[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4126 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4126

    To support the California-Federal (CALFED) Bay-Delta Program in 
developing, funding, and implementing a balanced, long-term solution to 
  the problems of ecosystem quality, water quality, water supply and 
 reliability, and system vulnerability affecting the San Francisco Bay/
 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed (the Bay-Delta) in California.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 1996

  Mr. Baker of California (for himself, Mr. Fazio of California, Mr. 
   Radanovich, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Riggs, Mr. Matsui, Mrs. 
Seastrand, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Filner, Mr. Kim, Mr. 
    Miller of California, Mr. Calvert, Ms. Harman, Mr. Bilbray, Ms. 
Lofgren, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Stark, Mr. Packard, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. McKeon, 
  Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Horn, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Cox of 
    California, Mr. Condit, Mr. Rohrabacher, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
   Cunningham, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Herger, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. 
  Lantos, Ms. Waters, Mr. Berman, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Martinez, and Ms. 
 Millender-McDonald) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition 
    to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To support the California-Federal (CALFED) Bay-Delta Program in 
developing, funding, and implementing a balanced, long-term solution to 
  the problems of ecosystem quality, water quality, water supply and 
 reliability, and system vulnerability affecting the San Francisco Bay/
 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed (the Bay-Delta) in California.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1. Short Title.

    The Act may be cited as the ``California Bay-Delta Environmental 
Enhancement and Water Security Act''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM FUNDING.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--For each of the fiscal years 
1998, 1999, and 2000, there are authorized to be appropriated an 
additional $143,300,000 for both (1) the initial Federal share of the 
cost of developing and implementing that portion of an ecosystem 
protection plan for the Bay-Delta, referred to as ``the Category III 
program'' emanating out of the document entitled ``Principles for 
Agreement on Bay-Delta Standards Between the State of California and 
the Federal Government'', dated December 15, 1994, and, (2) the initial 
Federal share of the cost of developing and implementing the ecosystem 
restoration elements of the long-term CALFED Bay-Delta Program, 
pursuant to the cost sharing agreement required by section 78684.10 of 
California Senate Bill 900, Chapter 135, Statutes of 1996, signed by 
the Governor of California on July 11, 1996. Funds appropriated 
pursuant to this section shall remain available until expended and 
shall be administered in accordance with procedures established by 
CALFED Bay-Delta Program until Congress authorizes another entity that 
is recommended by CALFED Bay-Delta Program to carry out this section.
    (b) Funds authorized to be appropriated pursuant to this section to 
those agencies that are currently or subsequently become participants 
in the CALFED Bay-Delta Program shall be in addition to the baseline 
funding levels established pursuant to section 3 of this Act, for 
currently authorized projects and programs under the Central Valley 
Project Improvement Act, title 34 of Public Law 102-575 and other 
currently authorized federal programs for the purpose of Bay-Delta 
ecosystem protection and restoration.
    (c) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to diminish the Federal 
interest in and responsibility for working with the State of California 
through the CALFED Bay-Delta Program in developing, funding and 
implementing a balanced, long-term solution to the problems of 
ecosystem quality, water quality, water supply and reliability, and 
system vulnerability affecting the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San 
Joaquin Delta Watershed in California. Participation in such long term 
solution shall only be undertaken pursuant to authorization provided by 
law other than this Act, and shall be based on the equitable allocation 
of program costs among beneficiary groups that the CALFED Bay-Delta 
programs shall develop.
    (d) To the extent not otherwise authorized, those agencies and 
departments that are currently or subsequently become participants in 
the CALFED Bay-Delta Program are hereby authorized to undertake the 
activities and programs for which Federal cost sharing is provided by 
this section. The United States shall immediately initiate coordinated 
consultations and negotiations with the State of California to 
expeditiously execute the cost-sharing agreement required by section 
78684.10 of California Senate Bill 900, Chapter 135, Statutes of 1996, 
signed by the Governor of California on July 11, 1996. Such activities 
shall include, but not be limited to, planning, design, technical 
assistance and construction for ecosystem restoration programs and 
projects.

SEC. 3. BUDGET CROSSCUT.

    The Office of Management and Budget is directed to submit to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, as part of the 
President's Fiscal Year 1998 Budget, an interagency budget crosscut 
that displays Federal spending for fiscal years 1993 through 1998 on 
ecosystem restoration and other purposes in the Bay-Delta region, 
separately showing funding provided previously or requested under both 
pre-existing authorities and new authorities granted by this Act.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Section 2 of this Act shall take effect on the date of passage of 
California State Proposition 204.
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