<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement
Act</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC445C2BE64BC45369C2D368926D979BE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the
<quote><short-title>San Joaquin River Restoration
Settlement Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56E42268B4AE42B6A3CCF499E974D314" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this title is to authorize
implementation of the Settlement.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86C28135DFD843E398E799B673FF54A6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78CBF676BFEE4D4EA4644626FEFD3699"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>Friant Division long-term
contractors</term>, <term>Interim Flows</term>, <term>Restoration Flows</term>,
<term>Recovered Water Account</term>, <term>Restoration Goal</term>, and
<term>Water Management Goal</term> have the meanings given the terms in the
Settlement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb07def83ffd44e0c8dfbfe1ec4e33f08"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID944fc3fe45a949b48b5f8324835bf8de"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Settlement</term> means the
Stipulation of Settlement dated September 13, 2006, in the litigation entitled
Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. Kirk Rodgers, et al., United
States District Court, Eastern District of California, No. CIV.
S–88–1658–LKK/GGH.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB692B70660834B6585308915DAE0E5D7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation of settlement</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4382B0BB41CB427A807B9F12590D0379"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior is hereby
authorized and directed to implement the terms and conditions of the Settlement
in cooperation with the State of California, including the following measures
as these measures are prescribed in the Settlement:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4dbdb4e550b54934a99f8a66b52c67bb"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Design and construct channel and structural
improvements as described in paragraph 11 of the Settlement, provided, however,
that the Secretary shall not make or fund any such improvements to facilities
or property of the State of California without the approval of the State of
California and the State’s agreement in 1 or more memoranda of understanding to
participate where appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9cd3ce27122141a2bef7ae03150dbbd9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modify Friant Dam operations so as to
provide Restoration Flows and Interim Flows.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID74b604cb67774ea59f2d602e07ae4c55"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acquire water, water rights, or options to
acquire water as described in paragraph 13 of the Settlement, provided,
however, such acquisitions shall only be made from willing sellers and not
through eminent domain.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID95df5095a81244d783014025c5312b70"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implement the terms and conditions of
paragraph 16 of the Settlement related to recirculation, recapture, reuse,
exchange, or transfer of water released for Restoration Flows or Interim Flows,
for the purpose of accomplishing the Water Management Goal of the Settlement,
subject to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1965493840D443E8B909C827B188C95F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">applicable provisions of California water
law;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4316C59BE444F72A03128C0E8ABB513"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary’s use of Central Valley
Project facilities to make Project water (other than water released from Friant
Dam pursuant to the Settlement) and water acquired through transfers available
to existing south-of-Delta Central Valley Project contractors; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1426EB7183AA425BA2BD6C46E2A3A3C8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary’s performance of the
Agreement of November 24, 1986, between the United States of America and the
Department of Water Resources of the State of California for the coordinated
operation of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project as
authorized by Congress in section 2(d) of the Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat.
850, 100 Stat. 3051), including any agreement to resolve conflicts arising from
said Agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID996517ab31ce42c88382854e68291e3c"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Develop and implement the Recovered Water
Account as specified in paragraph 16(b) of the Settlement, including the
pricing and payment crediting provisions described in paragraph 16(b)(3) of the
Settlement, provided that all other provisions of Federal reclamation law shall
remain applicable.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID04b03658f50540d6944852cd09e3da2d"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA292B357F2344C6BC1A8096F05673B0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreements with the State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to facilitate or expedite
implementation of the Settlement, the Secretary is authorized and directed to
enter into appropriate agreements, including cost-sharing agreements, with the
State of California.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB0EFAEF5DC40401FBF0066BE414323E6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to enter into
contracts, memoranda of understanding, financial assistance agreements, cost
sharing agreements, and other appropriate agreements with State, tribal, and
local governmental agencies, and with private parties, including agreements
related to construction, improvement, and operation and maintenance of
facilities, subject to any terms and conditions that the Secretary deems
necessary to achieve the purposes of the Settlement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID47736ed1071842fabdbdcc3541d59e97"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acceptance and expenditure of non-Federal
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is
authorized to accept and expend non-Federal funds in order to facilitate
implementation of the Settlement.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1e13be2aa2804cd2a6f51b6338be0e32"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mitigation of impacts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to the implementation of decisions or
agreements to construct, improve, operate, or maintain facilities that the
Secretary determines are needed to implement the Settlement, the Secretary
shall identify—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8FB3C1947B774B8794BCC9719546DA07"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impacts associated with such actions;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C9229CC1EDE421EA5CA0B0A13375962"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the measures which shall be implemented to
mitigate impacts on adjacent and downstream water users and landowners.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID62afac99553d495c876a1c2f75a5637c"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Design and engineering
studies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is
authorized to conduct any design or engineering studies that are necessary to
implement the Settlement.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9a24d393f2e841019ea4d4dda889f10a"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect on contract water
allocations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as
otherwise provided in this section, the implementation of the Settlement and
the reintroduction of California Central Valley Spring Run Chinook salmon
pursuant to the Settlement and section 111, shall not result in the involuntary
reduction in contract water allocations to Central Valley Project long-term
contractors, other than Friant Division long-term contractors.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe24fa8e6d75b429981e83ba17949e630"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect on existing water
contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided
in the Settlement and this title, nothing in this title shall modify or amend
the rights and obligations of the parties to any existing water service,
repayment, purchase, or exchange contract.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F31001020BC42E7BC935408C146AC15"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interim flows</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id058C5C89988741B4B6AF0B7CE55D4FA3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study
required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to releasing
any Interim Flows under the Settlement, the Secretary shall prepare an analysis
in compliance with the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including at a
minimum—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID17c3f5e45d534f48840fa3171cecaeb8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of channel conveyance
capacities and potential for levee or groundwater seepage;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc7919ab059c3403ea300576c6d27aded"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the associated seepage
monitoring program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa5321fe41a554bfaaa0c3486966fec42"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an evaluation of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00D5DA1292D54448BF69C6496848BD2D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">possible impacts associated with the
release of Interim Flows; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F2DEB27CB9B4039AAF9226B1265D33E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mitigation measures for those impacts that
are determined to be significant;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8fbb72fcf0a44dfa9ef90a12df93f5a8"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the associated flow
monitoring program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3ea99d3ca1e448e8acea3110c27337aa"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of the likely Federal costs, if
any, of any fish screens, fish bypass facilities, fish salvage facilities, and
related operations on the San Joaquin River south of the confluence with the
Merced River required under the <act-name parsable-cite="ESA">Endangered
Species Act of 1973</act-name> (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) as a result of the
Interim Flows.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc773eee8a59a49709297e10d3ae1449f"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conditions for release</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to release
Interim Flows to the extent that such flows would not—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3e2260e32311439bb56f26e225c0c24e"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">impede or delay completion of the measures
specified in Paragraph 11(a) of the Settlement; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8f2f65df5bf74a02a085c6b9a3c5e43c"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exceed existing downstream channel
capacities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe24dbd09baed4b569c84940c00fc2d76"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Seepage impacts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall reduce Interim Flows to
the extent necessary to address any material adverse impacts to third parties
from groundwater seepage caused by such flows that the Secretary identifies
based on the monitoring program of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2604af205f784a458e97af01d1d75518"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Temporary fish barrier
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in
consultation with the California Department of Fish and Game, shall evaluate
the effectiveness of the Hills Ferry barrier in preventing the unintended
upstream migration of anadromous fish in the San Joaquin River and any false
migratory pathways. If that evaluation determines that any such migration past
the barrier is caused by the introduction of the Interim Flows and that the
presence of such fish will result in the imposition of additional regulatory
actions against third parties, the Secretary is authorized to assist the
Department of Fish and Game in making improvements to the barrier. From funding
made available in accordance with section 109, if third parties along the San
Joaquin River south of its confluence with the Merced River are required to
install fish screens or fish bypass facilities due to the release of Interim
Flows in order to comply with the <act-name parsable-cite="ESA">Endangered
Species Act of 1973</act-name> (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the Secretary shall
bear the costs of the installation of such screens or facilities if such costs
would be borne by the Federal Government under section 109(a)(3), except to the
extent that such costs are already or are further willingly borne by the State
of California or by the third parties.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID02565656e2df45b3ada729406196cf89"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding availability</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69B47EA08AAF4D5191AF93EC318A80BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds shall be collected in the San Joaquin
River Restoration Fund through October 1, 2019, and thereafter, with
substantial amounts available through October 1, 2019, pursuant to section 109
for implementation of the Settlement and titles I and III, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDec02fc523cf2448f992c126bae7842b6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$88,000,000, to be available without
further appropriation pursuant to section 109(c)(2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID23fb80990d794516b395b608329fab7d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">additional amounts authorized to be
appropriated, including the charges required under section 107 and an estimated
$20,000,000 from the CVP Restoration Fund pursuant to section 109(b)(2);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9f67982b469a45599f40912954727511"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an aggregate commitment of at least
$200,000,000 by the State of California.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfbb4c8e653a34cbca19403b493176bae"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Substantial additional amounts from the San
Joaquin River Restoration Fund shall become available without further
appropriation after October 1, 2019, pursuant to section 109(c)(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3BF7991C431643C5AE552A555C539E8A"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of subsection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection limits the
availability of funds authorized for appropriation pursuant to section 109(b)
or 303(c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2471cb3c8cc946299fa0bb775afbc55f"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">San Joaquin River Exchange
Contract</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to section
106(b), nothing in this title shall modify or amend the rights and obligations
under the Purchase Contract between Miller and Lux and the United States and
the Second Amended Exchange Contract between the United States, Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation and Central California Irrigation District,
San Luis Canal Company, Firebaugh Canal Water District and Columbia Canal
Company.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID16c42f8310924c0d8d7f5351ae80917d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acquisition and disposal of property; title
to facilities</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID65340f8f144744939ece05cbd446dcfc"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title to facilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless acquired pursuant to subsection (b),
title to any facility or facilities, stream channel, levees, or other real
property modified or improved in the course of implementing the Settlement
authorized by this title, and title to any modifications or improvements of
such facility or facilities, stream channel, levees, or other real
property—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05A60B1EB84540A6BBAAC20901ED92FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall remain in the owner of the property;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id127B2803810C445E972F5EBECCB91FA7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not be transferred to the United
States on account of such modifications or improvements.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5d5c469d0332412db1d15c8c23e06d81"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acquisition of property</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79ABD9ABFAE34628A87E397D0EA2C393"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to acquire
through purchase from willing sellers any property, interests in property, or
options to acquire real property needed to implement the Settlement authorized
by this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFCEDF7647B52490A8084B60DDE5DDF3C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicable
law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is
authorized, but not required, to exercise all of the authorities provided in
section 2 of the Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 844, chapter 832), to carry
out the measures authorized in this section and section 104.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc9c834a5b7a3499e9de334a9910d18c8"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disposal of property</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C81A5EB87654D578982D71375F282F2"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the Secretary’s determination that
retention of title to property or interests in property acquired pursuant to
this title is no longer needed to be held by the United States for the
furtherance of the Settlement, the Secretary is authorized to dispose of such
property or interest in property on such terms and conditions as the Secretary
deems appropriate and in the best interest of the United States, including
possible transfer of such property to the State of California.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A0C93AA8BB04D32A99F15F77352D4F1"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Right of first refusal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event the Secretary determines that
property acquired pursuant to this title through the exercise of its eminent
domain authority is no longer necessary for implementation of the Settlement,
the Secretary shall provide a right of first refusal to the property owner from
whom the property was initially acquired, or his or her successor in interest,
on the same terms and conditions as the property is being offered to other
parties.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23BD01AD1AB04E6BBBD834E0DFFFC9C7"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disposition of proceeds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Proceeds from the disposal by sale or
transfer of any such property or interests in such property shall be deposited
in the fund established by section 109(c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id893F90D8370346F1B5D6C6A03FFD7E7E"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Groundwater bank</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this title authorizes the
Secretary to operate a groundwater bank along or adjacent to the San Joaquin
River upstream of the confluence with the Merced River, and any such
groundwater bank shall be operated by a non-Federal entity.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd6cefd8e780b4a189901d5dac0156c27" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance with applicable law</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID70f82831c73a4b9d9abcc99c64e18aa7"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicable law</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BE65D8D0FFF4F3CA5529083D60482DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In undertaking the measures authorized by
this title, the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce shall comply with all
applicable Federal and State laws, rules, and regulations, including the
<act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of
1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the <act-name parsable-cite="ESA">Endangered Species Act of 1973</act-name> (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.), as necessary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9873F7445C64E7CB2EA0F4FBA6B00CB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Environmental reviews</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce
are authorized and directed to initiate and expeditiously complete applicable
environmental reviews and consultations as may be necessary to effectuate the
purposes of the Settlement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B445C436B954261A586743C8842D39B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect on State law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this title shall preempt State
law or modify any existing obligation of the United States under Federal
reclamation law to operate the Central Valley Project in conformity with State
law.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3b4d8518bbb14a9a89b3a136d75dd00d"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of funds for environmental
reviews</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18A50FA456134D0480BCAB9B01A6CFF1"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of environmental
review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this
subsection, the term <term>environmental review</term> includes any
consultation and planning necessary to comply with subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC87C09D04C03476D864A6BCA4AF899B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Participation in environmental review
process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In undertaking the
measures authorized by section 104, and for which environmental review is
required, the Secretary may provide funds made available under this title to
affected Federal agencies, State agencies, local agencies, and Indian tribes if
the Secretary determines that such funds are necessary to allow the Federal
agencies, State agencies, local agencies, or Indian tribes to effectively
participate in the environmental review process.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82F435DA766147B9B08081D22176CF4D"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds may be provided under paragraph (2)
only to support activities that directly contribute to the implementation of
the terms and conditions of the Settlement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7a6c008329744d6395ee1d669a7d0c6c"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonreimbursable funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States' share of the costs of
implementing this title shall be nonreimbursable under Federal reclamation law,
provided that nothing in this subsection shall limit or be construed to limit
the use of the funds assessed and collected pursuant to sections 3406(c)(1) and
3407(d)(2) of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992
(Public Law 102–575; 106 Stat. 4721, 4727), for implementation of the
Settlement, nor shall it be construed to limit or modify existing or future
Central Valley Project ratesetting policies.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID21e1877b302e4b8491e509ed5950107a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance with Central Valley Project
Improvement Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress
hereby finds and declares that the Settlement satisfies and discharges all of
the obligations of the Secretary contained in section 3406(c)(1) of the
Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law
102–575; 106 Stat. 4721), provided, however, that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D4ACDC3A92D4461A24A4C9D824C5CB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary shall continue to assess and
collect the charges provided in section 3406(c)(1) of the Reclamation Projects
Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–575; 106 Stat. 4721),
as provided in the Settlement; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5BC36635DBC847C69F3250DB1A4ED653"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">those assessments and collections shall
continue to be counted toward the requirements of the Secretary contained in
section 3407(c)(2) of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act
of 1992 (Public Law 102–575; 106 Stat. 4726).</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID09c732b55e49410386840d1e857b216a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No private right of action</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9DF5A25DB7FD4F6DBCBFDB9FFABE8131"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this title confers upon any
person or entity not a party to the Settlement a private right of action or
claim for relief to interpret or enforce the provisions of this title or the
Settlement.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACCB59FDD7D042E288CA1A877E5C0EE0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicable
law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall not
alter or curtail any right of action or claim for relief under any other
applicable law.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4e53d1ed2bb642438cd294da79b71725" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>109.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriations; Settlement Fund</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID279eaee4431b4c89810ce7a5d0e17f0e"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation costs</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id211CE621294740DA971444B8E349B810"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The costs of implementing the Settlement
shall be covered by payments or in-kind contributions made by Friant Division
contractors and other non-Federal parties, including the funds provided in
subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection (c)(1), estimated to total
$440,000,000, of which the non-Federal payments are estimated to total
$200,000,000 (at October 2006 price levels) and the amount from repaid Central
Valley Project capital obligations is estimated to total $240,000,000, the
additional Federal appropriation of $250,000,000 authorized pursuant to
subsection (b)(1), and such additional funds authorized pursuant to subsection
(b)(2); provided however, that the costs of implementing the provisions of
section 104(a)(1) shall be shared by the State of California pursuant to the
terms of a memorandum of understanding executed by the State of California and
the Parties to the Settlement on September 13, 2006, which includes at least
$110,000,000 of State funds.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D1E155394984C41A122ACF2EB0F7E0D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional agreements</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDCA4F29A8C6C45BC946D2C43F3E5B1B6"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall enter into 1 or more
agreements to fund or implement improvements on a project-by-project basis with
the State of California.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C762154C1CA49B19D8B6681171BE04C"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any agreements entered into under
subparagraph (A) shall provide for recognition of either monetary or in-kind
contributions toward the State of California’s share of the cost of
implementing the provisions of section 104(a)(1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D7A4BEEDEC64D99870850FC342258A9"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in the Settlement, to
the extent that costs incurred solely to implement this Settlement would not
otherwise have been incurred by any entity or public or local agency or
subdivision of the State of California, such costs shall not be borne by any
such entity, agency, or subdivision of the State of California, unless such
costs are incurred on a voluntary basis.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID67e4706cfb1c45099cae73a2aa9f81e9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED24F7128B1445D8983F8C82F489B6A6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the funding provided in
subsection (c), there are also authorized to be appropriated not to exceed
$250,000,000 (at October 2006 price levels) to implement this title and the
Settlement, to be available until expended; provided however, that the
Secretary is authorized to spend such additional appropriations only in amounts
equal to the amount of funds deposited in the San Joaquin River Restoration
Fund (not including payments under subsection (c)(1)(B) and proceeds under
subsection (c)(1)(C)), the amount of in-kind contributions, and other
non-Federal payments actually committed to the implementation of this title or
the Settlement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED391DD8DFED44B2A2E2AA3748B5D4C9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of the Central Valley Project
Restoration Fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary is authorized to use monies from the Central Valley Project
Restoration Fund created under section 3407 of the Reclamation Projects
Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–575; 106 Stat. 4727)
for purposes of this title in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 (October 2006
price levels) in any fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID01ac33f310534c738af3ffe2aa573f5b"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fund</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5D1418EBFF748D597A5BD7CCE4E84FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby established within the
Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the San Joaquin River
Restoration Fund, into which the following funds shall be deposited and used
solely for the purpose of implementing the Settlement except as otherwise
provided in subsections (a) and (b) of section 303:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf2dbafe60da741659c2ace99710e6892"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All payments received pursuant to section
3406(c)(1) of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992
(Public Law 102–575; 106 Stat. 4721).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5ce6e9ee626e4984aa91784c89789639"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The construction cost component (not
otherwise needed to cover operation and maintenance costs) of payments made by
Friant Division, Hidden Unit, and Buchanan Unit long-term contractors pursuant
to long-term water service contracts or pursuant to repayment contracts,
including repayment contracts executed pursuant to section 110. The
construction cost repayment obligation assigned such contractors under such
contracts shall be reduced by the amount paid pursuant to this paragraph and
the appropriate share of the existing Federal investment in the Central Valley
Project to be recovered by the Secretary pursuant to Public Law 99–546 (100
Stat. 3050) shall be reduced by an equivalent sum.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9bdbd6814cd446fa9ba794c291646639"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Proceeds from the sale of water pursuant to
the Settlement, or from the sale of property or interests in property as
provided in section 105.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9e001e24dab2457cb4a76c4b68887bf1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any non-Federal funds, including State
cost-sharing funds, contributed to the United States for implementation of the
Settlement, which the Secretary may expend without further appropriation for
the purposes for which contributed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4929fd98905040f2856051f4785ac6d3"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All funds deposited into the Fund pursuant
to subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1) are authorized for
appropriation to implement the Settlement and this title, in addition to the
authorization provided in subsections (a) and (b) of section 303, except that
$88,000,000 of such funds are available for expenditure without further
appropriation; provided that after October 1, 2019, all funds in the Fund shall
be available for expenditure without further appropriation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4a68afef4a72475ab1ca99a84382a2c1"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on contributions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments made by long-term contractors who
receive water from the Friant Division and Hidden and Buchanan Units of the
Central Valley Project pursuant to sections 3406(c)(1) and 3407(d)(2) of the
Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law
102–575; 106 Stat. 4721, 4727) and payments made pursuant to paragraph 16(b)(3)
of the Settlement and subsection (c)(1)(B) shall be the limitation of such
entities’ direct financial contribution to the Settlement, subject to the terms
and conditions of paragraph 21 of the Settlement.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfd7617af5b61451189d2f50c9595c34d"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No additional expenditures
required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
title shall be construed to require a Federal official to expend Federal funds
not appropriated by Congress, or to seek the appropriation of additional funds
by Congress, for the implementation of the Settlement.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc799598d3ae944af91abc6650a0c0b75"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reach 4B</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22435E404C8941F2A52C199F003743F6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6DDAD05FEFCD4AFA878F9198EDE6F226"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with the Settlement and the
memorandum of understanding executed pursuant to paragraph 6 of the Settlement,
the Secretary shall conduct a study that specifies—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A4EDC7AB6A447748DDE22FCAE5F5863"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the costs of undertaking any work required
under paragraph 11(a)(3) of the Settlement to increase the capacity of reach 4B
prior to reinitiation of Restoration Flows;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39CEAA0FA99B4139B8B6CC57BCCC9FB6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impacts associated with reinitiation of
such flows; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC391CA781D3047A298649C752E9A471B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">measures that shall be implemented to
mitigate impacts.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC982B857C8914CDD9A180E12F1743BA7"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study under subparagraph (A) shall be
completed prior to restoration of any flows other than Interim Flows.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27384B9581A44A03AE7F742546C6B357"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id910E58F0F57C4DB3AA7EAA0318CEDE30"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall file a report with
Congress not later than 90 days after issuing a determination, as required by
the Settlement, on whether to expand channel conveyance capacity to 4500 cubic
feet per second in reach 4B of the San Joaquin River, or use an alternative
route for pulse flows, that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEEA339F464B3465383CC3695AD28B708"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">explains whether the Secretary has decided
to expand Reach 4B capacity to 4500 cubic feet per second; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2BA7D24720C4B6A8D868ADA3BA6B650"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">addresses the following matters:</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id345F393A44024935904223CA83CDE6FF"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The basis for the Secretary’s
determination, whether set out in environmental review documents or otherwise,
as to whether the expansion of Reach 4B would be the preferable means to
achieve the Restoration Goal as provided in the Settlement, including how
different factors were assessed such as comparative biological and habitat
benefits, comparative costs, relative availability of State cost-sharing funds,
and the comparative benefits and impacts on water temperature, water supply,
private property, and local and downstream flood control.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3092E31C077B4D2F9DE0F44E672EFECA"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary’s final cost estimate for
expanding Reach 4B capacity to 4500 cubic feet per second, or any alternative
route selected, as well as the alternative cost estimates provided by the
State, by the Restoration Administrator, and by the other parties to the
Settlement.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD74FED7AB4324368B020C15E13CA0654"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary’s plan for funding the costs
of expanding Reach 4B or any alternative route selected, whether by existing
Federal funds provided under this title, by non-Federal funds, by future
Federal appropriations, or some combination of such sources.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19A7046D7D8C4CD2A036308447D999D2"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, to the extent
feasible, make the determination in subparagraph (A) prior to undertaking any
substantial construction work to increase capacity in reach 4B.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96089B4DF96B480CB28497309760D62B"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary's estimated Federal cost
for expanding reach 4B in paragraph (2), in light of the Secretary’s funding
plan set out in that paragraph, would exceed the remaining Federal funding
authorized by this title (including all funds reallocated, all funds dedicated,
and all new funds authorized by this title and separate from all commitments of
State and other non-Federal funds and in-kind commitments), then before the
Secretary commences actual construction work in reach 4B (other than planning,
design, feasibility, or other preliminary measures) to expand capacity to 4500
cubic feet per second to implement this Settlement, Congress must have
increased the applicable authorization ceiling provided by this title in an
amount at least sufficient to cover the higher estimated Federal costs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID73e94da43f8049fbba99ce59aa99307d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>110.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repayment contracts and acceleration of
repayment of construction costs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID90a236c4992a455b86aee91585cb3aa7"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conversion of contracts</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2a0c3da6fb304fa4855b52487a05ec5f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized and directed to
convert, prior to December 31, 2010, all existing long-term contracts with the
following Friant Division, Hidden Unit, and Buchanan Unit contractors, entered
under subsection (e) of section 9 of the Act of August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1196),
to contracts under subsection (d) of section 9 of said Act (53 Stat. 1195),
under mutually agreeable terms and conditions: Arvin-Edison Water Storage
District; Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District; Exeter Irrigation District;
Fresno Irrigation District; Ivanhoe Irrigation District; Lindmore Irrigation
District; Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation District; Lower Tule River Irrigation
District; Orange Cove Irrigation District; Porterville Irrigation District;
Saucelito Irrigation District; Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District; Southern San
Joaquin Municipal Utility District; Stone Corral Irrigation District; Tea Pot
Dome Water District; Terra Bella Irrigation District; Tulare Irrigation
District; Madera Irrigation District; and Chowchilla Water District. Upon
request of the contractor, the Secretary is authorized to convert, prior to
December 31, 2010, other existing long-term contracts with Friant Division
contractors entered under subsection (e) of section 9 of the Act of August 4,
1939 (53 Stat. 1196), to contracts under subsection (d) of section 9 of said
Act (53 Stat. 1195), under mutually agreeable terms and conditions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID541aeeb807494295b544c905816f1c1c"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon request of the contractor, the
Secretary is further authorized to convert, prior to December 31, 2010, any
existing Friant Division long-term contract entered under subsection (c)(2) of
section 9 of the Act of August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1194), to a contract under
subsection (c)(1) of section 9 of said Act, under mutually agreeable terms and
conditions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID73592dd9e97c422091c06db2a926bb03"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All such contracts entered into pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID18142bcfb21d4ba88bc01a31a823499d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the repayment, either in lump sum
or by accelerated prepayment, of the remaining amount of construction costs
identified in the Central Valley Project Schedule of Irrigation Capital Rates
by Contractor 2007 Irrigation Water Rates, dated January 25, 2007, as adjusted
to reflect payments not reflected in such schedule, and properly assignable for
ultimate return by the contractor, no later than January 31, 2011, or if made
in approximately equal annual installments, no later than January 31, 2014;
such amount to be discounted by <fraction>1/2</fraction> the Treasury Rate. An
estimate of the remaining amount of construction costs as of January 31, 2011,
as adjusted, shall be provided by the Secretary to each contractor no later
than June 30, 2010;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe26b8737d0894e07acbc3436825e29ff"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require that, notwithstanding subsection
(c)(2), construction costs or other capitalized costs incurred after the
effective date of the contract or not reflected in the schedule referenced in
subparagraph (A), and properly assignable to such contractor, shall be repaid
in not more than 5 years after notification of the allocation if such amount is
a result of a collective annual allocation of capital costs to the contractors
exercising contract conversions under this subsection of less than $5,000,000.
If such amount is $5,000,000 or greater, such cost shall be repaid as provided
by applicable Reclamation law, provided that the reference to the amount of
$5,000,000 shall not be a precedent in any other context;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID68177739548948679befaf3c730950d9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide that power revenues will not be
available to aid in repayment of construction costs allocated to irrigation
under the contract; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe1679903c404419d9e154de0f656860c"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conform to the Settlement and this title
and shall continue so long as the contractor pays applicable charges,
consistent with subsection (c)(2) and applicable law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6c9d74845bcf43c8a89f0db7bc17313e"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All such contracts entered into pursuant to
paragraph (2) shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID49667dd893494a4a8237dcc9b83dea1d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the repayment in lump sum of the
remaining amount of construction costs identified in the most current version
of the Central Valley Project Schedule of Municipal and Industrial Water Rates,
as adjusted to reflect payments not reflected in such schedule, and properly
assignable for ultimate return by the contractor, no later than January 31,
2014. An estimate of the remaining amount of construction costs as of January
31, 2014, as adjusted, shall be provided by the Secretary to each contractor no
later than June 30, 2013;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9ae32b15678749b5b7ccd868a557a34f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require that, notwithstanding subsection
(c)(2), construction costs or other capitalized costs incurred after the
effective date of the contract or not reflected in the schedule referenced in
subparagraph (A), and properly assignable to such contractor, shall be repaid
in not more than 5 years after notification of the allocation if such amount is
a result of a collective annual allocation of capital costs to the contractors
exercising contract conversions under this subsection of less than $5,000,000.
If such amount is $5,000,000 or greater, such cost shall be repaid as provided
by applicable Reclamation law, provided that the reference to the amount of
$5,000,000 shall not be a precedent in any other context; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9edf7c94fbfc402883bcf322122847c3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conform to the Settlement and this title
and shall continue so long as the contractor pays applicable charges,
consistent with subsection (c)(2) and applicable law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc411d36e41034eb6bb1acb5b94bd3d3e"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Final adjustment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amounts paid pursuant to subsection (a)
shall be subject to adjustment following a final cost allocation by the
Secretary upon completion of the construction of the Central Valley Project. In
the event that the final cost allocation indicates that the costs properly
assignable to the contractor are greater than what has been paid by the
contractor, the contractor shall be obligated to pay the remaining allocated
costs. The term of such additional repayment contract shall be no less than 1
year and no more than 10 years, however, mutually agreeable provisions
regarding the rate of repayment of such amount may be developed by the parties.
In the event that the final cost allocation indicates that the costs properly
assignable to the contractor are less than what the contractor has paid, the
Secretary is authorized and directed to credit such overpayment as an offset
against any outstanding or future obligation of the contractor.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDad42a1f5f05e49f9816398e7fc93c7bf"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability of certain
provisions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID053a7b2446514299a932b7e0b331f5ba"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any repayment obligation
under subsection (a)(3)(B) or subsection (b), upon a contractor's compliance
with and discharge of the obligation of repayment of the construction costs as
provided in subsection (a)(3)(A), the provisions of section 213(a) and (b) of
the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 1269) shall apply to lands in such
district.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID874fbb5f6c7b4540ad54ba2f2500e533"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any repayment obligation
under paragraph (3)(B) or (4)(B) of subsection (a), or subsection (b), upon a
contractor's compliance with and discharge of the obligation of repayment of
the construction costs as provided in paragraphs (3)(A) and (4)(A) of
subsection (a), the Secretary shall waive the pricing provisions of section
3405(d) of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992
(Public Law 102–575) for such contractor, provided that such contractor shall
continue to pay applicable operation and maintenance costs and other charges
applicable to such repayment contracts pursuant to the then-current
rate-setting policy and applicable law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd99395f5c4a3486b923e011f36e1117f"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provisions of the Settlement applying to
Friant Division, Hidden Unit, and Buchanan Unit long-term water service
contracts shall also apply to contracts executed pursuant to this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDac3c4773e3534175a2755f5a2ff5ceb4"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reduction of charge for those contracts
converted pursuant to subsection (a)(1)</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb0035df00fce4300aa80fdf131f6edc9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the time all payments by the contractor
required by subsection (a)(3)(A) have been completed, the Secretary shall
reduce the charge mandated in section 107(1) of this title, from 2020 through
2039, to offset the financing costs as defined in section 110(d)(3). The
reduction shall be calculated at the time all payments by the contractor
required by subsection (a)(3)(A) have been completed. The calculation shall
remain fixed from 2020 through 2039 and shall be based upon anticipated average
annual water deliveries, as mutually agreed upon by the Secretary and the
contractor, for the period from 2020 through 2039, and the amounts of such
reductions shall be discounted using the Treasury Rate; provided, that such
charge shall not be reduced to less than $4.00 per acre foot of project water
delivered; provided further, that such reduction shall be implemented annually
unless the Secretary determines, based on the availability of other monies,
that the charges mandated in section 107(1) are otherwise needed to cover
ongoing federal costs of the Settlement, including any federal operation and
maintenance costs of facilities that the Secretary determines are needed to
implement the Settlement. If the Secretary determines that such charges are
necessary to cover such ongoing federal costs, the Secretary shall, instead of
making the reduction in such charges, reduce the contractor’s operation and
maintenance obligation by an equivalent amount, and such amount shall not be
recovered by the United States from any Central Valley Project contractor,
provided nothing herein shall affect the obligation of the contractor to make
payments pursuant to a transfer agreement with a non-federal operating
entity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID23dae568cd1d456eb7bfb9d511a1dee4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the calculated reduction in paragraph
(1), taking into consideration the minimum amount required, does not result in
the contractor offsetting its financing costs, the Secretary is authorized and
directed to reduce, after October 1, 2019, any outstanding or future
obligations of the contractor to the Bureau of Reclamation, other than the
charge assessed and collected under section 3407(d) of Public law 102–575, by
the amount of such deficiency, with such amount indexed to 2020 using the
Treasury Rate and such amount shall not be recovered by the United States from
any Central Valley Project contractor, provided nothing herein shall affect the
obligation of the contractor to make payments pursuant to a transfer agreement
with a non-Federal operating entity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1037c7bffb6a4dc286a93bb2556e7080"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Financing costs, for the purposes of this
subsection, shall be computed as the difference of the net present value of the
construction cost identified in subsection (a)(3)(A) using the full Treasury
Rate as compared to using one half of the Treasury Rate and applying those
rates against a calculated average annual capital repayment through
2030.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc400986ad95c4ecba0c482b2cf496ca4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective in 2040, the charge shall revert
to the amount called for in section 107(1) of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3a4e42d461c247b6a45c251272d4bd4d"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section,
<quote>Treasury Rate</quote> shall be defined as the 20 year Constant Maturity
Treasury (CMT) rate published by the United States Department of the Treasury
as of October 1, 2010.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDff9127fb68484b9ba38edf46374e06e5"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Satisfaction of certain provisions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0d1d56747dbb4b8094cba8e63f8482ca"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the first release of Interim Flows or
Restoration Flows, pursuant to paragraphs 13 or 15 of the Settlement, any
short- or long-term agreement, to which 1 or more long-term Friant Division,
Hidden Unit, or Buchanan Unit contractor that converts its contract pursuant to
subsection (a) is a party, providing for the transfer or exchange of water not
released as Interim Flows or Restoration Flows shall be deemed to satisfy the
provisions of subsection 3405(a)(1)(A) and (I) of the Reclamation Projects
Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–575) without the
further concurrence of the Secretary as to compliance with said subsections if
the contractor provides, not later than 90 days before commencement of any such
transfer or exchange for a period in excess of 1 year, and not later than 30
days before commencement of any proposed transfer or exchange with duration of
less than 1 year, written notice to the Secretary stating how the proposed
transfer or exchange is intended to reduce, avoid, or mitigate impacts to water
deliveries caused by the Interim Flows or Restoration Flows or is intended to
otherwise facilitate the Water Management Goal, as described in the Settlement.
The Secretary shall promptly make such notice publicly available.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb568ad8830d141cd9d3583338141e010"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination of reductions to water
deliveries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Water transferred
or exchanged under an agreement that meets the terms of this subsection shall
not be counted as a replacement or an offset for purposes of determining
reductions to water deliveries to any Friant Division long-term contractor
except as provided in paragraph 16(b) of the Settlement. The Secretary shall,
at least annually, make publicly available a compilation of the number of
transfer or exchange agreements exercising the provisions of this subsection to
reduce, avoid, or mitigate impacts to water deliveries caused by the Interim
Flows or Restoration Flows or to facilitate the Water Management Goal, as well
as the volume of water transferred or exchanged under such agreements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb48b85dbb79b44f7bf3e6a14bb842dde"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection alters State law
or permit conditions, including any applicable geographical restrictions on the
place of use of water transferred or exchanged pursuant to this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfb02b81155174e30927395f715fde675"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain repayment obligations not
altered</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation of the
provisions of this section shall not alter the repayment obligation of any
other long-term water service or repayment contractor receiving water from the
Central Valley Project, or shift any costs that would otherwise have been
properly assignable to the Friant contractors absent this section, including
operations and maintenance costs, construction costs, or other capitalized
costs incurred after the date of enactment of this Act, to other such
contractors.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID386356abad6643f89c135dc61b8060e1"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Statutory interpretation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this title shall be construed to
affect the right of any Friant Division, Hidden Unit, or Buchanan Unit
long-term contractor to use a particular type of financing to make the payments
required in paragraph (3)(A) or (4)(A) of subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID116c2b1151ec41ebadf37285836ed095" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">California Central Valley Spring Run
Chinook salmon</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD118FCA8EA1D45B697DDE0B644F8FF53"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Finding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that the implementation of
the Settlement to resolve 18 years of contentious litigation regarding
restoration of the San Joaquin River and the reintroduction of the California
Central Valley Spring Run Chinook salmon is a unique and unprecedented
circumstance that requires clear expressions of Congressional intent regarding
how the provisions of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESA">Endangered Species Act
of 1973</act-name> (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) are utilized to achieve the goals
of restoration of the San Joaquin River and the successful reintroduction of
California Central Valley Spring Run Chinook salmon.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49F7B69D4EAF48BDBB354D79411D5694"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reintroduction in the san joaquin
river</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">California Central
Valley Spring Run Chinook salmon shall be reintroduced in the San Joaquin River
below Friant Dam pursuant to section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act of
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539(j)) and the Settlement, provided that the Secretary of
Commerce finds that a permit for the reintroduction of California Central
Valley Spring Run Chinook salmon may be issued pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A)
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539(a)(1)(A)).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7b1f20ace25a4ec4913405c199646a46"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Final rule</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6FAB4A2423C147D6AF21E54E62B9C4D9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of third party</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of this subsection, the
term <quote>third party</quote> means persons or entities diverting or
receiving water pursuant to applicable State and Federal laws and shall include
Central Valley Project contractors outside of the Friant Division of the
Central Valley Project and the State Water Project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE68287E3A02948FA939E1C5A63D624A3"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Issuance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Commerce shall issue a
final rule pursuant to section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1533(d)) governing the incidental take of reintroduced California
Central Valley Spring Run Chinook salmon prior to the reintroduction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36B78FD83CEC4191BD5B4F41BA1DFC57"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required components</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The rule issued under paragraph (2) shall
provide that the reintroduction will not impose more than de minimus: water
supply reductions, additional storage releases, or bypass flows on unwilling
third parties due to such reintroduction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89CCCB0F856347F6AB55C42DAF4B9A1D"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicable
law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
section—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98D007A61C464C65BE4B156A7814E47E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">diminishes the statutory or regulatory
protections provided in the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for any species
listed pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1533) other than the reintroduced population of California Central Valley
Spring Run Chinook salmon, including protections pursuant to existing
biological opinions or new biological opinions issued by the Secretary or
Secretary of Commerce; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19E47BB95F0D439482A47C0AAC864EAC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">precludes the Secretary or Secretary of
Commerce from imposing protections under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) for other species listed pursuant to section 4 of that Act
(16 U.S.C. 1533) because those protections provide incidental benefits to such
reintroduced California Central Valley Spring Run Chinook salmon.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0AA7C6AD89F74D5C986477A86F579379"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B6510F5860948E5881B13197F3EC810"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than December 31, 2024, the
Secretary of Commerce shall report to Congress on the progress made on the
reintroduction set forth in this section and the Secretary’s plans for future
implementation of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA456E5F86BC34130855D13E217569217"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report under paragraph (1) shall
include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE88B5B4A6C441858CC2F28A4324AE27"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the major challenges, if
any, to successful reintroduction;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F45ACC9A5AA4E238B0857F6D849C92B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an evaluation of the effect, if any, of the
reintroduction on the existing population of California Central Valley Spring
Run Chinook salmon existing on the Sacramento River or its tributaries;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id723F5BB392F742CD85A784538EF19E61"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment regarding the future of the
reintroduction.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5cdf780d433045ec82b57ac3c63eef74"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">FERC projects</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id756300F03D69490FADEF6DD3D7F4EAEC"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With regard to California Central Valley
Spring Run Chinook salmon reintroduced pursuant to the Settlement, the
Secretary of Commerce shall exercise its authority under section 18 of the
Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 811) by reserving its right to file prescriptions
in proceedings for projects licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission on the Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced, and San Joaquin
rivers and otherwise consistent with subsection (c) until after the expiration
of the term of the Settlement, December 31, 2025, or the expiration of the
designation made pursuant to subsection (b), whichever ends first.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id436DC94C11D9450B8C8759549236BDA7"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of subsection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall preclude
the Secretary of Commerce from imposing prescriptions pursuant to section 18 of
the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 811) solely for other anadromous fish species
because those prescriptions provide incidental benefits to such reintroduced
California Central Valley Spring Run Chinook salmon.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf72bc450e6ba4e0e8e8ea5306ba4857c"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of section</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section is intended or
shall be construed—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id197D70596B474379BB3BF4BB90218F87"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to modify the <act-name parsable-cite="ESA">Endangered Species Act of 1973</act-name> (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.) or the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id056D7B9835594975B8EF0F8C56D84738"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to establish a precedent with respect to
any other application of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESA">Endangered Species
Act of 1973</act-name> (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) or the Federal Power Act (16
U.S.C. 791a et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study to develop water plan;
report</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1507310b8e194d8dacf700f795a50dd5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study to develop water plan;
report</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4d810747cb424c62b410d976bf4aaf0e"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plan</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9ffa3d1bc6384fe18b1c28673e3dcea7"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent that funds are made available
in advance for this purpose, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the
Bureau of Reclamation, shall provide direct financial assistance to the
California Water Institute, located at California State University, Fresno,
California, to conduct a study regarding the coordination and integration of
sub-regional integrated regional water management plans into a unified
Integrated Regional Water Management Plan for the subject counties in the
hydrologic basins that would address issues related to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID154a8f995f694e5ab1f7a14aaef79bfa"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">water quality;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4259017a9ab447ba893d74fb05f3279d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">water supply (both surface, ground water
banking, and brackish water desalination);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbc16646a97c34a9086457828dfc1dc0c"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">water conveyance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID23bdd628eebf4fb0b8324e1e020959a6"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">water reliability;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91035BCA94E94F498F3A6791DDA51295"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">water conservation and efficient use (by
distribution systems and by end users);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc9fa276726f44b7d96a8bb586fa6f4bb"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">flood control;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf558aa795bde4434a89888b4abafe5af"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">water resource-related environmental
enhancement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf1f74fdbe968407f996c9bc0febfec3a"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">population growth.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID828e8688b0f64742a59154181e1ae514"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study area referred to in paragraph (1)
is the proposed study area of the San Joaquin River Hydrologic Region and
Tulare Lake Hydrologic Region, as defined by California Department of Water
Resources Bulletin 160–05, volume 3, chapters 7 and 8, including Kern, Tulare,
Kings, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin counties in
California.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa9efde81165f4efcbdc74acfb9c26c12"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Integrated Regional Water Management
Plan developed for the 2 hydrologic basins under subsection (a) shall serve as
a guide for the counties in the study area described in subsection (a)(2) to
use as a mechanism to address and solve long-term water needs in a sustainable
and equitable manner.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7c806da8a8b143bfa42652a3d0dd44ad"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that a report
containing the results of the Integrated Regional Water Management Plan for the
hydrologic regions is submitted to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives not later than 24 months after financial assistance is made
available to the California Water Institute under subsection (a)(1).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3f7c9087326146b1ae62a04db27f2869"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 to remain
available until expended.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Friant division improvements</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb7450fac2d514bbfbc2f88658a2aa573" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal facility improvements</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4cf19c97ffa94588843e204d79999b4f"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter
referred to as the “Secretary”) is authorized and directed to conduct
feasibility studies in coordination with appropriate Federal, State, regional,
and local authorities on the following improvements and facilities in the
Friant Division, Central Valley Project, California:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcb38ee08b9b9426a9b2dd8f8a41c2d84"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restoration of the capacity of the
Friant-Kern Canal and Madera Canal to such capacity as previously designed and
constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf489c60d33694894834cae491f83e732"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reverse flow pump-back facilities on the
Friant-Kern Canal, with reverse-flow capacity of approximately 500 cubic feet
per second at the Poso and Shafter Check Structures and approximately 300 cubic
feet per second at the Woollomes Check Structure.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID78d94a77b3794b02b915146b0a2593a2"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon completion of and consistent with the
applicable feasibility studies, the Secretary is authorized to construct the
improvements and facilities identified in subsection (a) in accordance with all
applicable Federal and State laws.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD322D9EB2BCB44EDADB0C29BB0A2E70E"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The costs of implementing this section
shall be in accordance with section 303, and shall be a nonreimbursable Federal
expenditure.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID273eb03a0bca433ebeaea597c71e8e2f" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Financial assistance for local
projects</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID52f49c1185794a2e8d78681843543322"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to provide
financial assistance to local agencies within the Central Valley Project,
California, for the planning, design, environmental compliance, and
construction of local facilities to bank water underground or to recharge
groundwater, and that recover such water, provided that the project meets the
criteria in subsection (b). The Secretary is further authorized to require that
any such local agency receiving financial assistance under the terms of this
section submit progress reports and accountings to the Secretary, as the
Secretary deems appropriate, which such reports shall be publicly
available.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID077714b572cb47528b18b051c8bc2128"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Criteria</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID71753006915047ba9fd335ab4f0c9b15"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A project shall be eligible for Federal
financial assistance under subsection (a) only if all or a portion of the
project is designed to reduce, avoid, or offset the quantity of the expected
water supply impacts to Friant Division long-term contractors caused by the
Interim or Restoration Flows authorized in title I of this Act, and such
quantities have not already been reduced, avoided, or offset by other programs
or projects.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3edfbc8740594d2486e84b075ed6a56a"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal financial assistance shall only
apply to the portion of a project that the local agency designates as reducing,
avoiding, or offsetting the expected water supply impacts caused by the Interim
or Restoration Flows authorized in title I of this Act, consistent with the
methodology developed pursuant to paragraph (3)(C).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf98c2496f88649d7b4cf6ee0dc989ed9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No Federal financial assistance shall be
provided by the Secretary under this title for construction of a project under
subsection (a) unless the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDeeff1f52a3cf4891a2af104dedabfb63"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines that appropriate planning,
design, and environmental compliance activities associated with such a project
have been completed, and that the Secretary has been offered the opportunity to
participate in the project at a price that is no higher than the local agency’s
own costs, in order to secure necessary storage, extraction, and conveyance
rights for water that may be needed to meet the Restoration Goal as described
in title I of this Act, where such project has capacity beyond that designated
for the purposes in paragraph (2) or where it is feasible to expand such
project to allow participation by the Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4b6e02f423a7449c967c21cb6a69c6cf"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines, based on information available
at the time, that the local agency has the financial capability and willingness
to fund its share of the project’s construction and all operation and
maintenance costs on an annual basis;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd9a38ebdbf70492dbb92a8120bf53ef9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines that a method acceptable to the
Secretary has been developed for quantifying the benefit, in terms of
reduction, avoidance, or offset of the water supply impacts expected to be
caused by the Interim or Restoration Flows authorized in title I of this Act,
that will result from the project, and for ensuring appropriate adjustment in
the recovered water account pursuant to section 104(a)(5); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID15d2c9d77b194f03b5184e424fa9915e"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has entered into a cost-sharing agreement
with the local agency which commits the local agency to funding its share of
the project's construction costs on an annual basis.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4ba139c81b664fb889b12b6ad0833b41"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Guidelines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 1 year from the date of enactment of
this title, the Secretary shall develop, in consultation with the Friant
Division long-term contractors, proposed guidelines for the application of the
criteria defined in subsection (b), and will make the proposed guidelines
available for public comment. Such guidelines may consider prioritizing the
distribution of available funds to projects that provide the broadest benefit
within the affected area and the equitable allocation of funds. Upon adoption
of such guidelines, the Secretary shall implement such assistance program,
subject to the availability of funds appropriated for such purpose.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID275bcb34ace744a2ad4429c21ec6fbe6"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal financial assistance provided
to local agencies under subsection (a) shall not exceed—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf91df860bac94f8aaeb19392b8ea969f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent of the costs associated with
planning, design, and environmental compliance activities associated with such
a project; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe8b7a591cec74c25914f64e6a29b4f20"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent of the costs associated with
construction of any such project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa9665b03f50c4ed5a015256b83a64eb9"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Project ownership</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID97ad91a6097c449ab3206c3d5d4be246"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title to, control over, and operation of,
projects funded under subsection (a) shall remain in one or more non-Federal
local agencies. Nothing in this title authorizes the Secretary to operate a
groundwater bank along or adjacent to the San Joaquin River upstream of the
confluence with the Merced River, and any such groundwater bank shall be
operated by a non-Federal entity. All projects funded pursuant to this
subsection shall comply with all applicable Federal and State laws, including
provisions of California water law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9f22f759c09e471c85c085b400425cd5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All operation, maintenance, and replacement
and rehabilitation costs of such projects shall be the responsibility of the
local agency. The Secretary shall not provide funding for any operation,
maintenance, or replacement and rehabilitation costs of projects funded under
subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaac1bab80a97411b97ac2f65d3db060d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe77c2508a2cc499b94cbf0b2544d1fa2"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized and directed to
use monies from the fund established under section 109 to carry out the
provisions of section 301(a)(1), in an amount not to exceed $35,000,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID86a7fa69a5a744e89f70ad175ac0b14a"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the funds made available
pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary is also authorized to expend such
additional funds from the fund established under section 109 to carry out the
purposes of section 301(a)(2), if such facilities have not already been
authorized and funded under the plan provided for pursuant to section
104(a)(4), in an amount not to exceed $17,000,000, provided that the Secretary
first determines that such expenditure will not conflict with or delay his
implementation of actions required by title I of this Act. Notice of the
Secretary’s determination shall be published not later than his submission of
the report to Congress required by section 109(f)(2).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2ee9e9f4779b474f896dd3926963bc47"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to funds made available in
subsections (a) and (b), there are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000
(October 2008 price levels) to carry out the purposes of this title which shall
be non-reimbursable.</text>
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