[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2085 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2085

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into negotiations with 
    interested local water and power providers for the transfer of 
  ownership, control, and operation of the New Melones Unit, Central 
                Valley Project, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2015

 Mr. Denham (for himself, Mr. Calvert, Mr. McClintock, and Mr. Nunes) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into negotiations with 
    interested local water and power providers for the transfer of 
  ownership, control, and operation of the New Melones Unit, Central 
                Valley Project, 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. TRANSFER THE NEW MELONES UNIT, CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT TO 
              INTERESTED PROVIDERS.

    (a) Definitions.--For the purposes of this Act, the following terms 
apply:
            (1) Interested local water and power providers.--The term 
        ``interested local water and power providers'' includes the 
        Calaveras County Water District, Central San Joaquin Water 
        Conservation District, Modesto Irrigation District, Oakdale 
        Irrigation District, Stockton East Water District, South San 
        Joaquin Irrigation District, Tuolumne Utilities District, 
        Turlock Irrigation District, and Union Public Utilities 
        District.
            (2) New menlones unit, central valley project.--The term 
        ``New Melones Unit, Central Valley Project'' means all Federal 
        reclamation projects located within or diverting water from or 
        to the watershed of the Stanislaus and San Joaquin rivers and 
        their tributaries as authorized by the Act of August 26, 1937 
        (50 Stat. 850), and all Acts amendatory or supplemental 
        thereto, including the Act of October 23, 1962 (76 Stat. 1173).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
    (b) Negotiations.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary shall enter into negotiations with interested local water and 
power providers for the transfer ownership, control, and operation of 
the New Melones Unit, Central Valley Project to interested local water 
and power providers within the State of California.
    (c) Transfer.--The Secretary shall transfer the New Melones Unit, 
Central Valley Project in accordance with an agreement reached pursuant 
to negotiations conducted under subsection (b).

SEC. 2. REPORT.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and every 6 months thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report that 
describes, in detail--
            (1) if an agreement is reached pursuant to negotiations 
        conducted under section 1(b), the terms of that agreement;
            (2) the status of formal discussions with interested local 
        water and power providers for the transfer of ownership, 
        control, and operation of the New Melones Unit, Central Valley 
        Project to interested local water and power providers;
            (3) all unresolved issues regarding the negotiations of an 
        agreement for the transfer of ownership, control, and operation 
        of the New Melones Unit, Central Valley Project;
            (4) an analysis and review of studies, reports, 
        discussions, hearing transcripts, negotiations, and other 
        information about past and present formal discussions that--
                    (A) have an impact on the progress of the formal 
                discussions;
                    (B) explain or provide information about the issues 
                that prevent progress or finalization of formal 
                discussions; or
                    (C) are, in whole or in part, preventing execution 
                of an agreement for the transfer; and
            (5) any actions the Secretary recommends that the United 
        States should take to finalize an agreement for that transfer.
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