[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4166 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4166

To transfer recreational management authority for Lake Berryessa in the 
  State of California from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Bureau of 
                Land Management, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2014

  Mr. Thompson of California introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To transfer recreational management authority for Lake Berryessa in the 
  State of California from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Bureau of 
                Land Management, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Lake Berryessa 
Recreation Enhancement Act of 2014''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings; purposes.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction.
Sec. 5. Management of Recreation Area.
Sec. 6. Continued authorities of Commissioner of Reclamation.
Sec. 7. Existing authorizations.
Sec. 8. Recreation and concession fees.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) the Monticello Dam--
                    (A) was authorized by the Reclamation Project Act 
                of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187);
                    (B) resulted in the formation of Lake Berryessa; 
                and
                    (C) is operated by the Bureau of Reclamation;
            (2) Lake Berryessa--
                    (A) covers approximately 28,915 acres of surface 
                water and land;
                    (B) has 165 miles of shoreline;
                    (C) has a 2,000 acre wildlife area on the east 
                side;
                    (D) is located less than 100 miles from both 
                Sacramento, California and San Francisco, California; 
                and
                    (E) has become an important regional recreation 
                destination; and
            (3) the recreational use at Lake Berryessa generates 
        tourism that is important to local economies.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to provide diverse, high quality recreational 
        facilities and services on the water and land surrounding Lake 
        Berryessa;
            (2) to conserve the natural, scenic, scientific, historic, 
        and other resource values contributing to the public use and 
        enjoyment of that land and water;
            (3) to promote cooperation between the Federal Government 
        and private entities to manage that exceptional resource;
            (4) to authorize the Secretary to manage certain resources 
        under the Bureau of Land Management; and
            (5) to transfer to the Secretary, without consideration, 
        administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land for 
        management as a unit of the Bureau of Land Management.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Dam.--The term ``Dam'' means--
                    (A) the Monticello Dam; and
                    (B) any facility relating to the Monticello Dam.
            (2) Recreation area.--The term ``Recreation Area'' means 
        the Lake Berryessa Recreation Area designated by section 4(a).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (4) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of 
        California.

SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION.

    (a) In General.--Administrative jurisdiction over the Federal land 
described in subsection (b) is transferred from the Bureau of 
Reclamation to the Bureau of Land Management for administration as the 
Lake Berryessa Recreation Area.
    (b) Description of Land.--The land referred to in subsection (a) is 
the approximately ___ acres of water and land administered by the 
Bureau of Reclamation that is within or adjacent to Lake Berryessa and 
is identified as ``___'' on the map dated ___.

SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT OF RECREATION AREA.

    (a) In General.--Subject to the authority of the Secretary under 
section 6, the Secretary shall manage the Recreation Area in accordance 
with sections 601 through 604 of Public Law 93-483.
    (b) Applicable Law.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
Secretary shall administer the Recreation Area in accordance with laws 
(including regulations) applicable to units of the public lands of the 
Bureau of Land Management.
    (c) Waters.--Nothing in this Act--
            (1) affects the use or allocation, in existence on the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, of any water, water right, or 
        interest in water;
            (2) affects any vested absolute or decreed conditional 
        water right in existence on the date of the enactment of this 
        Act, including any water right held by the United States;
            (3) affects any interstate water compact in existence on 
        the date of the enactment of this Act;
            (4) authorizes or imposes any new reserved Federal water 
        rights;
            (5) relinquishes or reduces any water rights reserved or 
        appropriated by the United States in the State on or before the 
        date of the enactment of this Act;
            (6) impairs the ability of the Bureau of Reclamation and 
        its managing partners to operate, maintain, or manage 
        Monticello Dam and other Solano Project facilities in 
        accordance with the purposes of such project; or
            (7) modifies, changes, or supersedes any water contract or 
        agreements approved or administered by the Bureau of 
        Reclamation or Solano County Water Agency or Solano Irrigation 
        District.
    (d) Existing Agreements.--To benefit the interests of the public, 
the Secretary shall act in accordance with any agreement in existence 
on the date of the enactment of this Act with any organization for the 
management of--
            (1) campgrounds located in the Recreation Area; and
            (2) marinas located in the Recreation Area.
    (e) Comprehensive Management Plan.--
            (1) Development of plan.--The Secretary may develop a 
        management plan under paragraph (1)--
                    (A) as a new document; or
                    (B) by adopting the recreational use plan adopted 
                by the Bureau of Reclamation on June 2, 2006.
            (2) Applicability.--Nothing in this Act requires an 
        immediate revision or amendment to any plan for any public land 
        of the Bureau of Land Management.
            (3) Use of planning documents.--Until the date on which the 
        Secretary develops a management plan, the Secretary may use 
        planning documents prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation 
        without further administrative action.

SEC. 6. CONTINUED AUTHORITIES OF COMMISSIONER OF RECLAMATION.

    Nothing in this Act or any subsequent management plan shall impair 
the ability of the Bureau of Reclamation and its managing partners to 
operate, maintain, or manage Monticello Dam, Lake Berryessa, and other 
Solano Project facilities in accordance with that project's authorized 
purposes. The Commissioner of Reclamation shall continue to administer 
and operate--
            (1) the Dam; and
            (2) any power facility relating to the Dam.

SEC. 7. EXISTING AUTHORIZATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), 
nothing in this Act affects any authorization in effect as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act made by any department or agency of the 
Federal Government for the use of land or water located within the 
Recreation Area (referred to in this section as an ``existing 
authorization'').
    (b) Assumption of Existing Authorization.--Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall assume 
the administration of any existing authorization, with such revisions 
as necessary to align the authorization with existing law and policies 
of the Bureau of Land Management.
    (c) Renewal of Existing Authorization.--The renewal of any existing 
authorization shall be made in accordance with such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe.

SEC. 8. RECREATION AND CONCESSION FEES.

    (a) Fees Authorized.--The Secretary may establish, modify, charge, 
and collect recreation or concession fees at the Recreation Area in 
accordance with section 803 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 
Act (16 U.S.C. 6802). The amount of the fee shall be commensurate with 
the benefits and services provided to the visitor or with the recovery 
of the anticipated costs associated with management of the Recreation 
Area, including costs of maintaining or operating facilities and 
visitor services.
    (b) Use of Fees.--The Secretary may retain fees collected under 
subsection (a) for the purposes of managing the Recreation Area.
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