2F8620C903C346A691B3468085E4264D"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Authority of Commissioner</header><text>The Commissioner of Reclamation may, at the discretion of the Commissioner—</text><subclause id="id07C264DE68F04C519CA368045EAEAFEA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>waive any cost-share requirements to address emergency situations; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id57015981783741CCA3CC92E0BF2982E1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>prioritize projects based on the ability of the projects to expeditiously yield water supply benefits during periods of drought.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id35BB8490E0D14D19B903E1A242A62B8A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e), by striking <quote>$200,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$300,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idd915f22c14df4abeb40c49f1b2d37dbc"><enum>111.</enum><header>Colorado River Basin System water</header><subsection id="ida02d7755c6bd43708c93628749de42f4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, consistent with the purposes of section 9504 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364), the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall fund or participate in pilot projects to increase Colorado River System water in Lake Mead and the initial units of Colorado River Storage Project reservoirs, as authorized by the first section of the Act of April 11, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 620), to address the effects of historic drought conditions.</text></subsection><subsection id="id98d2ee33f5e64bd5b033b801f5d061f7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Pilot projects under this section shall be funded through—</text><paragraph id="id6f525de871734d8d8f723d17f186093a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>grants by the Secretary to public entities that use water from the Colorado River Basin for municipal purposes, for projects that are implemented by 1 or more non-Federal entities; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id95f84d59c7cb4247a607c2a709bdcca6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>grants or other appropriate financial agreements to provide additional funds for renewing or implementing water conservation agreements that are in existence on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc07893c0d5e44f33b643cf6e0b802ac4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Upper Colorado River Basin Fund</header><text>Funds in the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund established by section 5 of the Colorado River Storage Project Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/620d">43 U.S.C. 620d</external-xref>) shall not be used to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section><section id="idb0510ee190cd4d85a80133ac51899cb2"><enum>112.</enum><header>Effect on State laws</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act preempts any State law in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, including area of origin and other water rights protections.</text></section><section id="idB0E356D950B64E84A46916EC8CF8C84C"><enum>113.</enum><header>Klamath Basin water supply</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/498">Public Law 106–498</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2221) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id6cb824bfeff44ff3ba9ee76f2a11da5c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating sections 4 through 6 as sections 5 through 7, respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF623160A27434B03BAA638A6D8564FFB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after section 3 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb75c10c2cbe4e42824f6b192389fd68" style="OLC"><section id="id2db323266f2240bb9663d58bf8d5723a"><enum>4.</enum><header>Water management and planning activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to engage in activities, including entering into agreements and contracts, or otherwise making financial assistance available, to reduce water consumption or demand, or to restore ecosystems (including tribal fishery resources held in trust) in the Klamath Basin watershed, consistent with collaborative agreements for environmental restoration and settlements of water rights claims.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idb64510e08e6d439cae77452ba33da4d2"><enum>114.</enum><header>Termination of authorities</header><subsection id="id9724F0AF14024D97A686B77C8F9B577B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Emergency projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority under section 103 expires on the date on which the Governor of the State suspends the state of drought emergency declaration.</text></subsection><subsection id="idd9bad21150fd44709415c0c4344d3f7c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other authority</header><text>The authority under sections 104, 105, and 106 shall expire in a State or area on the earlier of—</text><paragraph id="idE98D1C279AD2462BB78C35E5C2B625C7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the date on which the emergency drought declaration for the State or area is withdrawn; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id43FAFEB161BA4BA0B7A0719A5183836A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the date on which the Secretary of Agriculture suspends the natural disaster declaration issued under section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)) for drought or an agricultural disaster for the State or area.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>

113 S2198 PCS: Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 U.S. Senate 2014-04-01 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014

Table of contents

The table of contents of this Act are as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Table of contents.

TITLE I—Emergency drought relief

Sec. 101. Findings.

Sec. 102. Definitions.

Sec. 103. Emergency projects.

Sec. 104. Emergency funding.

Sec. 105. Emergency environmental reviews.

Sec. 106. State revolving funds.

Sec. 107. Drought planning assistance.

Sec. 108. Calfed Bay-Delta Act reauthorization.

Sec. 109. Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act reauthorization.

Sec. 110. Secure Water Act reauthorization.

Sec. 111. Colorado River Basin System water.

Sec. 112. Effect on State laws.

Sec. 113. Klamath Basin water supply.

Sec. 114. Termination of authorities.

TITLE II—Federal disaster assistance

Sec. 201. Treatment of drought under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.

<enum>I</enum><header>Emergency drought relief</header><section id="id339e1687ca854230a3ca13b6ca008708"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="iddf93344be4eb4c17ae58948613ab37d2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as established in the Proclamation of a State of Emergency issued by the Governor of the State on January 17, 2014, the State is experiencing record dry conditions;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8e573ffdd1fa4dd8afdc5fd14dfe8c29"><enum>(2)</enum><text>extremely dry conditions have persisted in the State since 2012, and the current drought conditions are likely to persist into the future;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide32bacd8e67e4ae580e37abd85b54481"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the water supplies of the State are at record-low levels, as indicated by a statewide average snowpack of 12 percent of the normal average for winter as of February 1, 2014, and the fact that all major Central Valley Project reservoir levels are below 50 percent of the capacity of the reservoirs as of the date of enactment of this Act;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id91dc3916806f49fd918fc00c11692129"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the 2013–2014 drought constitutes a serious emergency posing immediate and severe risks to human life and safety and to the environment throughout the State;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idc36e1fd3dc714502b2865299f97958a1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the emergency requires—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id75F670C4C8F84232B3B3F686558765C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>immediate and credible action that respects the complexity of the State of California’s water system and its importance to the entire State; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6D2C26FD20BB49E7B9D683E049EF3A75"><enum>(B)</enum><text>policies that do not pit stakeholders against one another, which history has shown only leads to costly litigation that benefits no one and prevents any real solutions;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id60bc36ecdff543a78da7392c0a7a8440"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Federal law (including regulations) directly authorizes expedited decisionmaking procedures and environmental and public review procedures to enable timely and appropriate implementation of actions to respond to such a type and severity of emergency; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id65fb22737e1a4366a3e89292fc9aad05"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the serious emergency posed by the 2013–2014 drought in the State fully satisfies the conditions necessary for the exercise of emergency decision making, analytical, and public review requirements under—</text><subparagraph id="idca6cc95ccfe1411ca2de2cf876288219"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id561cfc8b62cb4e3abdbaae1d5b009b93"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddc5a28efe5f14777bf2d6300d0f4bc1e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>water control management procedures of the Corps of Engineers described in section 222.5 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (including successor regulations); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ided52848b99924cb4a7deddcae52ebeea"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/250">Public Law 102–250</external-xref>; 106 Stat. 53).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id157cf1c45b4b498cbfceb5d8e666bfdf"><enum>102.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph id="id624951d8aede47c988440fd12a350e83"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Central valley project</header><text>The term <term>Central Valley Project</term> has the meaning given the term in section 3403 of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4707).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2e68dad7c5b64088a8a47eb4b6557c83"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Klamath Project</header><text>The term <term>Klamath Project</term> means the Bureau of Reclamation project in the States of California and Oregon—</text><subparagraph id="id89E11F1C013B468D88317C7DB5F981AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as authorized under the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id782FCE9BCF43480883B4347877EEFC6C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as described in—</text><clause id="id084509862BDA469EBA6C61EFC97D10C5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>title II of the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/208">Public Law 104–208</external-xref>; 110 Stat. 3009–532); and</text></clause><clause id="id920598BB658D4B0293E55D6C66E80A01"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/498">Public Law 106–498</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2221).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idac79432b4532445b8598bf2514350fe9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reclamation project</header><text>The term <term>Reclamation Project</term> means a project constructed pursuant to the authorities of the reclamation laws and whose facilities are wholly or partially located in the State.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEB66E533EC3D4A98BCDA73A8045C6D58"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretaries</header><text>The term <quote>Secretaries</quote> means—</text><subparagraph id="id746A79E80A3A40F8A5A2725CA726A541"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7632261C89BF48E59FFED728BC3CDD97"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of Commerce; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0CC02A6FFB65456692E420E2BEE3BD09"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Interior.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id23BC646AF03148C48972B93240452748"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means the State of California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide198057b07aa47fe9b090f7ed8ad870c"><enum>(6)</enum><header>State water project</header><text>The term <term>State Water Project</term> means the water project described by California Water Code section 11550 et seq., and operated by the California Department of Water Resources.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idCC4E8BF6F656449DB3A28E268DE1E337"><enum>103.</enum><header>Emergency projects</header><subsection id="idb6c03499085b435798cd71e68a63821a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In response to the declaration of a state of drought emergency by the Governor of the State, the Secretaries shall provide the maximum quantity of water supplies possible to Central Valley Project and Klamath Project agricultural, municipal and industrial, and refuge service and repayment contractors, State Water Project contractors, and any other locality or municipality in the State, by approving, consistent with applicable laws (including regulations)—</text><paragraph id="ida69f2b47da4e426db3f83cf075e9fbd9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any project or operations to provide additional water supplies if there is any possible way whatsoever that the Secretaries can do so unless the project or operations constitute a highly inefficient way of providing additional water supplies; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4dc0a3bab963497aac56ef68fb4ac755"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any projects or operations as quickly as possible based on available information to address the emergency conditions.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4e18d24205e745e69bb710ec35b510b6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mandate</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the applicable agency heads described in that subsection shall, consistent with applicable laws (including regulations)—</text><paragraph id="ide45a60a110674a33a6bbcccb27b1bed1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>authorize and implement actions to ensure that the Delta Cross Channel Gates shall remain open to the greatest extent possible, timed to maximize the peak flood tide period and provide water supply and water quality benefits for the duration of the State's drought emergency declaration, consistent with operational criteria and monitoring criteria developed pursuant to the California State Water Resources Control Board’s Order Approving a Temporary Urgency Change in License and Permit Terms in Response to Drought Conditions, effective January 31, 2014, or a successor order;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id25ebfe0a901345729a57d29b74f0cb26"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idFD66590EC1EE4189A92A4D60F4F6AE86"><enum>(A)</enum><text>collect data associated with the operation of the Delta Cross Channel Gates described in paragraph (1) and its impact on species listed as threatened or endangered 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>), water quality, and water supply; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2BC13D2662B04FB490B3DD4871D0AA2B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>after assessing the data described in subparagraph (A), require the Director of the National Marine Fisheries Service to recommend revisions to operations of the Central Valley Project and the California State Water Project, including, if appropriate, the reasonable and prudent alternatives contained in the biological opinion issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service on June 4, 2009, that are likely to produce fishery, water quality, and water supply benefits;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2ed277d8faff478abbbaa3cc9b186f6a"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5772323868824B8FA863E8E2EEF5190D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>implement turbidity control strategies that allow for increased water deliveries while avoiding jeopardy to adult delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) due to entrainment at Central Valley Project and State Water Project pumping plants; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4E6E7FE6E90D4F138A0093EDE96D09E4" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>manage reverse flow in Old and Middle Rivers as prescribed by the biological opinion issued by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and dated December 15, 2008, to minimize water supply reductions for the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbd965b892296479c936f1d9c698695d2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>adopt a 1:1 inflow to export ratio for the increased flow of the San Joaquin River, as measured as a 3-day running average at Vernalis during the period from April 1 through May 31, resulting from voluntary transfers and exchanges of water supplies, among other purposes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id68279F56DCFD4C66B09C0FEE0C82D0EE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>issue all necessary permit decisions under the authority of the Secretaries within 30 days of receiving a completed application by the State to place and use temporary barriers or operable gates in Delta channels to improve water quantity and quality for State Water Project and Central Valley Project South of Delta water contractors and other water users, which barriers or gates should provide benefits for species protection and in-Delta water user water quality and shall be designed such that formal consultations under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536</external-xref>) would not be necessary;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8DBE4AF162D14488B6BB2F87C82BF2FC"><enum>(6)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB122DBA4AD934354AFCE077035C1702B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation to complete all requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) and 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>) necessary to make final permit decisions on water transfer requests associated with voluntarily fallowing nonpermanent crops in the State, within 30 days of receiving such a request; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2866CAF030AF4EA79C329EEB54498F9A" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to allow any water transfer request associated with fallowing to maximize the quantity of water supplies available for nonhabitat uses as long as the fallowing and associated water transfer are in compliance with applicable Federal laws (including regulations);</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0F372D19E13C40048AF4AEE5530BDA57"><enum>(7)</enum><text>allow North of Delta water service contractors with unused 2013 Central Valley Project contract supplies to take delivery of those unused supplies through April 15, 2014, if—</text><subparagraph id="ideb46a32c5aaf41c8a7452cccf3c4a3c7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the contractor requests the extension; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id917ec51411b34a149e7847f06c28d684"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the requesting contractor certifies that, without the extension, the contractor would have insufficient supplies to adequately meet water delivery obligations;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id83fe66a4b20b4ccba8034e3a82a59bab"><enum>(8)</enum><text>maintain all rescheduled water supplies held in the San Luis Reservoir and Millerton Reservoir for all water users for delivery in the immediately following contract water year unless precluded by reservoir storage capacity limitations;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1d28dc4465c04470b49fca2b0b86e491"><enum>(9)</enum><text>to the maximum extent possible based on the availability of water and without causing land subsidence—</text><subparagraph id="idc0959996c162490e88f50d1306ab7acc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>meet the contract water supply needs of Central Valley Project refuges through the improvement or installation of wells to use groundwater resources and the purchase of water from willing sellers, which activities may be accomplished by using funding made available under section 104 or the Water Assistance Program or the WaterSMART program of the Department of the Interior; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7c308d905b334b02b77d344fc5c51394"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make a quantity of Central Valley Project surface water obtained from the measures implemented under subparagraph (A) available to Central Valley Project contractors;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida61ba5c636fe4c3a92586738ee450e71"><enum>(10)</enum><text>make any WaterSMART grant funding allocated to the State available on a priority and expedited basis for projects in the State that—</text><subparagraph id="id19e9d563c9914fbb93f1c993b1cb04df"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide emergency drinking and municipal water supplies to localities in a quantity necessary to meet minimum public health and safety needs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id318dfe54619449c5872920370a4d73a8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prevent the loss of permanent crops;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC3CB2ACC933747EF8F8AF089F852DB57"><enum>(C)</enum><text>minimize economic losses resulting from drought conditions; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2c8dda7746674857b7e861d0f6a07c6b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide innovative water conservation tools and technology for agriculture and urban water use that can have immediate water supply benefits;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5f78e4c9f08147c4bbb19ef692c9c612"><enum>(11)</enum><text>implement offsite upstream projects in the Delta and upstream Sacramento River and San Joaquin basins, in coordination with the California Department of Water Resources and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, that offset the effects on species listed as threatened or endangered 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>) due to actions taken under this Act; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idba32043ce14b49feae6558d5777a94ba"><enum>(12)</enum><text>use all available scientific tools to identify and implement any changes to real-time operations of Bureau of Reclamation, State, and local water projects that could result in the availability of additional water supplies.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida46ff00dcb114d039b33f40f821ad27f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other agencies</header><text>To the extent that a Federal agency other than agencies headed by the Secretaries has a role in approving projects described in subsections (a) and (b), the provisions of this section shall apply to those Federal agencies.</text></subsection><subsection id="id08EBE6487719458C946DA2D8F218A221"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Accelerated project decision and elevation</header><paragraph id="id6e2e74cb7c3f4053a0e31ed47207f92c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Upon the request of the State, the heads of Federal agencies shall use the expedited procedures under this subsection to make final decisions relating to a Federal project or operation to provide additional water supplies or address emergency drought conditions pursuant to subsections (a) and (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd4b1555c7cd542c79ac66d0f616442a8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Request for resolution</header><subparagraph id="id7775E76F1C06402494B5032C19DCDC1B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Upon the request of the State, the head of an agency referred to in subsection (a), or the head of another Federal agency responsible for carrying out a review of a project, as applicable, the Secretary of the Interior shall convene a final project decision meeting with the heads of all relevant Federal agencies to decide whether to approve a project to provide emergency water supplies.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA6B16269205943ACAA5B0BF49D1AD154"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Meeting</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall convene a meeting requested under subparagraph (A) not later than 7 days after receiving the meeting request.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idcddd1867d0884a3ba75078afca7c24a2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Upon receipt of a request for a meeting under this subsection, the Secretary of the Interior shall notify the heads of all relevant Federal agencies of the request, including the project to be reviewed and the date for the meeting.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idBBFF17B46AB044E287523524FB7D8C8C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Decision</header><text>Not later than 10 days after the date on which a meeting is requested under paragraph (2), the head of the relevant Federal agency shall issue a final decision on the project.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc1a5f3ad73834309ad499e01d6ddc85a"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Meeting convened by Secretary</header><text>The Secretary may convene a final project decision meeting under this subsection at any time, at the discretion of the Secretary, regardless of whether a meeting is requested under paragraph (2).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id4694faa3c761424fa8ce7aa1730379f6"><enum>104.</enum><header>Emergency funding</header><subsection id="id32439419678049fca2b5232e32ea5c36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Financial assistance</header><paragraph id="idC05CB7A1A6A4431285808D3B3315B8D1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Financial assistance may be made available under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/2201">43 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.</external-xref>), subtitle F of title IX of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10361 et seq.) (commonly known as the <quote>Secure Water Act of 2009</quote>), and any other applicable Federal law (including regulations), to be divided among each applicable program at the discretion of the Secretary for eligible water projects to assist drought-plagued areas of the State and the West.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFF547EA71BF240F2BF9C8430614AA7BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional availability</header><text>Financial assistance may be made available under this section to organizations and entities, including tribal governments, that are engaged in collaborative processes to restore the environment while settling water rights claims that are part of an active water rights adjudication or a broader settlement of claims that are part of a basin-wide solution for restoration.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd0362c9e19ff49e69389da01577127e4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Types of assistance</header><text>Assistance under subsection (a) shall include a range of projects, including—</text><paragraph id="id9a91f79679634584af7f0e403f322d95"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the installation of pumps, temporary barriers, or operable gates for water diversion and fish protection;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbf62335afda4476a814c6cccb4b69da2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the installation of groundwater wells in wildlife refuges and other areas;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5b9622d293f747aaac988305affe881f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the purchase or assistance in the purchase of water from willing sellers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id24c0f0cbaa084dab9f44dbea7b16b042"><enum>(4)</enum><text>conservation projects providing water supply benefits in the short-term;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id42627556f24d48459f17dbc5b9d9df41"><enum>(5)</enum><text>exchanges with any water district willing to provide water to meet the emergency water needs of other water districts in return for the delivery of equivalent quantities of water later that year or in future years;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc65d96bc688d4c9e91d5266eb18eb13a"><enum>(6)</enum><text>maintenance of cover crops to prevent public health impacts from severe dust storms;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddfeb83669bd74bab8e2a5a7fa8c9aa65"><enum>(7)</enum><text>emergency pumping projects for critical health and safety purposes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idea5d2a15e1ad4cb3a473051ed78c29d7"><enum>(8)</enum><text>activities to reduce water demand consistent with a comprehensive program for environmental restoration and settlement of water rights claims;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id91b2fc2d23424ffdb9d9d884c198c64e"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the use of new or innovative water on-farm water conservation technologies or methods that may assist in sustaining permanent crops in areas with severe water shortages;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id317599ace9fb46a68800f835995e8575"><enum>(10)</enum><text>technical assistance to improve existing irrigation practices to provide water supply benefits in the short-term; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0882006888f44dbf88dca505b2ee1b52"><enum>(11)</enum><text>any other assistance the Secretary determines to be necessary to increase available water supplies or mitigate drought impacts.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id95dada575e5c4d92aa1fcf37ea93700b"><enum>105.</enum><header>Emergency environmental reviews</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To minimize the time spent carrying out environmental reviews and to deliver water quickly that is needed to address emergency drought conditions, the head of each applicable Federal agency shall, in carrying out this Act, consult with the Council on Environmental Quality in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/1506">section 1506.11</external-xref> of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (including successor regulations) to develop alternative arrangements to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) during the emergency.</text></section><section id="idd1d1765800fb44328c5554535d78d18b"><enum>106.</enum><header>State revolving funds</header><subsection id="idD5B66C9CAB264CFBBA2F5CB23BBA871D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in allocating amounts for each of the fiscal years during which the State's emergency drought declaration is in force to State water pollution control revolving funds established under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1381">33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.</external-xref>) and the State drinking water treatment revolving loan funds established under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12</external-xref>), shall, for those projects that are eligible to receive assistance under section 603 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1383">33 U.S.C. 1383</external-xref>) or section 1452(a)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12(a)(2)</external-xref>), respectively, that the State determines will provide additional water supplies most expeditiously to areas that are at risk of having an inadequate supply of water for public health and safety purposes or to improve resiliency to drought—</text><paragraph id="id9BE97C55FA73442397FACA6E9B918A6A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the State to review and prioritize funding for such projects;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1A2245F04FB040C4A132618D3183A715"><enum>(2)</enum><text>issue a determination of waivers within 30 days of the conclusion of the informal public comment period pursuant to section 436(c) of title IV of division G of Public Law 113–76; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC1CAC9640BAA411AB7304F5FE7BFA02F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>authorize, at the request of the State, 40-year financing for assistance under section 603(d)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1383">33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(2)</external-xref>) or section 1452(f)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12(f)(2)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9182160b527e45febc2dae37c9c91171"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) shall apply to any other State—</text><paragraph id="id153B3AE9A4644485B6142135F27BB108"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that has a State-declared drought declaration in force; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD5CC3F9CC6254AC0A2B126AA550EC4F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for which a natural disaster has been declared by the Secretary of Agriculture under section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1961">7 U.S.C. 1961(a)</external-xref>) for drought or agricultural disaster.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idccccfb5d90504146af1038d470ec2d64"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect of section</header><text>Nothing in this section authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to modify any funding allocation, funding criteria, or other requirement relating to State water pollution control revolving funds established under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1381">33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.</external-xref>) and the State drinking water treatment revolving loan funds established under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12</external-xref>) for any State other than as described in subsections (a) and (b).</text></subsection></section><section id="id407f905fea2a4227b52856bf490dcec4"><enum>107.</enum><header>Drought planning assistance</header><subsection id="id4c57f6dcb3a144ab9a1e896f01ae3475"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Upon the request of Central Valley Project or Klamath Project contractors or other Reclamation Project contractors in the State, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall provide water supply planning assistance in preparation for and in response to dry, critically dry, and below normal water year types to those Central Valley Project or Klamath Project contractors or other Reclamation Project contractors making those requests, including contractors who possess contracts for refuge water supplies or deliver refuge water supplies.</text></subsection><subsection id="id894cc0a860e4499fb6deb40750a297b9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Types of assistance</header><text>Assistance under subsection (a) shall include—</text><paragraph id="id0ad9ce0e79494a30807531316c143ee0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>hydrological forecasting;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd81d36b8bcb648d4b9280bae56f43f42"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assessment of water supply sources under different water year classification types;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide7e878b89ec542bf9a8eca4789bd08fe"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identification of alternative water supply sources;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8b0ad04eddcf47eda84e98d23b6668d9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>guidance on potential water transfer partners;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id73f848ae41fe4f829653442d53653937"><enum>(5)</enum><text>technical assistance regarding Federal and State permits and contracts under the Act of February 21, 1911 (36 Stat. 925, chapter 141) (commonly known as the <quote>Warren Act</quote>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd8433dbb0ef848bcb4800f05636f5a53"><enum>(6)</enum><text>technical assistance regarding emergency provision of water supplies for critical health and safety purposes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7a5a8213a83446f7983026b8040b526d"><enum>(7)</enum><text>activities carried out in conjunction with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Integrated Drought Information System, and the State partners of the National Integrated Drought Information System under the National Integrated Drought Information System Act of 2006 (15 U.S.C. 313d)—</text><subparagraph id="idd248acee57d6468cb85da32f1eb17724"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to collect and integrate key indicators of drought severity and impacts; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida989a8aa37854e4bb1f2d152e2655679"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to produce and communicate timely monitoring and forecast information to local and regional communities, including the San Joaquin Valley, the Delta, and the Central Coast; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7f685ce20958491c8bf04fdafa532b4b"><enum>(8)</enum><text>any other assistance the Secretary determines to be necessary.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id823204e4ef2446c9ac5d714c1d54d18e"><enum>108.</enum><header>Calfed Bay-Delta Act reauthorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I of the Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act (118 Stat. 1681; 123 Stat. 2860) (as amended by section 207 of title II of division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014) is amended by striking <quote>2015</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text></section><section id="id638c04efa52c4961840e2cda34ddd1b8"><enum>109.</enum><header>Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act reauthorization</header><subsection id="idF5D5EB29DE8E477880FB40BA5A7D6EA0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/2241">43 U.S.C. 2241</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idCFC8FF987F64420CA829805728D97346"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$90,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$190,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0502C576103D4E1E98D1897070A97091"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2019</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfc1172a7c7a945739fd5be758db562d8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 104(c) of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/2214">43 U.S.C. 2214(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2017</quote> and inserting <quote>2019</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id0AC52B38712846EA9FFF5363ADF3AE04"><enum>110.</enum><header>Secure Water Act reauthorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9504 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10364">42 U.S.C. 10364</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idAE3B4A10C57A4F6A9CA164695F8A5768"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id16F9B34E748840588820078E1C9230E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A)—</text><clause commented="no" id="id965f8ba166154d75978c878d3fa9f63a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idc157b65c51b24d38bfc0b99db25e1c7b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(A) be located within the States</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d1d840122124844ae740b220d7b1768" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8c538eea8824426e96f6496688c1a76b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be located within—</text><clause commented="no" id="idf568d9d51320423585e47d9e5fcebb0e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the States</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" id="ideef0c53fe0dc4a13b9525b7b0f6feba4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d13285a9f4c42d0bcee2b0ce969c65f" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" id="idaec4937a8be4424db0dec33950da8d87"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State of Hawaii; and</text><?xt?></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3E441F11A5BF4D2693BE599CE2C794E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(E), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C0C94D48750435BAD9C8B2B31B32BAA" style="OLC"><clause id="id2F8620C903C346A691B3468085E4264D"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Authority of Commissioner</header><text>The Commissioner of Reclamation may, at the discretion of the Commissioner—</text><subclause id="id07C264DE68F04C519CA368045EAEAFEA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>waive any cost-share requirements to address emergency situations; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id57015981783741CCA3CC92E0BF2982E1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>prioritize projects based on the ability of the projects to expeditiously yield water supply benefits during periods of drought.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id35BB8490E0D14D19B903E1A242A62B8A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e), by striking <quote>$200,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$300,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idd915f22c14df4abeb40c49f1b2d37dbc"><enum>111.</enum><header>Colorado River Basin System water</header><subsection id="ida02d7755c6bd43708c93628749de42f4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, consistent with the purposes of section 9504 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364), the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall fund or participate in pilot projects to increase Colorado River System water in Lake Mead and the initial units of Colorado River Storage Project reservoirs, as authorized by the first section of the Act of April 11, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 620), to address the effects of historic drought conditions.</text></subsection><subsection id="id98d2ee33f5e64bd5b033b801f5d061f7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Pilot projects under this section shall be funded through—</text><paragraph id="id6f525de871734d8d8f723d17f186093a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>grants by the Secretary to public entities that use water from the Colorado River Basin for municipal purposes, for projects that are implemented by 1 or more non-Federal entities; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id95f84d59c7cb4247a607c2a709bdcca6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>grants or other appropriate financial agreements to provide additional funds for renewing or implementing water conservation agreements that are in existence on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc07893c0d5e44f33b643cf6e0b802ac4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Upper Colorado River Basin Fund</header><text>Funds in the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund established by section 5 of the Colorado River Storage Project Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/620d">43 U.S.C. 620d</external-xref>) shall not be used to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section><section id="idb0510ee190cd4d85a80133ac51899cb2"><enum>112.</enum><header>Effect on State laws</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act preempts any State law in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, including area of origin and other water rights protections.</text></section><section id="idB0E356D950B64E84A46916EC8CF8C84C"><enum>113.</enum><header>Klamath Basin water supply</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/498">Public Law 106–498</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2221) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id6cb824bfeff44ff3ba9ee76f2a11da5c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating sections 4 through 6 as sections 5 through 7, respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF623160A27434B03BAA638A6D8564FFB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after section 3 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb75c10c2cbe4e42824f6b192389fd68" style="OLC"><section id="id2db323266f2240bb9663d58bf8d5723a"><enum>4.</enum><header>Water management and planning activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to engage in activities, including entering into agreements and contracts, or otherwise making financial assistance available, to reduce water consumption or demand, or to restore ecosystems (including tribal fishery resources held in trust) in the Klamath Basin watershed, consistent with collaborative agreements for environmental restoration and settlements of water rights claims.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idb64510e08e6d439cae77452ba33da4d2"><enum>114.</enum><header>Termination of authorities</header><subsection id="id9724F0AF14024D97A686B77C8F9B577B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Emergency projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority under section 103 expires on the date on which the Governor of the State suspends the state of drought emergency declaration.</text></subsection><subsection id="idd9bad21150fd44709415c0c4344d3f7c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other authority</header><text>The authority under sections 104, 105, and 106 shall expire in a State or area on the earlier of—</text><paragraph id="idE98D1C279AD2462BB78C35E5C2B625C7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the date on which the emergency drought declaration for the State or area is withdrawn; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id43FAFEB161BA4BA0B7A0719A5183836A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the date on which the Secretary of Agriculture suspends the natural disaster declaration issued under section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)) for drought or an agricultural disaster for the State or area.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Federal disaster assistance</header><section id="id060a9fc27b294991b48533d266a5761d"><enum>201.</enum><header>Treatment of drought under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act</header><subsection id="id7AD8871C90B24E8EB6794D8AEF7CE4A2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="id02b9ef23ed03449990eb764f29ebc0da"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <quote>major disaster</quote> (as defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5122">42 U.S.C. 5122</external-xref>)) includes drought, yet no drought in the 30 years preceding the date of enactment of this Act has been declared by the President to be a major disaster in any of the States in accordance with section 401 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 5170);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0401ef996cc74454b630ae3507c75837"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a major drought shall be eligible to be declared a major disaster or state of emergency by the President on the request of the Governor of any State;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3d280fa0fada490387ef2d991fee2f35"><enum>(3)</enum><text>droughts are natural disasters that do occur, and while of a different type of impact, the scale of the impact of a major drought can be equivalent to other disasters that have been declared by the President to be a major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5121">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd8a3f3b9dac846d0a97dd41df6ad8c53"><enum>(4)</enum><text>droughts have wide-ranging and long-term impacts on ecosystem health, agriculture production, permanent crops, forests, waterways, air quality, public health, wildlife, employment, communities, State and national parks, and other natural resources of a State and the people of that State that have significant value.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idaacec11a482445549dcf0f3f4f2ed5b4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal emergency assistance</header><text>Section 502(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5192(a)) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id41285bede22445c98c62fa8dd871e6dd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0f2cd69c2d6347368e877bca3bae4b23"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id00fbddfd1b074999b2b8a4e205d79e9c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd02979581f784ae9bbc08b24ee207cb1" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id02c9b73b1b324a7baaa915b7c0379511"><enum>(9)</enum><text>provide disaster unemployment assistance in accordance with section 410;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfb491472d38b4b528a2ec11054f80d4b"><enum>(10)</enum><text>provide emergency nutrition and other assistance in accordance with section 412; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf1c106f4c6c94d4a80d2957c569a366a"><enum>(11)</enum><text>provide crisis counseling assistance in accordance with section 416.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>

April 2, 2014

Read the second time and placed on the calendar