[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3768 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3768

  To require the Secretary of the Interior to study and construct all 
   projects and programs that are included in the Friant Water Users 
  Authority document titled ``San Joaquin River Restoration Program: 
Water Management Goal-Recirculation, Recapture of Restoration Flows and 
    Mitigation of Water Supply Reductions'', and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 4, 2007

  Mr. Nunes (for himself, Mr. McCarthy of California, Mr. Costa, Mr. 
 Cardoza, and Mr. Radanovich) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of the Interior to study and construct all 
   projects and programs that are included in the Friant Water Users 
  Authority document titled ``San Joaquin River Restoration Program: 
Water Management Goal-Recirculation, Recapture of Restoration Flows and 
    Mitigation of Water Supply Reductions'', and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``San Joaquin River Settlement Water 
Management Goal Implementation Act''.

SEC. 2. WATER MANAGEMENT GOAL IMPLEMENTATION.

    (a) Authorization.--
            (1) Studies.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
        the Bureau of Reclamation, shall, subject to paragraph (3), 
        prepare feasibility studies for the design, planning, and 
        construction of all projects and programs that are included in 
        the Friant Water Users Authority document titled ``San Joaquin 
        River Restoration Program: Water Management Goal-Recirculation, 
        Recapture of Restoration Flows and Mitigation of Water Supply 
        Reductions''.
            (2) Participation.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting 
        through the Bureau of Reclamation, may carry out any projects 
        and programs determined to be feasible pursuant to a study 
        completed under paragraph (1).
            (3) Funding.--The actions authorized under this section may 
        be carried out to the extent that funds are made available in 
        advance through Acts of appropriation, donated funds, or funds 
        made available by State and local governments for such 
        purposes.
    (b) Projects.--The projects referred to in subsection (a) include 
the following:
            (1) The Cross Valley Canal Intertie and Friant-Kern Canal 
        Reverse Flow Project.
            (2) The Kings River Pump-In Facility and Exchange Project.
            (3) The Trans Valley Canal Construction Project.
            (4) The Multi-District Conveyance Project.
            (5) The expansion of the Arvin-Edison-California Aqueduct 
        Intertie.
            (6) The smaller San Joaquin River Interceptor Pumps & 
        Pipeline Intertie to the Delta Mendota Canal.
            (7) The larger San Joaquin River Interceptor Pumps & 
        Intertie to the California Aqueduct in Stanislaus County.
            (8) The Friant-Kern Canal Capacity Correction Project.
            (9) The Friant-Kern Canal Capacity Enlargement Project.
            (10) The Chowchilla-Merced Intertie Canal Project.
            (11) The Delano Earlimart Irrigation District and the North 
        Kern Water Storage District Joint Groundwater Banking Facility.
            (12) The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District Interconnection 
        Project.
            (13) The Terra Bella Irrigation District Interconnection 
        Project.
            (14) The expansion of the Deer Creek and Tule River 
        Authority Groundwater Banking Program.
            (15) The Exeter Irrigation District Integrated Water 
        Management Program.
            (16) The Lindsay Strathmore, Lindmore, Exeter, Lewis Creek, 
        Ivanhoe, and Tulare Irrigation Districts and the Kaweah Delta 
        Water Conservation District Groundwater Banking Facility.
            (17) The Orange Cove Irrigation District Multi-
        Institutional Water Management Partnership.
            (18) The City of Orange Cove and Orange Cove Irrigation 
        District Waste Water Reuse Program.
            (19) The Tulare and Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation Districts 
        Water Exchange Program.
            (20) The expansion of the Arvin-Edison Water Storage 
        District Water Banking Program.
            (21) The expansion and conversion of the Delano Earlimart 
        Irrigation District Recharge Facility.
            (22) The Fresno Irrigation District and the City of Clovis 
        Joint Groundwater Banking Facility.
            (23) The Madera Irrigation District Groundwater Banking 
        Facility.
            (24) The Lower Tule River Irrigation District Canal 
        Construction and Rehabilitation Project.
            (25) The Saucelito Irrigation District Distribution System 
        Improvement Program.
            (26) The expansion of the Tulare Irrigation District Canal 
        Intake and Canal.
            (27) The Orange Cove Irrigation District and the Tri-Valley 
        Water District Water Management Consolidation Program.
            (28) The Tulare Irrigation District On-Farm Efficiency 
        Program.
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