117 HR 3404 IH: Furthering Underutilized Technologies and Unleashing Responsible Expenditures for Western Water Infrastructure and Drought Resiliency Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2021-05-20
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Furthering Underutilized Technologies and Unleashing Responsible Expenditures for Western Water Infrastructure and Drought Resiliency Act
or the FUTURE Western Water Infrastructure and Drought Resiliency Act
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Title I—INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 101. Competitive grant program for the funding of water recycling and reuse projects.
Sec. 102. Storage project development reports to Congress.
Sec. 103. Funding for storage and supporting projects.
Sec. 104. Extension of existing requirements for grandfathered storage projects.
Sec. 105. Desalination project development.
Sec. 106. Assistance for disadvantaged communities without adequate drinking water.
Sec. 107. Water infrastructure fund.
Title II—IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY AND DATA
Sec. 201. Reauthorization of water availability and use assessment program.
Sec. 202. Modifications to income exclusion for conservation subsidies.
Sec. 203. X-prize for water technology breakthroughs.
Sec. 204. Study examining sediment transport.
Sec. 205. Federal priority streamgages.
Sec. 206. Study examining climate vulnerabilities at Federal dams.
Sec. 207. Innovative technology adoption.
Sec. 208. Forecast-informed water control manual updates.
Title III—ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION AND RESTORATION
Sec. 301. Waterbird habitat creation program.
Sec. 302. Competitive grant program for the funding of watershed health projects.
Sec. 303. Support for refuge water deliveries.
Sec. 304. Drought planning and preparedness for critically important fisheries.
Sec. 305. Reauthorization of the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000.
Sec. 306. Combating water theft for illegal marijuana cultivation.
Sec. 307. Sustaining biodiversity during droughts.
Title IV—WATER JOB TRAINING AND EDUCATION
Sec. 401. Water resource education.
Sec. 402. Water sector career grant programs.
Title V—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 501. Offset.
2.Congress finds the following: (1)As expressed in the Water Supply Act of 1958, Congress has recognized the primary responsibilities of the States and local interests in developing water supplies for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other purposes, and that the Federal Government should participate and cooperate in these projects.
(2)There is a long and robust legal precedent of Federal deference to State primacy in water law and the legal system that States establish for resolving disputes over water use, with the Supreme Court finding in Kansas v. Colorado that Congress cannot enforce either rule upon any State
in matters of the right regulation of water rights. (3)The entire American West and Southwest are facing forecasts of prolonged droughts that will leave States facing major water shortages and catastrophic wildfires.
(4)Recent periods of drought in the American West have also occurred with higher temperatures and reduced snowpack and led to what climate scientists recently concluded was possibly the most severe drought in California in over 1,200 years. (5)The Colorado River has been under drought conditions since 2000, and the chances of a megadrought
striking the Southwest and central Great Plains are on the rise according to forecasts from climate scientists.
(6)Addressing water shortages today and in the future will require action from the Federal Government that respects State, local, and Tribal law, and that the policies that respond to droughts should not pit State against State, region against region, or stakeholders against one another. (7)Congress recognizes the range of separate, distinct Federal agencies with authorities and resources that play a role in water supply, including treatment and remediation of groundwater, surface water storage, water recycling and reuse, and other clean water infrastructure, and to avoid duplication and ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of these various Federal roles, there is a need for improved coordination, streamlining, and collaboration, both among Federal agencies and with drought-impacted States and localities.
(8)It is the policy of the United States to respect California’s coequal goals, established by the Delta Reform Act of 2009, of providing a more reliable water supply for California and protecting, restoring, and enhancing the Delta ecosystem, and these coequal goals shall be achieved in a manner that protects and enhances the unique cultural, recreational, natural resource, and agricultural values of the Delta as an evolving place. (9)The State of California, in CA Water Code section 85021, has established a policy to reduce reliance on the Delta in meeting California’s future water supply needs through a statewide strategy of investing in improved regional supplies, conservation, and water use efficiency; California law directs each region that depends on water from the Delta watershed to improve its regional self-reliance for water through investment in water use efficiency, water recycling, advanced water technologies, local and regional water supply projects, and improved regional coordination of local and regional water supply efforts; and it is the intent of Congress to ensure that Federal programs, policies, and investments respect and compliment, and do not undermine or conflict with, California’s policy of reducing reliance on Delta diversions.
(10)Federal agencies should operate the Bureau of Reclamation’s Central Valley Project in California in compliance with all Federal and State laws, including biological opinions, while working with the State to maximize operational flexibility in order to deliver as much water as reasonably possible to drought-impacted areas and minimize the harm suffered by fish and wildlife as a result of drought. (11)The Reclamation Fund was established in 1902 with the express purpose of providing for the construction and maintenance of water infrastructure for the economic development of the Western States and territories, with revenues deposited into the fund out of public land sales within these Western States and territories.
(12)Since 1902, the Reclamation Fund has been supplemented with additional revenues from Federal water resources development and mineral and natural resource leases on Federal lands, such that the surplus within the Reclamation Fund now exceeds $17,000,000,000. (13)The Reclamation Fund represents a transfer of a portion of receipts from Federal lands and Federal natural resources in the West back to the West for water development, and the Reclamation Fund’s surplus should be used to assist the West in meeting its water needs for public health and safety, for expanding water recycling, reuse, and reclamation, and for meeting the emergency needs of communities impacted by drought.
(14)The Federal funding provided in this Act will support near-term and long-term water supply reliability for the Western States, including through the use of the Reclamation Fund surplus to support long-term water infrastructure investment. (15)The Federal funding authorized in title I of this Act can help provide additional water supplies to the Western States in the near-term, including 650,000 acre-feet per year in additional average yield through water reuse projects, 350,000 acre-feet per year in additional average yield through water storage projects, and 100,000 acre-feet per year in additional average yield through water desalination projects.
(16)Robust Federal investment and support is needed to assist the Western States in developing future drought resiliency in the face of climate change, which will continue to exacerbate existing water supply challenges in an already arid region of the country. 3.In this Act:
(1)Relevant committees of congressThe term relevant committees of Congress means— (A)the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and
(B)the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. (2)The term Reclamation State means a State or territory described in the first section of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093; 43 U.S.C. 391).
(3)The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, unless otherwise defined in a particular provision. (4)The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)).
<enum>I</enum><header>INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT</header>
<section id="H44E7ACB62B974BB0AD59B2C3BEA38A61"><enum>101.</enum><header>Competitive grant program for the funding of water recycling and reuse projects</header>
<subsection id="H6A9D2B3C0B36401ABE4A542F059D9893"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Competitive grant program for the funding of water recycling and reuse projects</header><text>Section 1602(f) of the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (title XVI of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/390h">43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block id="H0578E0F7127D4217BF6A3CBC09D10B96" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H22C1A1CBB00342AB8EAB7720AAB11142"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>When funding projects under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give funding priority to projects that meet one or more of the following criteria: </text>
<subparagraph id="H9A991C75F60F4939BD83E9B9B572F053"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Projects that are likely to provide a more reliable water supply for States and local governments. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0A0722FF2A3A4B64B5686BB602C47966"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Projects that are likely to increase the water management flexibility and reduce impacts on environmental resources from projects operated by Federal and State agencies. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H192E49322CE744D7B4478C60DD3ADDF2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Projects that are regional in nature. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3C78FE2613E34A4C827E4D4851E73CEA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Projects with multiple stakeholders. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCBADFDF66E204519BC6783B0FD3087C8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Projects that provide multiple benefits, including water supply reliability, eco-system benefits, groundwater management and enhancements, and water quality improvements.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H235A3F6D0D814267B220E1410F38FAC1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 1602(g) of the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (title XVI of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/390h">43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.</external-xref>) is amended— </text>
<paragraph id="H852F6AD696C14955BC6F8DC0575AE9CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$50,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$500,000,000 through fiscal year 2025</quote>; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H28AFF04041434FAFAE9D4DD95D304E37"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>if enacted appropriations legislation designates funding to them by name,</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H02CC7FBCE6CE4DAEB3E0BBCB463AC560"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Section 4013 of the WIIN Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/390b">43 U.S.C. 390b(2)</external-xref>) is amended— </text> <paragraph id="HF391AC625ACA47E7A96174A8E4CF6B1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote>; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H382D681FA3744C6390AD2E011FD45C65"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA5AFCAF91D794B36A2748F0FAA2F620A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text>
<quoted-block id="H67F3C5CD569447A19329B20270916942" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H2CD0140DCF89470D9D4FDAA4E2AB0A25"><enum>(3)</enum><text>section 4009(c).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2A582121D3F44DD188A0B9BB210C4B89"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation on funding</header><text>Section 1631(d) of the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/390h-13">43 U.S.C. 390h–13(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$20,000,000 (October 1996 prices)</quote> and inserting <quote>$30,000,000 (January 2019 prices)</quote>. </text></subsection></section>
<section id="HE477AFB49125441A89D409686E5EECBB"><enum>102.</enum><header>Storage project development reports to Congress</header>
<subsection id="H67DE95365AA648ACA651A69E2CF91AA6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section: </text> <paragraph id="H34C6F380EFFB4633890B41DE8D789C30"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Non-federal interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Non-Federal interest</term> means an eligible entity or a qualified partner (as defined in section 103(a)). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9DDEBC46077549FB8BA52F42EED8F9E1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>project report</term> means the following documents prepared for a Federal storage project or major federally assisted storage project (as defined in section 103(a)): </text> <subparagraph id="HD819142D04114EA0940267764E07C98A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A feasibility study carried out pursuant to the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/371">43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.</external-xref>) including any feasibility or equivalent studies prepared for a project pursuant to section 103(c)(7)(B) or section 103(d)(7)(B)(i) of this Act. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA6BFADB587A6468DB52FFECFC34524D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act report described in section 103(g) of this Act prepared for a project. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H418EE19E7BD048B496AEF0E87747969E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Any final document prepared for a project pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>). </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H711B94FDF67B4BEEAF040516E8C0DC39"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A brief description of any completed environmental permits, approvals, reviews, or studies required for a project under any Federal law other than the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>). </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBFADCE63F8684E4285EC10E86E2B824C"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of any determinations made by the Secretary under section 103(d)(7)(A)(ii) for each project and the basis for such determinations. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5638EED7EA99489EBFC867540D21719A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Project study</header>
<subparagraph id="H2B58FC9A7F3C4416A210CED80850156A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Federal storage project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a Federal storage project (as defined in section 103(a)), the term <term>project study</term> means a feasibility study carried out pursuant to the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/371">43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.</external-xref>) including a feasibility study prepared pursuant to section 103(c)(7)(B) of this Act. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H32E002734F4248B5A55B6C27CE845FCB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Major federally assisted storage project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a major federally assisted storage project (as defined in section 103(a)), the term <term>project study</term> means the feasibility or equivalent studies prepared pursuant to section 103(d)(7)(B)(i) of this Act. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4D09DE33232D40A5AE9AFABA1BFEE318"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual reports</header><text>Not later than February 1 of each year, the Secretary shall develop and submit to the relevant committees of Congress an annual report, to be entitled <quote>Report to Congress on Future Storage Project Development</quote>, that identifies the following: </text> <paragraph id="H36902A88B2584FE3A6B506B6380CDDCA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Project reports</header><text>Each project report that meets the criteria established in subsection (d)(1)(A). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6BD443A808954A6EBAA0E7D61A8294EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Proposed project studies</header><text>Any proposed project study submitted to the Secretary by a non-Federal interest pursuant to subsection (c) that meets the criteria established in subsection (d)(1)(A). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H59A9815CC57249C8B53A026DF4F2A89D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Proposed modifications</header><text>Any proposed modification to an authorized project or project study that meets the criteria established in subsection (d)(1)(A) that— </text>
<subparagraph id="H862B8165DF3D46EBA6CEEC7F86B22078"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is submitted to the Secretary by a non-Federal interest pursuant to subsection (c); or </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8623275C59E24E93B05AFF19EDDC64B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is identified by the Secretary for authorization. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFEA1FC243FAB4F75A998658288D073E3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requests for proposals</header>
<paragraph id="HE40466AF94A74C00B73EB265A5957B63"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Not later than May 1 of each year, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a notice requesting proposals from non-Federal interests for project reports, proposed project studies, and proposed modifications to authorized projects and project studies to be included in the annual report. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC6CD2CF244C44808A26616B523160E0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline for requests</header><text>The Secretary shall include in each notice required by this subsection a requirement that non-Federal interests submit to the Secretary any proposals described in paragraph (1) by not later than 120 days after the date of publication of the notice in the Federal Register in order for the proposals to be considered for inclusion in the annual report. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE4D77DFE0EBE438FA437881F0778F76C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>On the date of publication of each notice required by this subsection, the Secretary shall— </text> <subparagraph id="H98F3358C1343477EB50A2F3AF9682FBF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make the notice publicly available, including on the internet; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2EC4C957F44B45F1B74F14150343A835"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide written notification of the publication to the relevant committees of Congress. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4797C07B30CF4284AE41000AFAAF7B97"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Contents</header> <paragraph id="HA85ABEE291734CD4A41A7A20789E8E1C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Project reports, proposed project studies, and proposed modifications</header> <subparagraph id="HCCCC9FFF0FC14C3195D9676E39218746"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Criteria for inclusion in report</header><text>The Secretary shall include in the annual report only those project reports, proposed project studies, and proposed modifications to authorized projects and project studies that— </text>
<clause id="H12FDA1FCD61648A5BD7D4F7EB5D9D653"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are related to the missions and authorities of the Department of the Interior; </text></clause> <clause id="HBCB7BFD78F324F4AA0B0F5A540F4911D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>require specific congressional authorization, including by an Act of Congress; </text></clause>
<clause id="H60F8BC3831264A19849E9F85AEAE27F2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>have not been congressionally authorized; </text></clause> <clause id="HB3D628EFB0F847D0B40633FF6D680312"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>have not been included in any previous annual report; and </text></clause>
<clause id="HCD6ABFBD80E942B4AFFBB63CC8F910D7"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if authorized, could be carried out by the Department of the Interior or a non-Federal entity eligible to carry out a major federally assisted storage project under section 103. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC5D7271A05CB46F8B9FD63EB54A6EA93"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Description of benefits</header> <clause id="H8F75F58F55A047679EE58983F7BEB041"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Description</header><text>The Secretary shall describe in the annual report, to the extent applicable and practicable, for each proposed project study and proposed modification to an authorized project or project study included in the annual report, the benefits, as described in clause (ii), of each such study or proposed modification. </text></clause>
<clause id="HE2D9E5BE9743451E975F92DEE3F31BA7"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Benefits</header><text>The benefits (or expected benefits, in the case of a proposed project study) described in this clause are benefits to— </text> <subclause id="H425D6308D1E04EEB8E485C02786224C7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>water supply and water management; </text></subclause>
<subclause id="HB38DCBF316F94F05A9FE08523020013C"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the environment, including fish and wildlife benefits estimated under section 103(g) for a project report or proposed modification to an authorized project; </text></subclause> <subclause id="H275DC7BB333B455F8ED8669B82C8FA94"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the protection of human life and property; </text></subclause>
<subclause id="H75D8BB590B2042719ED8FF8FB1759F8F"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the national economy; or </text></subclause> <subclause id="H95D64C0373FE4EC7B96520CE29AEEE0C"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the national security interests of the United States. </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE83040B8833A4F7185B40112D5890204"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Identification of other factors</header><text>The Secretary shall identify in the annual report, to the extent practicable— </text> <clause id="HA578A3DBECAF4F97B12CDDEF4BD612C6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for each proposed project study included in the annual report, the non-Federal interest that submitted the proposed project study pursuant to subsection (c); and </text></clause>
<clause id="H884B8E86A8AD4478B367FB187F4E8762"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for each proposed project study and proposed modification to a project or project study included in the annual report, whether the non-Federal interest has demonstrated— </text> <subclause id="HEAF21EB97A9B4A20B85B5349C7E14C82"><enum>(I)</enum><text>that local support exists for the proposed project study or proposed modification to an authorized project or project study (including the project that is the subject of the proposed project study or the proposed modification to an authorized project study); and </text></subclause>
<subclause id="H95B43389A72C402EA3ECDB050C3431BB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the financial ability to provide the required non-Federal cost share. </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H04D715D013FE44C495C122D8CF8E10DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transparency</header><text>The Secretary shall include in the annual report, for each project report, proposed project study, and proposed modification to a project or project study included under paragraph (1)(A)— </text>
<subparagraph id="HBFBD388376BC4C51BFB70824FB32BB87"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the name of the associated non-Federal interest, including the name of any non-Federal interest that has contributed, or is expected to contribute, a non-Federal share of the cost of— </text> <clause id="H7513134DCDCE45358167A62D413D5C00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the project report; </text></clause>
<clause id="H7156C7F41F8E462897E2691177AB50DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the proposed project study; </text></clause> <clause id="HAEB1D2D12F33428D83DD912AFECC5D1A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the authorized project study for which the modification is proposed; or </text></clause>
<clause id="H5154BE2AA0114E91AE4308B9267CED7E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>construction of— </text> <subclause id="H518FC33BC258491FA1EE84E8641A7128"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the project that is the subject of— </text>
<item id="H804E3D52B61441D0A9FBB4080D717F7E"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the project report; </text></item> <item id="HBF36CFF4BC224E76BEC625C602CD42FD"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the proposed project study; or </text></item>
<item id="HE90B86EFFB6D426BA764F0CCF8B270C9"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the authorized project study for which a modification is proposed; or </text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H745303338D0C4A8E892E2B390702DF20"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the proposed modification to a project; </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF1CA9A5333E747B3B43A92BBDEC50B28"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a letter or statement of support for the project report, proposed project study, or proposed modification to a project or project study from each associated non-Federal interest; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFECFB86F98A34AC6A8A222C70C3D7AF7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the purpose of the project report, proposed project study, or proposed modification to a project or project study; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF58BE2CC03274547A9E001FC2ED533B2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an estimate, to the extent practicable, of the Federal, non-Federal, and total costs of— </text> <clause id="HF5DA226BEC1C4C24A49C8DA688D14D23"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the proposed modification to an authorized project study; and </text></clause>
<clause id="HAB1F1EBDEC3A4A21B346DB477DA2F657"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>construction of— </text> <subclause id="H072247F1B09342AC8BF42D761E6E2B37"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the project that is the subject of— </text>
<item id="H2AC7B0537F6F4629A0A7D75ED47DA53A"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the project report; or </text></item> <item id="HA3EA454585ED4C11A7250251FB14AC79"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the authorized project study for which a modification is proposed, with respect to the change in costs resulting from such modification; or </text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="HEE28AF630F3F465FA0485B114B09A62E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the proposed modification to an authorized project; and </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1312A62D099544AF8AC14D0798B59DD9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an estimate, to the extent practicable, of the monetary and nonmonetary benefits of— </text>
<clause id="H6080932B74A84C4FA458A410A8A6F09C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the project that is the subject of— </text> <subclause id="H52BDC68E3CCD4CC29FCA461BE0642190"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the project report; or </text></subclause>
<subclause id="H4B16CD93FC664FCBAEC98CF956128A11"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the authorized project study for which a modification is proposed, with respect to the benefits of such modification; or </text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H8E2DDE32BAF642DAB285B0FA4E9C028B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the proposed modification to an authorized project. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H73D40C9ADAA946F496F28CF0B7F8C09E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>The Secretary shall include in the annual report a certification stating that each project report, proposed project study, and proposed modification to a project or project study included in the annual report meets the criteria established in paragraph (1)(A). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFBE81FD176A0492AA384ADF88554CC8E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Appendix</header><text>The Secretary shall include in the annual report an appendix listing the proposals submitted under subsection (c) that were not included in the annual report under paragraph (1)(A) and a description of why the Secretary determined that those proposals did not meet the criteria for inclusion under such paragraph. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H02C021C3807643FF85365D11F439CBFA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special rule for initial annual report</header><text>Notwithstanding any other deadlines required by this section, the Secretary shall— </text> <paragraph id="H845D8EB4C83948F191101C8825F83112"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, publish in the Federal Register a notice required by subsection (c)(1); and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA7FF08F543D7410C9FD54108AD2517E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include in such notice a requirement that non-Federal interests submit to the Secretary any proposals described in subsection (c)(1) by not later than 120 days after the date of publication of such notice in the Federal Register in order for such proposals to be considered for inclusion in the first annual report developed by the Secretary under this section. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA3A90E9074324ED785384B6FAEA4083E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Upon submission of an annual report to Congress, the Secretary shall make the annual report publicly available, including through publication on the Internet. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H66B91653997E42F290D919F920F5184D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall confer with the relevant committees of Congress before submitting each annual report prepared under subsection (b). </text></subsection> <subsection id="H2FDFC82DB6BE4F3595CA07E3B5AFC45F"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Submission of individual project reports</header><text>Upon completion, project reports, including all required documents and reports under subsection (b), shall— </text>
<paragraph id="H57A3EEE0DB7D4BFB9C95337F58436D8B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be submitted to the relevant committees of Congress; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2AE7C8BF1DB44E4F95814663D4A8A1A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include discussion of the following findings by the Secretary— </text>
<subparagraph id="H76A66CC640A348EFBF2C3720D868B052"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the project is deemed to be feasible in accordance with the applicable feasibility standards under section 103 and the reclamation laws; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H67012610C41949A1B79F8086B7E0CD85"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the degree to which the project will provide benefits (or expected benefits, in the case of a proposed project study) as described in subsection (d)(1)(B)(ii) and other benefits under the reclamation laws; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8B9B7B52CE6C4C129DBD75A3752E25D7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>whether the project complies with Federal, State, and local laws. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HD76A8BF30C2544ED9394B982583E2788" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header>Funding for storage and supporting projects</header> <subsection id="HB8A1C15DA3C44287B5F95CABA0337169"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section: </text>
<paragraph id="HFD45350FA0094C4F94DA5E4EC6AF8CA9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Design; study</header>
<subparagraph id="H9CAE808D32E94DB28E3B36A1965E941F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The terms <term>design</term> and <term>study</term> include any design, permitting, study (including a feasibility study), materials engineering or testing, surveying, or preconstruction activity relating to a Federal storage project, a major federally assisted storage project, a natural water storage project, or a standard federally assisted storage project as defined in this subsection. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H76A9431B8D5541EAB39F7F4E5F7E6BF0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The terms <term>design</term> and <term>study</term> do not include an appraisal study or other preliminary review intended to determine whether further study is appropriate for a Federal storage project, a major federally assisted storage project, a natural water storage project, or a standard federally assisted storage project as defined in this subsection. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1D6CFD9B2B9A4942A155C517DA87073D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means— </text> <subparagraph id="H7C4573FC6F304B19898F3D35275F1AAA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any State, political subdivision of a State, department of a State, or public agency organized pursuant to State law; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H139737B66EED4E3D8CD8174E452FEFA8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an Indian Tribe or an entity controlled by an Indian Tribe; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFE053D39AF8E4A3B9429D8858425BCE6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a water users’ association; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1648171EC9BD475EA220D9A39B095DB6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an agency established by an interstate compact; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC50944B28AFC4F90B6721BEBB47DC4FC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an agency established under State law for the joint exercise of powers. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4076EDAC9B6F416880A4CB5EC882A554"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal storage project</header><text>The term <term>Federal storage project</term> means— </text> <subparagraph id="H08FFA47EC8744D91AE7BDE8E70BA6745"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any project in a Reclamation State that involves the construction, expansion, upgrade, or capital repair of a water storage facility or a facility conveying water to or from a surface or groundwater storage facility— </text>
<clause id="HE0FCF8B3A88D4F4AB999D22EC62D92E4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to which the United States holds title; and </text></clause> <clause id="H6B6D91B48EC7474487AA0DFA19420859"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that was authorized to be constructed, operated, and maintained pursuant to— </text>
<subclause id="HD1639141D13F403D9D82FD74F89BA9F3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the reclamation laws; or </text></subclause> <subclause id="H8B932618A0D84957BF9F4A0DDAFB9139"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Act of August 11, 1939 (commonly known as the Water Conservation and Utilization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/590y">16 U.S.C. 590y et seq.</external-xref>)); or </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2D86DFF31E4B477786EA6530B4525574"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an ecosystem restoration project for watershed function, including a forest or watershed restoration project, that, consistent with maintaining and enhancing long-term ecological and hydrological function and resilience, benefits the quality, timing, and other qualities of water available for release on a long-term basis from a water storage facility in a Reclamation State— </text> <clause id="H7D0EA1571B484673938A361372033D91"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to which the United States holds title; and </text></clause>
<clause id="H9246500CB592465EA32023A464E0A234"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that was authorized to be constructed, operated, and maintained pursuant to— </text> <subclause id="HB2CEDCAB497C4702B3AAC9197CD6916C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the reclamation laws; or </text></subclause>
<subclause id="H567745A67BE7421596C347B9ACACB983"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Act of August 11, 1939 (commonly known as the Water Conservation and Utilization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/590y">16 U.S.C. 590y et seq.</external-xref>)). </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7AB925BB3441498E81B439CC0ED315BC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Fish and wildlife benefits</header><text>The term <term>fish and wildlife benefits</term> means overall benefits or improvements to aquatic ecosystems and native fish and wildlife within a Reclamation State, including benefits for a wildlife refuge, that are in excess of— </text>
<subparagraph id="H578143CCC5DA4F388F15257989387EE9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>existing fish and wildlife mitigation or compliance obligations under— </text> <clause id="H3C4EC05C2F454BCD865C6484529EE00C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>); </text></clause>
<clause id="HE58FF4D7F67F4B2AB57F0F792683808E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/661">16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.</external-xref>); </text></clause> <clause id="HAE53525BBEFA4D25BFEDAE0720D4CDF0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/662">Public Law 99–662</external-xref>; 100 Stat. 4082); </text></clause>
<clause id="H9E388E063BBC46C8BA468915540EF1CC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>); </text></clause> <clause id="HE3D58FCE8C954E31B6C6097D55B3CE4D"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>); and </text></clause>
<clause id="H3CB1AECCAF7C47C3A5DBFF482CC77F48"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>any other Federal law, State law or other existing requirement in regulations, permits, contracts, licenses, grants, or orders and decisions from courts or State or Federal agencies; or </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H483D144371F84228AB1A8EE93D100C93"><enum>(B)</enum><text>existing environmental mitigation or compliance obligations as defined in section 6001(a)(32) of title 23 of the California Code of Regulations, with respect to benefits and improvements to aquatic ecosystems and native fish and wildlife within the State of California, in recognition of the State of California’s existing prohibitions against the use of public funds for environmental mitigation required under Federal and State law. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H888537A6B1914063A4E8E27A478469A6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Major federally assisted storage project</header><text>The term <term>major federally assisted storage project</term> means any project in a Reclamation State that— </text> <subparagraph id="H80362B7806D24A2D8BD80E0129726A67"><enum>(A)</enum><text>involves the construction, expansion, upgrade, or capital repair by an eligible entity or qualified partner of— </text>
<clause id="HE919179085C244069BAF6534386E0F72"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a surface or groundwater storage facility that is not federally owned; or </text></clause> <clause id="HA7603A5A048B455B981B010BA0074461"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a facility that is not federally owned conveying water to or from a surface or groundwater storage facility; </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H81BB668FD913414ABA9BAE416561F610"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is an ecosystem restoration project for watershed function, including a forest or watershed restoration project, that, on a long-term basis, benefits the quality, timing, and other qualities of water available for release from a project described in subparagraph (A) consistent with maintaining and enhancing long-term ecological and hydrological function and resilience in a Reclamation State; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4240F40BD5C1449A834C3522BF965702"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides benefits described in section 102(d)(1)(B)(ii); and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA2B7A759B3DA4237AFD13F787E8506BB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>has a total estimated cost of more than $250,000,000. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6BDF5972328A41E1AC93CE37359DE363"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Natural water storage project</header><text>The term <term>natural water storage project</term> means a single project, a number of distributed projects across a watershed, or the redesign and replacement, or removal, of built infrastructure to incorporate elements, where the project or elements have the following characteristics: </text>
<subparagraph id="HB619411808C14F8FBE59417A1F8C6A6E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Uses primarily natural materials appropriate to the specific site and landscape setting. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H24455AF1E81D486889FC51766622B1BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Largely relies on natural riverine, wetland, hydrologic, or ecological processes. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H97137F4B15094BCCA42F733C26ADB191"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Results in aquifer recharge, transient floodplain water retention, reconnection of historic floodplains to their stream channels with water retention benefits within a Reclamation State, or results in improved ecological forest watershed condition if it is a project located within the State of California. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F5EB265FA8F4E0F84FA24C14E40A523"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Is designed to produce two or more of the following environmental benefits:</text>
<clause id="H0B635204AE984DE8AD7304FCA5AD0898"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Stream flow changes beneficial to watershed health. </text></clause> <clause id="HBE6CD8B7120841EAB6AB7EC9B39755A4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Fish and wildlife habitat or migration corridor restoration. </text></clause>
<clause id="H65C033AEC4F743F09DBF2EA917EB5893"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Floodplain reconnection and inundation. </text></clause> <clause id="HEF969C3110DB4251BE44B71A66E52980"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Riparian or wetland restoration and improvement. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3AADE1C9454B4A968C3B7D54228BBCEB"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Standard federally assisted storage project</header><text>The term <term>standard federally assisted storage project</term> means any project in a Reclamation State that— </text> <subparagraph id="H735D4CADDEF141299C75B0963931E9C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>involves the construction, expansion, upgrade, or capital repair by an eligible entity or qualified partner of— </text>
<clause id="HCA12D9B072C64B38AE46181EB964B365"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a surface or groundwater storage facility that is not federally owned; or </text></clause> <clause id="HAEF35229F61C446AB506E68672E2180F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a facility that is not federally owned conveying water to or from a surface or groundwater storage facility; </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAE63B3DCA4014E338B0A29675708BD1B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is an ecosystem restoration project for watershed function, including a forest or watershed restoration project, that, on a long-term basis, benefits the quality, timing, and other qualities of water available for release from a project described in subparagraph (A) consistent with maintaining and enhancing long-term ecological and hydrological function and resilience in a Reclamation State;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2AA85A00550545458FEDBF713B5292BF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides benefits described in section 102(d)(1)(B)(ii); and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA5E46B4A74D8484E8F4E2A0DA76065F5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>has a total estimated cost of $250,000,000 or less. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H78E7AE1F4EC24C7BAAC861F52E589C30"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Qualified partner</header><text>The term <term>qualified partner</term> means a non-profit organization operating in a Reclamation State. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H38FC8EF0FC3A40D09750F1D868BD664A"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Reclamation laws</header><text>The term <term>reclamation laws</term> means Federal reclamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388; chapter 1093)), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5DDF97C76AB848E6BFA9C101351EFF2A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Storage project funding</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated a total of $750 million for use by the Secretary through fiscal year 2026 to advance— </text>
<paragraph id="H2CA470B27E52430EACF04AF85D2F6504"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Federal storage projects within a Reclamation State in accordance with subsection (c); </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7DA014873E094DC281D1EE61B36D0ABB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>major federally assisted storage projects within a Reclamation State in accordance with subsection (d); </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE85B7DD85D764F348C465590DD65C9D5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>natural water storage projects within a Reclamation State in accordance with subsection (e); </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCBF7645A82AC49EC954793B9ED3A77C3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>standard federally assisted storage projects within a Reclamation State in accordance with subsection (f); or </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H58C3DD171729440688A1D198AD988F87"><enum>(5)</enum><text>grandfathered storage projects in accordance with section 104. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4207C7DB2B324105B909F87F650F2E4A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal storage projects</header> <paragraph id="HA8F9F9A279E441BC8D170F9F7A9682DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agreements</header><text>On request of an eligible entity or qualified partner and in accordance with this subsection, the Secretary may negotiate and enter into an agreement on behalf of the United States for the design, study, construction, expansion, upgrade, or capital repair of a Federal storage project located in a Reclamation State. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCE8313D9B2AD412C81589E8D427723A9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>Subject to the requirements of this subsection, the Secretary may fund up to 50 percent of the design and study costs of a Federal storage project and up to 50 percent of the construction costs of a Federal storage project. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3C8805807DE949A4B6330800E4061294"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conditions for Federal design and study funding</header><text>Funding provided under this subsection may be made available for the design and study of a Federal storage project if— </text>
<subparagraph id="H526B33F28C8F4E19B3C5C9E22D9871A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary secures a cost share agreement for design and study costs providing sufficient upfront funding to pay the non-Federal share of the design and study costs of the Federal storage project; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC9D484E2F1744DA1A06197605FFE295F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the feasibility study for the Federal storage project is congressionally authorized by reference to the annual Report to Congress on Future Storage Project Development prepared under section 102. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H59436F10563347879E19FC741E9C5D42"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conditions for Federal construction funding</header><text>Funding provided under this subsection for the construction of a Federal storage project may be made available to a project if— </text> <subparagraph id="H4213F69F26634599B398F1ADE760EED0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the project has been authorized by name in a Federal statute; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3DC38D7D56FE49B4BB8B6B6113F5C770"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the project is a multi-benefit project that would, at a minimum, provide water supply reliability benefits (including additional storage, conveyance, or new firm yield) and fish and wildlife benefits as determined by the final estimate prepared pursuant to subsection (g); </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4994456EBE0B45E9AE3DFE5DD2596E55"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">construction funding for the project is congressionally approved by reference to the annual Report to Congress on Future Storage Project Development prepared under section 102; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H99D48FC2C4FC4EA998439D80015D8A63"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Secretary secures an agreement providing sufficient upfront funding to pay the non-Federal share of the construction costs of the Federal storage project; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H64532081B600403E9D59713FBE9688E2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The Secretary determines— </text>
<clause id="H88FF8DCA7782487EBBF8FECC223E7128"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the project is technically and financially feasible; </text></clause> <clause id="HA2F5991D1EFE43C48A4EAEA1F4DE926E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the project provides water supply reliability benefits for a State or local government and fish and wildlife benefits; and </text></clause>
<clause id="HE572092745E9411BA9B34DD3F33EDD2F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in return for the Federal cost-share investment in the project, at least a proportionate share of the project benefits are for— </text> <subclause id="HDC658109F4084557AD438D1DA393B9A3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>fish and wildlife benefits as determined under subsection (g); or </text></subclause>
<subclause id="H97B48D32359544BF9B2D84AD203A3233"><enum>(II)</enum><text>non-reimbursable expenses authorized under the reclamation laws other than fish and wildlife expenses. </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFA9B3DD253B34FFE921D829137740CAB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress and make publicly available on the internet a written notification of the Secretary’s determinations regarding the satisfaction of the requirements under paragraphs (3) and (4) by not later than 30 days after the date of the determinations. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC816E48E26A8443F897D1A3DE43F16F7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Environmental laws</header><text>In participating in a Federal storage project under this subsection, the Secretary shall comply with all applicable Federal environmental laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>), and all State environmental laws of the Reclamation State in which the project is located involving the construction, expansion or operation of a water storage project or fish and wildlife protection, provided that no law or regulation of a State or political subdivision of a State relieve the Secretary of any Federal requirement otherwise applicable under this section. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H10813A90ECE04FBCBBE8F991612A22C8"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Additional guidelines for restoration projects that reduce the risk of water storage losses</header> <subparagraph id="HAE188212124F48898A0BB294ECAB898E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A restoration project described in section 103(a)(3)(B) that receives funding under this subsection must— </text>
<clause id="H4F1377E69BD84BB7877DBEFC90DFB1C4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>have the potential to reduce the risk of water storage losses for a Federal storage project described in subsection (a)(3)(A) by reducing the risk of erosion or sediment loading; and </text></clause> <clause id="H6C569E8F63654160AA537EBEC69CB1FF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be designed to result in fish and wildlife benefits. </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H161AAEE4D0CF4E79B102603A6E38A4AF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Draft feasibility study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue draft requirements for feasibility studies for Federal storage projects described in section 103(a)(3)(B). </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0F14F8E690074BE1B9BB3B9649007D38"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Feasibility study requirements</header><text>The draft feasibility study requirements issued under subparagraph (B) shall be consistent with requirements for a title XVI Feasibility Study Report, including the economic analysis, contained in the Reclamation Manual Directives and Standards numbered WTR 11–01, subject to any additional requirements necessary to provide sufficient information for making determinations under this section. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H81BA71923FF142E8A4CC133ECB1952EF"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Final feasibility study requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall finalize the feasibility study requirements under subparagraph (C) by not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1BE10EE59CEC47428676D3DAF24CC181"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Eligible partner</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to participate in a restoration project described in subsection (a)(3)(B) with a partner that is— </text>
<clause id="H0094B49CEB484CF292D20870597F5A93"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an eligible entity as defined in subsection (a)(2); or </text></clause> <clause id="HB3425ADFCE164D6DB267DCDE7936AE38"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a qualified partner as defined in subsection (a)(8). </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H62F5866B0D42439B9FA34F7A745836B1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Major federally assisted storage projects</header>
<paragraph id="H0E5807D83ABA4330A00AFC0995A11350"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In accordance with this subsection, the Secretary shall establish a competitive grant program to participate in the design, study, construction, expansion, upgrade, or capital repair of a major federally assisted storage project on request of an eligible entity or qualified partner. The competitive grant program established under this paragraph shall— </text> <subparagraph id="HF83ACD7189C04FC48ADD44A37E6CB67D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>allow any project sponsor of a major federally assisted storage project to apply for funding for the design, study, construction, expansion, upgrade, or capital repair of a major federally assisted storage project; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC1CAE7D2A9B342B6A51B1DE5E7DE1F61"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include the issuance of annual solicitations for major federally assisted storage project sponsors to apply for funding for the design, study, construction, expansion, upgrade, or capital repair of a major federally assisted storage project; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEA0E88AF84A04025A59B957BBDCBFD18"><enum>(C)</enum><text>permit the Secretary to fund up to 25 percent of the design and study costs of a major federally assisted storage project and up to 25 percent of the construction costs of a major federally assisted storage project. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5C784966A91D4DA0A9D7B89F7346328B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding priority for multi-benefit projects</header><text>In making grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give funding priority to multi-benefit projects that provide greater— </text> <subparagraph id="H80D623614C6B4856AEC021E170CBC08F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>water supply reliability benefits for States and local governments; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4301281FBA814FDBABEB976146DE4F37"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fish and wildlife benefits. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H308DBC702E5F4D5681185E1CC2CE1020"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conditions for Federal design and study funding</header><text>The Secretary may fund a design or study activity for a major federally assisted storage project under this subsection if— </text>
<subparagraph id="H501AC0CDE0F340B0ADB887853D17B8E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Governor of the State in which the major federally assisted storage project is located provides written concurrence for the design and study activities; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC8FD37D50ED54FCC8A8B301F47B695FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary secures an agreement for design and study costs providing sufficient upfront funding to pay the non-Federal share of the design and study costs of the major federally assisted storage project; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1985EACB551A4985A5E3ED9D14B12DA4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the feasibility study for the major federally assisted storage project is congressionally authorized by reference to the annual Report to Congress on Future Storage Project Development prepared under section 102. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D80A1DFC02640D19E907478B01EE49D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conditions for Federal construction funding</header><text>Funding provided under this subsection for the construction of a major federally assisted storage project may be made available to a project if— </text>
<subparagraph id="H2BC096E1BC464A60A04ED24D9B16BEA4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the project has been authorized by name in a Federal statute; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0E102114AAE749B6BB8BAA499E596F96"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the project is a multi-benefit project that would, at a minimum, provide water supply reliability benefits (including additional storage, conveyance, or new firm yield) and fish and wildlife benefits as determined by the estimate prepared pursuant to subsection (g); </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H25270B27B46B44F593E84641A3DFC06C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Governor of the State in which the major federally assisted storage project is located has requested Federal participation at the time construction is initiated; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H64CB919DEFD74BB895DFA1D73CAF7DCD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Secretary secures an agreement committing to pay the non-Federal share of the capital costs of the major federally assisted storage project; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1FE816A321F548F7A00DBB310970A1CD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Secretary determines— </text> <clause id="H7C41404C4A9440DBBC811FDDB34A10D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the project is technically and financially feasible; </text></clause>
<clause id="HBAEDA3512A4B4094AFE336CD255A725A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the project provides water supply reliability benefits for a State or local government and fish and wildlife benefits; and </text></clause> <clause id="HC907FF0BDB9C43FCAFA8FC07943E5A15"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in return for the Federal cost-share investment in the project, at least a proportionate share of the project benefits are for— </text>
<subclause id="HCB26A1ED000440A0AB92245BBE570EE5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>fish and wildlife benefits as determined under subsection (g); or </text></subclause> <subclause id="H8A601FD1EA1340CF92F5ECDB37A622BF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>other non-reimbursable expenses authorized under the reclamation laws other than fish and wildlife expenses. </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD01CAC2FF3304D27AD1357BF5AF63B3E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress and make publicly available on the internet a written notification of the Secretary’s determinations regarding the satisfaction of the requirements under paragraphs (3) and (4) by not later than 30 days after the date of the determinations. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3A7043F98E17492DAEB8418FAE8E35BD"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Environmental laws</header><text>In participating in a major federally assisted storage project under this subsection, the Secretary shall comply with all applicable Federal environmental laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>), and all State environmental laws of the Reclamation State in which the project is located involving the construction, expansion or operation of a water storage project or fish and wildlife protection, provided that no law or regulation of a State or political subdivision of a State relieve the Secretary of any Federal requirement otherwise applicable under this section. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAADA1BAA430B4261A3AA252682724E08"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Information</header>
<subparagraph id="H65A7E1EBF3044667A0D6F40391DF81CC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In participating in a major federally assisted storage project under this subsection, the Secretary—</text> <clause id="H171442A2254946C896BBFA1FA0D839FE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may consider the use of feasibility or equivalent studies prepared by the sponsor of the major federally assisted storage project; but </text></clause>
<clause id="H93D11819F9AB45B2AB307C118AF1A7E3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall retain responsibility for determining whether the feasibility or equivalent studies satisfy the requirements of reports prepared by the Secretary. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2F22CA0069FE4E08879202028B03F7A5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Guidelines</header> <clause id="HE06582E1BDFC42C98BF4C3552907EF21"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Draft</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue draft guidelines for feasibility or equivalent studies for major federally assisted storage projects prepared by a project sponsor that shall be consistent with requirements for a title XVI Feasibility Study Report, including the economic analysis, contained in the Reclamation Manual Directives and Standards numbered WTR 11–01, subject to— </text>
<subclause id="H237471588C69495CA90BBD96DEAC04C1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any additional requirements necessary to provide sufficient information for making any determinations or assessments under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4); and </text></subclause> <subclause id="H906F63FE07BF47029C708FE1A7BF0952"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the condition that the Bureau of Reclamation shall not bear responsibility for the technical adequacy of any design, cost estimate, or construction relating to a major federally assisted storage project. </text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HAD9F39FFE6A74642BBCEF1AB52DAF4A7"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Final</header><text>The Secretary shall finalize the guidelines under clause (i) by not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H49CF088389C1422E8B2E35F51D563F9F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Technical assistance for feasibility studies</header> <clause id="HEA840E426DF644A8BDBCA186ED01E2EC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>At the request of an eligible entity or qualified partner, the Secretary shall provide to the eligible entity or qualified partner technical assistance relating to any aspect of a feasibility study carried out by the eligible entity or qualified partner under this subsection if the eligible entity or qualified partner contracts with the Secretary to pay all costs of providing the technical assistance. </text></clause>
<clause id="H318E860B51EE46F5945447603F046EE0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Impartial decisionmaking</header><text>In providing technical assistance under clause (i), the Secretary shall ensure that the use of funds accepted from an eligible entity or qualified partner will not affect the impartial decisionmaking responsibilities of the Secretary, either substantively or procedurally. </text></clause> <clause id="H322AEDE32EC94750B7A1457E68C4C98E"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Effect of technical assistance</header><text>The provision of technical assistance by the Secretary under clause (i) shall not be considered to be an approval or endorsement of a feasibility study. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4508E0FF10B94D37AE0E74A77B0FB26D"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Eligible partner</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to participate in a restoration project described in subsection (a)(4)(B) with a partner that is— </text> <subparagraph id="H9847C7AC2C44491A9955D8F17CEA6DC9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an eligible entity as defined in subsection (a)(2); or </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1FCD6C949B9643E0AF028596AB8C2E30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a qualified partner as defined in subsection (a)(8). </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H541622BE57934945864BE6C7060AD9CB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Natural water storage projects</header> <paragraph id="H1A12077528844AC78F78764916F7E09E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In accordance with this subsection, the Secretary shall establish a competitive grant program to participate in the design, study, construction, expansion, upgrade, or capital repair of a natural water storage project in a Reclamation State on request of an eligible entity or qualified partner. The competitive grant program established under this paragraph shall— </text>
<subparagraph id="H2FEA405DD1A14DE48DA2FCB3751B3194"><enum>(A)</enum><text>allow any project sponsor of a natural water storage project to apply for funding for the design, study, construction, expansion, upgrade, or capital repair of a natural water storage project; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8DFCC9251B20481BB0F0432C25C63C3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include the issuance of annual solicitations for natural water storage project sponsors to apply for funding for the design, study, construction, expansion, upgrade, or capital repair of a natural water storage project. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H69682FDA34F6431881B256B10CEBBB05"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding priority for multi-benefit projects</header><text>In making grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give funding priority to multi-benefit projects that provide greater— </text> <subparagraph id="HD7E65E4066D2441599CC01FAB22AB76C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>water supply reliability benefits for States and local governments; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAFBC6E8341B4448BAAAC11E0EB3D5023"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fish and wildlife benefits. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H73DDB48374344D9397FE60AE226C7162"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>Subject to the requirements of this subsection, the Secretary may provide funding to an eligible entity or qualified partner for the design, study, construction, expansion, upgrade, or capital repair of a natural water storage project in an amount equal to not more than 80 percent of the total cost of the natural water storage project. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE5F740E7915542BDB303BFC3880E8858"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conditions for Federal design and study funding</header><text>The Secretary may fund a design or study activity for a natural water storage project under this subsection if the Governor of the State in which the natural water storage project is located provides written concurrence for design and study activities. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEFEEF2201CFD47F5AAC213DB11466540"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Conditions for Federal construction funding</header><text>Funding provided under this subsection for the construction of a natural water storage project may be made available to a project if— </text>
<subparagraph id="HC2611EE016B6496FBF42A772516EB5C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Governor of the State in which the natural water storage project is located has requested Federal participation at the time construction was initiated; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8B9561E7780E493296508B1D7A1F7217"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary determines or the applicable non-Federal sponsor determines through the preparation of a feasibility or equivalent study prepared in accordance to paragraph (9), and the Secretary concurs, that— </text>
<clause id="H12092E197F34499DB4B89108EBD1AD5D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the project is technically and financially feasible; </text></clause> <clause id="HA5CE8901F9DA4839809975C037964D75"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the project provides water supply reliability benefits for a State or local government and fish and wildlife benefits; and </text></clause>
<clause id="H09CE796B4CA443B3AFF8AE83E15FAEED"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in return for the Federal cost-share investment in the project, at least a proportionate share of the project benefits are for non-reimbursable expenses authorized under the reclamation laws or for fish and wildlife benefits as defined in this section, which shall be considered a fully non-reimbursable Federal expenditure; and </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H38C2FEC3CC7942D19B3431B74ADFC798"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Secretary secures an agreement committing to pay the non-Federal share of the construction costs of the project. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H92EA94F7BD1745209759A3731AE3EC76"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Environmental laws</header><text>In participating in a natural water storage project under this subsection, the Secretary shall comply with all applicable Federal environmental laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>), and all State environmental laws of the Reclamation State in which the project is located involving the construction, expansion or operation of a water storage project or fish and wildlife protection, provided that no law or regulation of a State or political subdivision of a State relieve the Secretary of any Federal requirement otherwise applicable under this section. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H14F38E2EB28F4726884952CFFB326AC1"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Information</header><text>In participating in a natural water storage project under this subsection, the Secretary— </text>
<subparagraph id="HE12BDD959D7C4398B193A465C6529F42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may consider the use of feasibility or equivalent studies prepared by the sponsor of the natural water storage project if the sponsor elects to prepare such reports; but</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H04B6EFF299A049839FA9A9D0203DFE0C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall retain responsibility for determining whether the feasibility or equivalent studies satisfy the requirements of studies prepared by the Secretary. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H72BDAB1B75B34D9CB0F42955FC70DD9F"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress and make publicly available on the internet a written notification of the Secretary’s determinations regarding the satisfaction of the requirements under paragraphs (4) and (5) by not later than 30 days after the date of the determinations. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA69205DC14FB48CFBDDF9934D31BD0CD"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Guidelines</header> <subparagraph id="H1B63064E79F048CA86592B123881A36E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Draft</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue draft guidelines for feasibility or equivalent studies for natural water storage projects prepared by a project sponsor that shall be consistent with this subsection, provided that the Department of the Interior shall not bear responsibility for the technical adequacy of any design, cost estimate, or construction relating to a natural water storage project. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H925DCC16678F443399F9DDEC79D75744"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Final</header><text>The Secretary shall finalize the guidelines under subparagraph (A) by not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF619ECA79E8649FD8A2162812D1BD5CE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Technical assistance for feasibility studies</header> <clause id="HD71D825402DD4EFFA0EF25B66543EF1E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>At the request of an eligible entity or qualified partner, the Secretary shall provide to the eligible entity or qualified partner technical assistance relating to any aspect of a feasibility study carried out by an eligible entity or qualified partner under this subsection if the eligible entity or qualified partner contracts with the Secretary to pay all costs of providing the technical assistance. </text></clause>
<clause id="H16FB0D958FAC46E28887E38212D9483B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Impartial decisionmaking</header><text>In providing technical assistance under clause (i), the Secretary shall ensure that the use of funds accepted from an eligible entity or qualified partner will not affect the impartial decisionmaking responsibilities of the Secretary, either substantively or procedurally. </text></clause> <clause id="H3C949F089D1849D9A52F9B96CEA291BD"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Effect of technical assistance</header><text>The provision of technical assistance by the Secretary under clause (i) shall not be considered to be an approval or endorsement of a feasibility study. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H086E1C06E115449581769A184B689305"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Standard federally assisted storage projects</header>
<paragraph id="H36A751DF15D04A288F0F52D8CA80CC9C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In accordance with this subsection, the Secretary shall establish a competitive grant program to participate in the design, study, construction, expansion, upgrade, or capital repair of a standard federally assisted storage project on request of an eligible entity or qualified partner. The competitive grant program established under this paragraph shall— </text> <subparagraph id="HF2A1787D785B4265AE91D3D7F4A10B74"><enum>(A)</enum><text>allow any project sponsor of a standard federally assisted storage project to apply for funding for the design, study, construction, expansion, upgrade, or capital repair of a federally assisted storage project; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA2B0C4A5E1EA4E93A88A68EBE34C52CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include the issuance of annual solicitations for standard federally assisted storage project sponsors to apply for funding for the design, study, construction, expansion, upgrade or capital repair of a standard federally assisted storage project; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7BEE9161AA844AD7B69B9A80011002FE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>permit the Secretary to fund up to 25 percent of the total cost of a federally assisted storage project. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB25603BBFE114EFA829E655D0C1289AC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection of projects</header><text>In making grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give funding priority to projects that— </text> <subparagraph id="H9D26623F851B439287AB99CC8E3C42B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide greater water supply reliability benefits for States and local governments, including through aquifer storage and recovery wells, in-lieu recharge activities that could be effectuated or expanded through additional infrastructure investments including interties, and the establishment and use of recharge ponds, including in an urban environment; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H670A5C7C479D48949DF4E12D9F1113EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide greater fish and wildlife benefits; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5C224545D71A4E1DB952FA3CB1257DC2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>cost not more than $30,000,000 to allow greater participation and wider distribution of funds and program benefits. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H546B9452C7FD4B88B0A6E0C6E3771D58"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conditions for Federal design and study funding</header><text>The Secretary may fund a design or study activity for a standard federally assisted storage project under this subsection if the Governor of the State in which the federally assisted storage project is located provides written concurrence for design and study activities. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA13B5EDDD5F34F1C9D1D1B9E9D9E8DD2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conditions for Federal construction funding</header><text>Funding provided under this subsection for the construction of a standard federally assisted storage project may be made available to a project if— </text>
<subparagraph id="HD50C52B1A96349218D7EE9B38CA8F7BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Governor of the State in which the federally assisted storage project is located has requested Federal participation at the time construction was initiated; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9A6809A2270D4ED1A61EAF6550E33839"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary determines or the applicable non-Federal sponsor determines through the preparation of a feasibility or equivalent study prepared in accordance with paragraph (7), and the Secretary concurs, that— </text>
<clause id="H77AEF48B69474E17A443B0C6A5ED63BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the standard federally assisted storage project is technically and financially feasible; </text></clause> <clause id="HE5BA816E78CC448DB38D0F66A1DB39B9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the standard federally assisted storage project provides water supply reliability benefits for a State or local government and fish and wildlife benefits; and </text></clause>
<clause id="H2B412AAB6618492E8C8C52A2980501C7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in return for the Federal cost-share investment in the project, at least a proportionate share of the project benefits are for non-reimbursable expenses authorized under the reclamation laws or for fish and wildlife benefits as defined in this section, which shall be considered a fully non-reimbursable Federal expenditure; and </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H266E06EAFC54417FAB18C9B26E18CE1D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Secretary secures an agreement committing to pay the non-Federal share of the construction costs of the project. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1043F6513ACB401A84760B20A763F61E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress and make publicly available on the internet a written notification of the Secretary’s determinations regarding the satisfaction of the requirements under paragraphs (3) and (4) by not later than 30 days after the date of the determinations. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5E5F9FAD299F408DA5609A1813D17842"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Environmental laws</header><text>In participating in a standard federally assisted storage project under this subsection, the Secretary shall comply with all applicable Federal environmental laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>), and all State environmental laws of the Reclamation State in which the project is located involving the construction, expansion or operation of a water storage project or fish and wildlife protection, provided that no law or regulation of a State or political subdivision of a State relieve the Secretary of any Federal requirement otherwise applicable under this section. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF2EF206818F54236844723E6B7E4023E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Information</header>
<subparagraph id="HAC18C49BB36B4A9B8BF9524D2CA79D55"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In participating in a standard federally assisted storage project under this subsection, the Secretary— </text> <clause id="H7E1E1F18EB1F4E88B6230B6DFD20815A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may consider the use of feasibility or equivalent studies prepared by the sponsor of the standard federally assisted storage project; but</text></clause>
<clause id="HEEBBD7C93D0B4EDBBDC80AFF016B598E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall retain responsibility for determining whether the feasibility or equivalent studies satisfy the requirements of reports prepared by the Secretary. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H61A1143B931949F8AD49E251F81F0FD9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Guidelines</header> <clause id="H9B4AFFCF749A4780A08F6B326C80FC24"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Draft</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue draft guidelines for feasibility or equivalent studies for standard federally assisted storage projects prepared by a project sponsor that shall be consistent with requirements for a title XVI Feasibility Study Report, including the economic analysis, contained in the Reclamation Manual Directives and Standards numbered WTR 11–01, subject to— </text>
<subclause id="HDA632E75769B4657A3AB65C7D898B4BD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any additional requirements necessary to provide sufficient information for making any determinations or assessments under paragraphs (2), (3) and (4); and </text></subclause> <subclause id="HDDC7C86CCD9240BDAC4B645DF3427316"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the condition that the Department of the Interior shall not bear responsibility for the technical adequacy of any design, cost estimate, or construction relating to a standard federally assisted storage project. </text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H20BFFD012BF34C558AACDABBC63BAB0D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Final</header><text>The Secretary shall finalize the guidelines under clause (i) by not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H89BD61F744664EADA202697E226C9ABA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Technical assistance for feasibility studies</header> <clause id="HAAAD5493F4BD4FD79DAA57D1FBFB3812"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>At the request of an eligible entity or qualified partner, the Secretary shall provide to the eligible entity or qualified partner technical assistance relating to any aspect of a feasibility study carried out by an eligible entity or qualified partner under this subsection if the eligible entity or qualified partner contracts with the Secretary to pay all costs of providing the technical assistance. </text></clause>
<clause id="H5125127A17E34DA5BCF26F96E9D75CEB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Impartial decisionmaking</header><text>In providing technical assistance under clause (i), the Secretary shall ensure that the use of funds accepted from an eligible entity or qualified partner will not affect the impartial decisionmaking responsibilities of the Secretary, either substantively or procedurally. </text></clause> <clause id="H8CD1FE7C73184CB4B026A4AB128DD9C2"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Effect of technical assistance</header><text>The provision of technical assistance by the Secretary under clause (i) shall not be considered to be an approval or endorsement of a feasibility study. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC59167FE70B647DFBC8366100B336D56"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Committee resolution procedure</header>
<subparagraph id="H806EF502466543AD82B7E1DCF8DFD637"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No appropriation shall be made for a standard federally assisted storage project under this subsection, the total estimated cost of which exceeds $100,000,000, if such project has not been approved by a resolution adopted by the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H593A5541E42E43909C04CA1143D92E48"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements for securing consideration</header><text>For the purposes of securing consideration of approval under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall provide to a committee referred to in subparagraph (A) such information as the committee requests and the non-Federal sponsor shall provide to the committee information on the costs and relative needs for the federally assisted storage project. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H337E06CA630C45E68C4DD1EA40F5337D"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Eligible partner</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to participate in a restoration project described in subsection (a)(7)(B) with a partner that is— </text> <subparagraph id="H9A5344F2DFAD4C4BBF724CE8F97F7310"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an eligible entity as defined in subsection (a)(2); or </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBC08EBE953C94D36A643B39A9D22CCCE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a qualified partner as defined in subsection (a)(8). </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H046B061035F0477E9F40373CB8AC8BAD"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Fish and wildlife losses and benefits</header> <paragraph id="H47C0F828446F47219A13889512E8B74F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection— </text>
<subparagraph id="HF82838351F554504A56FACD97F806325"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term <term>Best available scientific information and data</term> means the use of the high-value information and data, specific to the decision being made and the time frame available for making that decision, to inform and assist management and policy decisions; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD9BA95396A654361989D58CE775FB106"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term <term>Director</term> means— </text>
<clause id="H871639ED415D4EC595F24B95B95B87B0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; or </text></clause> <clause id="H377E51FB55294040AB93BD19D20AB894"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the United States Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Administrator of the National Marine Fisheries Service, if a determination or fish and wildlife estimate made under this subsection is for an anadromous species or catadromous species. </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFE3A4B4D09874C99BBD6D531A8F3D4F5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>major water storage project</term> means a major federally assisted storage project or Federal storage project as defined under section 102. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE05075F17B67465C8DC01DD5B528481E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this subsection are the following: </text>
<subparagraph id="H7A66290F7A49496EB5F76BF954273857"><enum>(A)</enum><text>To reverse widespread fish and wildlife species decline in the Reclamation States. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB13F4E7355BF4139BA2C0BA422444540"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To help fund and assist in the preparation of reports required under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act for proposed water development projects. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H68DA084D4CA642DA96E4E22DB2FB925F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>To instruct the Director to prepare a report described in section 2(b) of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/662">16 U.S.C. 662(b)</external-xref>) for each major water storage project that includes an estimate of fish and wildlife losses and fish and wildlife benefits derived from each such project, based on the best available scientific information and data. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4C1DAAFA63314B2F8E707101813077E3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>To direct Federal funds to major water storage projects that provide demonstrable, measurable fish and wildlife benefits and associated ecosystem services benefits for taxpayers based on objective data and the expertise of the primary Federal agency with jurisdiction over the management of fish and wildlife resources. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H516EC0F850A84343A332E79F8E59C3B2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>To ensure that Federal funds provided for fish and wildlife purposes under this section are used effectively in a manner that maximizes positive outcomes for fish and wildlife and associated ecosystem services benefits for taxpayers, including benefits related to the domestic seafood supply and the enhancement and expansion of hunting, fishing, and other fish and wildlife related outdoor recreation opportunities within the Reclamation States. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4B9305CABB2C4E7C8FDD7074936FC04A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Estimation of fish and wildlife benefits and losses under the fish and wildlife coordination act</header><text>The Director shall prepare a report described in section 2(b) of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/662">16 U.S.C. 662(b)</external-xref>), for each major water storage project that— </text>
<subparagraph id="H620C6E0465994B3BBD45A8915C0289AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is based on the best available scientific information and data available; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFED378D02AE64D43AFF93483541BE245"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes an estimate of fish and wildlife losses and fish and wildlife benefits derived from a major water storage project determined in accordance with this subsection. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B72814487154E708BA576A850B353F6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Draft estimate</header>
<subparagraph id="H032A552E0B3F470BA85F6ACC63B86A6D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Use of best available scientific information and data available</header><text>The Director shall include in the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act report prepared under paragraph (3) a draft estimate of fish and wildlife losses and fish and wildlife benefits derived from a major water storage project. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE6709B8EE0F946DD8D388CD39BCDA670"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>A draft estimate required under subparagraph (A) shall be prepared in coordination with the head of the State agency with jurisdiction over the fish and wildlife resources of the State in which the major water storage project is proposed to be carried out. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H83345A51C53341778B2D7E0AD7B8A6CC"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Applicable law; requirements</header><text>The draft estimate prepared under this paragraph shall— </text> <clause id="H9E3FE08607D24AE6B272793061B44387"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meet all the evaluation requirements of section 2(b) of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/662">16 U.S.C. 662(b)</external-xref>) unless otherwise specified in this subsection; </text></clause>
<clause id="H2697D666A81F42CF8471586A89493EB9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>quantify and estimate the fish and wildlife benefits and any losses to native fish and wildlife from the proposed major water storage project; and </text></clause> <clause id="H2FEC7F73DC5D4C7ABBBD4BDD707F6DED"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>estimate whether the fish and wildlife benefits derived from the proposed major water storage project are likely to exceed the adverse fish and wildlife impacts. </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H049DC3760CDB444EA82DCEDA24F8F543"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Review; availability</header><text>The Director shall ensure that any draft estimate prepared under this paragraph is— </text> <clause id="H8F54FC6883B84FA9AA57FC3845377283"><enum>(i)</enum><text>made available for peer review by an independent group of scientific experts; and </text></clause>
<clause id="HF9A6CFF8123F4CCE9FFC308D2C9E388B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>made available for a public review and comment period of not less than 30 days. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA9363FF383B440B29A8955CF7C1346AB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Final estimate</header><text>Using the best available scientific information and data, the Director shall prepare a final estimate of fish and wildlife benefits for each proposed major water storage project based on the applicable draft estimate prepared under paragraph (4), after considering the results of the independent scientific peer review and public comment processes under paragraph (4)(D). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC3B4B4F3E97421D8B4F738912209D73"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Transmission; availability</header><text>A final estimate prepared under paragraph (5) shall be— </text> <subparagraph id="H249D2DD996F940BCB4A246500FF559C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>transmitted to— </text>
<clause id="H57CF5BB6C0164DF99863DFD34E493716"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the project applicant; and</text></clause> <clause id="HE8B86104EE854C3FB2C0B746A009C5BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the relevant State agency; and </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H402241671C724DBB9B5D9D745118FAD7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>made available to the public. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H86A4B60F599B4D838F4D5F9F182D4235"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>If a final estimate under paragraph (5) determines that the proposed major water storage project fails to provide fish and wildlife benefits, the final estimate may identify potential recommendations to enable the project to provide fish and wildlife benefits or to reduce the project’s adverse fish and wildlife impacts. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H182BF381AC9B408A8166D3B27B047F6C"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Importation of review standards</header><text>Sections 207(i) and 207(j) of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</external-xref>; 106 Stat. 4709) shall apply to a final estimate prepared under paragraph (5), except that— </text> <subparagraph id="H98D5AB8227DD4ECB9A2F3B5AABEEDDFA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any reference contained in those sections to the Secretary shall be considered to be a reference to the Director as defined in this subsection; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H29AF3E7E284245FAA480B784A450AEFF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any reference contained in those sections to determination or determinations shall be considered to be a reference to estimate or estimates described in this subsection; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H49E22120F58F4727B84F72E4AA512F44"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any reference contained in those sections to subsection (b), (f)(1), or (g) shall be considered to be a reference to paragraph (5) of this subsection; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H781C06E2EF144E6CB566C8BC86E35374"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any reference contained in those sections to <quote>this subsection</quote> shall be considered to be a reference to section 103(g) of the <short-title>FUTURE Western Water Infrastructure and Drought Resiliency Act</short-title>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAB23A9F23A254BAE9EF49EC64F279C26"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Funding for estimates</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 through fiscal year 2026 for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to prepare draft estimates under paragraph (4) and final estimates under paragraph (5). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H417119BB239E45EABBF97CF273170BA3"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Additional funding for estimates</header><text>The authority under section 662(e) of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/662">16 U.S.C. 662(b)</external-xref>) to transfer funds from the Bureau of Reclamation to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act reports for proposed water development projects shall be deemed to extend to the preparation of a draft or final estimate prepared under paragraph (4) or (5), provided that any transfer of funds generally adheres to the 1981 Transfer Funding Agreement between the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Reclamation or any successor agreement, to the extent that any such agreement is consistent with the requirements of this subsection. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B4BC5EE5F104238A3BE74AD3AF3DCB8"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Agency responsibilities</header><text>The responsibility for preparing a draft and final estimate under this subsection shall reside with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and may not be delegated to another entity, including another Federal agency or bureau, except for the United States Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Administrator of the National Marine Fisheries Service, for the preparation of a draft or final estimate for anadromous species or catadromous species. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCF72625F5C394E2D88F89330E563E40B"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Use of fish and wildlife estimates to inform Federal spending for fish and wildlife purposes</header><text>With respect to a major water storage project considered for Federal funding under this section, the Director shall determine costs allocated to the specific purpose of providing fish and wildlife benefits, based on the fish and wildlife benefits estimate for the applicable project or the best available scientific information and data available at the time a cost allocation determination is made. In determining a cost allocation under this paragraph, the Director shall consult with the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation and may make a cost allocation determination for fish and wildlife benefits in accordance with existing cost allocation procedures, to the extent that such procedures are consistent with the requirements of this subsection. Cost allocation determinations for all other non-reimbursable or reimbursable project purposes for a major water storage project advanced under this section shall be determined in accordance with existing cost allocation procedures under the reclamation laws. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2722822A25C64D2A90D801610B87E35B"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Preliminary studies</header><text>Of the amounts made available under subsection (b), not more than 25 percent shall be provided for appraisal studies, feasibility studies, or other preliminary studies. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="HFB94F313FB404FE3B72C08AA08D822D7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Providing greater Federal funding and support for multi-Benefit storage projects</header><text>Notwithstanding any non-Federal cost share requirement under the reclamation laws for water development projects, any cost allocated to a water storage project under this section for the sole purpose of providing fish and wildlife benefits, determined in accordance with all applicable requirements under this section, shall be considered a 100 percent non-reimbursable Federal cost. </text></subsection> <subsection id="HA62925A912794B4A8225AE52239B6E1D"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Calfed reauthorization</header> <paragraph id="H6C5DD12870D1455EB79CFBFF472ECAD9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reauthorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title I of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/361">Public Law 108–361</external-xref> (118 Stat. 1681; 123 Stat. 2860; 128 Stat. 164; 128 Stat. 2312; 129 Stat. 2407; 130 Stat. 1866; 133 Stat. 2669), as amended by section 204 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>), is amended by striking <quote>2021</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2026</quote>. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD5A6116E540E43C9AAF95361E16C813B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Calfed description of activities</header><text>Subparagraph 103(f)(1)(A) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/361">Public Law 108–361</external-xref> (118 Stat. 1694) is amended by striking <quote>, except that</quote> and all that follows through the end of the subparagraph. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H24348AD8BBE545898BB18A443E6FD8E1"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing in this section is intended to authorize Federal funds made available under subsection (b) for a project led by a non-profit organization, as described in subsection (a)(7), except for a project that is a natural water storage project or forest restoration, watershed restoration or other restoration project that reduces the risk of water storage loss described in subsection (a). </text></subsection></section>
<section id="HCF4C02C8EF7C4681A73B05B7C947C0C9"><enum>104.</enum><header>Extension of existing requirements for grandfathered storage projects</header>
<subsection id="H2A92E097F0D0469E882B23B93C0BEA11"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose; definition</header>
<paragraph id="H5EBD3F2148914D2F93D807251FCD38A3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to establish an expedited project advancement process for certain water storage projects that have already received some degree of evaluation under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/322">Public Law 114–322</external-xref>) or under certain State water storage project evaluations. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H35DE2DF54CB14FF7840E1E0B01F3A252"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition of grandfathered storage project</header><text>In this section, the term <term>grandfathered storage project</term> means a storage project that has already been recommended for funding made available under section 4007 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/322">Public Law 114–322</external-xref>) by the Secretary or a State governor prior to June 1, 2020, except for any project within the State of California that— </text>
<subparagraph id="H06AAE30C7C954FFFAB29634245C13F6E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has been evaluated for State storage funding awards by the California Water Commission pursuant to the California Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act, approved by California voters on November 4, 2014, and failed to receive a maximum conditional eligibility determination of at least $200 million; or </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H62F2D08E4FB0452CB8971B43DB9E0577"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is an on-stream storage project that has not been evaluated for State storage funding awards by the California Water Commission pursuant to the California Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act, approved by California voters on November 4, 2014. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H02643F9AAAC0477696DB953BA0C4F466"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other requirements of this Act, grandfathered storage projects shall be eligible to receive funding authorized under section 103(b) of this Act in accordance with this section. </text></subsection> <subsection id="HCD19249C54A64036A3AD289DD7A22C22"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header> <paragraph id="HF387015F7EFF448B9C38F9D4231183D0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Importation of wiin act requirements</header><text>The following requirements shall apply to grandfathered storage projects: sections 4007(c)(1) through 4007(c)(4), section 4007(f), and section 4007(h)(2) of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/322">Public Law 114–322</external-xref>), except that any reference contained in those sections to State-led storage projects shall be considered to be a reference to grandfathered storage projects. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H22734346427F45A08FDC8A2349242F4D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>The Secretary shall give funding priority among grandfathered storage projects to those that provide greater and more reliable water supply benefits to wildlife refuges, species listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>), or to commercially harvested salmon species. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF69B97E60FF24589A3561BE4491B6F36"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability of WIIN act deadlines</header><text>Storage project deadlines described in section 4007(i) and section 4013(2) of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/322">Public Law 114–322</external-xref>) shall not apply to any grandfathered storage project under this section. </text></subsection></section>
<section id="HC1F45CF6E65844BC8C30BB4E0859C2CE"><enum>105.</enum><header>Desalination project development</header>
<subsection id="H30427C094C7643DE81F617435B00E21F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Desalination projects authorization</header><text>Section 4(a) of the Water Desalination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10301">42 U.S.C. 10301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/298">Public Law 104–298</external-xref>) is amended by striking the second paragraph (1) (relating to projects) and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block id="H31906B75A18E4167AABCF9EFDBD56F53" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HAB5A6400FE4C487AA04FEE32EE13E5E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Projects</header> <subparagraph id="H5ECF52836B954FE69E924E7FA37E7B8A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this paragraph: </text>
<clause id="H79F6F22CAE3D4E32A06EE27771798021"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Eligible desalination project</header><text>The term <term>eligible desalination project</term> means any project located in a Reclamation State that— </text> <subclause id="H14920A4D2E8E4711AB2AD292611E59A6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>involves an ocean or brackish water desalination facility— </text>
<item id="H935CC9EFC359468BB435DC6D46052789"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>constructed, operated, and maintained by a State, Indian Tribe, municipality, irrigation district, water district, or other organization with water or power delivery authority; or </text></item> <item id="HB7FC6B58C9954FE087E2136D18478F02"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>sponsored or funded by a State, department of a State, political subdivision of a State, municipality or public agency organized pursuant to State law, including through— </text>
<subitem id="HB0288151F91F42AB8E775C8CF815E036"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>direct sponsorship or funding; or </text></subitem> <subitem id="HB30C393A5BEA40C5A6F01E3820682A01"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>indirect sponsorship or funding, such as by paying for the water provided by the facility; and </text></subitem></item></subclause>
<subclause id="HB6F0D08A26C84F069D8E7FA543EE6664"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides a Federal benefit in accordance with the reclamation laws.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H91D5452DFDD3428A9ED195B4924B09EE"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Rural desalination project</header><text>The term <term>rural desalination project</term> means an eligible desalination project that is designed to serve a community or group of communities, each of which has a population of not more than 40,000 inhabitants. </text></clause>
<clause id="HCA887DFDFF6E43BFB630CA3D4402B5E6"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Designated desalination project</header><text>The term <term>designated desalination project</term> means an eligible desalination project that—</text> <subclause id="H8792C11E67BF46D9BAFDD04516966217"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is an ocean desalination project that uses a subsurface intake;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HCC1D90FF6000429D9E53F80C3727AF32"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has a total estimated cost of $80,000,000 or less; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HD9FC2ABD15C2425EABEA173E2F911ABF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is designed to serve a community or group of communities that collectively import more than 75 percent of their water supplies.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB768F2FCAA5A4314BD1132CD721858BD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Cost-sharing requirement</header>
<clause id="H998F9C1E04434D0E8334879DC2FC0292"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to the requirements of this subsection and notwithstanding section 7, the Federal share of an eligible desalination project carried out under this subsection shall be— </text> <subclause id="H393F78228FBD4D67A3220D7287792041"><enum>(I)</enum><text>not more than 25 percent of the total cost of the eligible desalination project; or </text></subclause>
<subclause id="HC7A979441C6649DF85B721F72FAD233D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of a rural desalination project or a designated desalination project, the applicable percentage determined in accordance with clause (ii). </text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H0D7F6464883E4E8FB1C7D8FA898C8CDA"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Rural desalination projects and designated desalination projects</header> <subclause id="H3CEF2C6AFE8140A685CA6A2FDB2229DC"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Cost-sharing requirement for appraisal studies</header><text>In the case of a rural desalination project carried out under this subsection, the Federal share of the cost of appraisal studies for the rural desalination project shall be— </text>
<item id="HD806FE028681435FB402525C3BB1BCEF"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>100 percent of the total costs of the appraisal studies, up to $200,000; and </text></item> <item id="HA7E07F376E1343FA88EAEC17DA31BAB7"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>if the total costs of the appraisal studies are more than $200,000, 50 percent of any amounts over $200,000. </text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="H399E5AAF38DA4B4BA457DAA6332B1E60"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Cost-sharing requirement for feasibility studies</header><text>In the case of a rural desalination project carried out under this subsection, the Federal share of the cost of feasibility studies for the rural desalination project shall be not more than 50 percent. </text></subclause> <subclause id="H99B46584F2F449DEBD6D7D6390059F78"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Cost-sharing requirement for construction costs</header><text>In the case of a rural desalination project or a designated desalination project carried out under this subsection, the Federal share of the cost of construction of the rural desalination project shall not exceed the greater of— </text>
<item id="H4DE3D579AC8940FA89CF093BD954C9F1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>35 percent of the total cost of construction, up to a Federal cost of $20,000,000; or </text></item> <item id="H79FB386CBA3742939A26CE61563E0882"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>25 percent of the total cost of construction. </text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H15319EDABA574FE593833C0F714E1A84"><enum>(C)</enum><header>State role</header><text>Participation by the Secretary in an eligible desalination project under this paragraph shall not occur unless— </text> <clause id="HDAD6A8719F8B4D8E810E20587B5907E9"><enum>(i)</enum> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4BB6F065115E46F49B3D72DF4167FA5E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the eligible desalination project is included in a State-approved plan; or </text></subclause>
<subclause id="H652016855B6148D187B930A079B7D720"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the participation has been requested by the Governor of the State in which the eligible desalination project is located; and </text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H7354016859C341CBAE449D79194E5446"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State or local sponsor of the eligible desalination project determines, and the Secretary concurs, that— </text>
<subclause id="HD94639E8C45F470B8FCE083A5FB3EEEE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the eligible desalination project— </text> <item id="H8817CA02E34742BEA27ECFB33AA6DA85"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>is technically and financially feasible; </text></item>
<item id="H6EC27549132E4BBCA5A89EFC3F1C6996"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>provides a Federal benefit in accordance with the reclamation laws; and </text></item> <item id="H706735EB95174615A08A26224A54B003"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>is consistent with applicable State laws, State regulations, State coastal zone management plans and other State plans such as California’s Water Quality Control Plan for the Ocean Waters in California; </text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="HF3F9F381C3AC45AEBBAA159DA515A5E3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>sufficient non-Federal funding is available to complete the eligible desalination project; and </text></subclause> <subclause id="HC2DF548E2C1C43D6B4B17303D8D599E8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the eligible desalination project sponsors are financially solvent; and </text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HC7DB231FD3E74CFCB7A45B84F760E13D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Secretary submits to Congress a written notification of the determinations under clause (ii) by not later than 30 days after the date of the determinations. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1F4E571636F649F29A02A46150385AF4"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Environmental laws</header><text>In participating in an eligible desalination project under this paragraph, the Secretary shall comply with all applicable environmental laws, including, but not limited to, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) and State laws implementing the Coastal Zone Management Act. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC1696B732C28459C89D2F711D05A21BA"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Information</header><text>In participating in an eligible desalination project under this subsection, the Secretary— </text> <clause id="H4CA0FAA47E3F4907A169B0A7ACF313C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may consider the use of reports prepared by the sponsor of the eligible desalination project, including feasibility or equivalent studies, environmental analyses, and other pertinent reports and analyses; but</text></clause>
<clause id="H1288F9BD2F5D4539BB0A217FB64553DF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall retain responsibility for making the independent determinations described in subparagraph (C). </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD9FCDCE04EDA491B8997265C8E03C123"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Funding</header> <clause id="HAE45B12816BC4E5BAA8DCCE28B1E8899"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this paragraph $260,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to remain available until expended, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available during that period for rural desalination projects. </text></clause>
<clause id="HF6E74933188444AFB886D572A76C769B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Congressional approval initially required</header>
<subclause id="HD39D333268234FF48702F13383C794E0"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each initial award under this paragraph for design and study or for construction of an eligible desalination project shall be approved by an Act of Congress. </text></subclause> <subclause id="H6B4D138D34A741C28C48BD6F885B8443"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Reclamation recommendations</header><text>The Commissioner of Reclamation shall submit recommendations regarding the initial award of preconstruction and construction funding for consideration under subclause (I) to— </text>
<item id="H6D97A4244055445CB4400B8DB42D886E"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; </text></item> <item id="H5F66853C631E48B08E61D462FD32DB7A"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; </text></item>
<item id="H7C57A0E285794C8C96311E41B906E1F6"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and </text></item> <item id="HD6FEA1F712C041178599B93455BBCDB0"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. </text></item></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H5CD606AF27C44F03A4BD707DD8D1B2F8"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Subsequent funding awards</header><text>After approval by Congress of an initial award of preconstruction or construction funding for an eligible desalination project under clause (ii), the Commissioner of Reclamation may award additional preconstruction or construction funding, respectively, for the eligible desalination project without further congressional approval. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H06B382FEF48A4C8392277891238583FD"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Total dollar cap</header><text>The Secretary shall not impose a total dollar cap on Federal contributions for individual desalination projects receiving funding under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H54AB386CE8B54CB8AA6A55D4A73167F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prioritization for projects</header><text>Section 4 of the Water Desalination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10301">42 U.S.C. 10301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/298">Public Law 104–298</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block id="H292A58722352469382E64EA784FD87B1" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H6B4F2F4D00434C5D9151DB51531507DC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>In carrying out demonstration and development activities under this section, the Secretary and the Commissioner of Reclamation shall each prioritize projects— </text>
<paragraph id="H14B7FC8CD55B4B0D9A7CE8C3E46B6D05"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for the benefit of drought-stricken States and communities; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H95C7469B471D42B68832C03B066754DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for the benefit of States that have authorized funding for research and development of desalination technologies and projects; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H066D36DA476540FE911F485C75E100F1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that demonstrably reduce a reliance on imported water supplies that have an impact on species listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>); </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1024BA1637F2443CBEA278D4EC3A540E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>that, in a measurable and verifiable manner, reduce a reliance on imported water supplies from imperiled ecosystems such as the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE6EF10C79DFE47BC83B8931A20AE469E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>that demonstrably leverage the experience of international partners with considerable expertise in desalination, such as the State of Israel; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H43C2AA0AADBE4DE99D353F831F3C5BD3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>that maximize use of renewable energy to power desalination facilities; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA42F319D4DA845CDBE6B90B8D377B49B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>that maximize energy efficiency so that the lifecycle energy demands of desalination are minimized; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE48F1ADFB51142428291CBE05A867A7A"><enum>(8)</enum><text>located in regions that have employed strategies to increase water conservation and the capture and recycling of wastewater and stormwater; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H65FA868AFB37473BAEABF83A5F07EBA0"><enum>(9)</enum><text>that meet the following criteria if they are ocean desalination facilities— </text> <subparagraph id="H3EBD32DDE040476591BF0C3BC644C380"><enum>(A)</enum><text>utilize a subsurface intake or, if a subsurface intake is not technologically feasible, an intake that uses the best available site, design, technology, and mitigation measures to minimize the mortality of all forms of marine life and impacts to coastal dependent resources; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H168D38D165794AB8A885B7A6AA84D56F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are sited and designed to ensure that the disposal of wastewaters including brine from the desalination process— </text> <clause id="H48AFC970FDEC4681AE60A1F41337B1C9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are not discharged in a manner that increases salinity levels in impaired bodies of water, or State or Federal Marine Protected Areas; and </text></clause>
<clause id="H0BBB693FB3EB454DA8282405B77F07B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>achieve ambient salinity levels within a reasonable distance from the discharge point; </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6462C644FE5D471EA9F2A13D9AF83E83"><enum>(C)</enum><text>are sited, designed, and operated in a manner that maintains indigenous marine life and a healthy and diverse marine community; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4F921D0460924F778E778188615A3D48"><enum>(D)</enum><text>do not cause significant unmitigated harm to aquatic life; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDAC2779C8CA7490BA89331B53239D5B7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>include a construction and operation plan designed to minimize loss of coastal habitat as well as aesthetic, noise, and air quality impacts. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H38CB5C494ABA4722BDE542A979FF9808"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recommendations to congress</header><text>In determining project recommendations to Congress under section 4(a)(2)(F)(ii)(II) of the Water Desalination Act of 1996, the Commissioner of Reclamation shall establish a priority scoring system that assigns priority scores to each project evaluated based on the prioritization criteria of section 4(c) of the Water Desalination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10301">42 U.S.C. 10301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/298">Public Law 104–298</external-xref>). </text></subsection></section> <section id="HBE7AAD84AE4B485A8A9A63490426C5B6"><enum>106.</enum><header>Assistance for disadvantaged communities without adequate drinking water</header> <subsection id="H06C4D75F6C474DD297659F9E15E3C8F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide grants within the Reclamation States to assist eligible applicants in planning, designing, or carrying out projects to help disadvantaged communities address a significant decline in the quantity or quality of drinking water. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H4ABA4EC6A98341C0B56C33EA180ADE83"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible applicants</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an applicant shall submit an application to the Secretary that includes a proposal of the project or activity in subsection (c) to be planned, designed, constructed, or implemented, the service area of which— </text> <paragraph id="H1A1E296A7B6B4D419C3D13628287289C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall not be located in any city or town with a population of more than 60,000 residents; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H585FEBECF6BD4E1FBB45C9BD5755BF9C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has a median household income of less than 100 percent of the nonmetropolitan median household income of the State. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFD61E3C68D9C4223BD5280A20E83B32D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible projects</header><text>Projects eligible for grants under this program may be used for— </text>
<paragraph id="HE7633D3CD15B4E3AB7AB4DCAAAB523C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>emergency water supplies; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE93F9C2BD0B94836A949F3623303269C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>distributed treatment facilities; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0496905FAA43453EAD985E66D056C7B3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>construction of new wells and connections to existing water source systems; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H00FB573FE9FC483D97512E02828C98B3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>water distribution facilities; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H67D2D6ADEE2E4400B1C3C2F99A9C762E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>connection fees to existing systems; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEECBD20BF3A547E4813DB7EF67DC4D3E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>assistance to households to connect to water facilities; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB9ED99A7294746EF81A6D0108628EEEE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>local resource sharing, including voluntary agreements between water systems to jointly contract for services or equipment, or to study or implement the physical consolidation of two or more water systems; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8C7B8DDC2FA148D3B1370B2D5E975296"><enum>(8)</enum><text>technical assistance, planning, and design for any of the activities described in paragraphs (1) through (7); or </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H55E39BD9D0E54B2685A06F74BE217B94"><enum>(9)</enum><text>any combination of activities described in paragraphs (1) through (8). </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD2EC67FA2E69448A8098DEE3BC7CFD71"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>In determining priorities for funding projects, the Secretary shall take into consideration— </text>
<paragraph id="H3BDB083764A34F1BAA7F1683303A8F67"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">where the decline in the quantity or quality of water poses the greatest threat to public health and safety; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7F3E0135C50646C5B52AB3E56BF94F19"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the degree to which the project provides a long-term solution to the water needs of the community; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF55D617A587E43E496CD94834591BFAA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>whether the applicant has the ability to qualify for alternative funding sources. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF5B9E23BC23244B0B9C7FEB63E7E096A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>The amount of a grant provided under this section may be up to 100 percent of costs, including— </text>
<paragraph id="H879BBC004525496084C94AE325D6A1E6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>initial operation costs incurred for startup and testing of project facilities; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H610C536FA3A047BCB79A2557F902ACF1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>costs of components to ensure such facilities and components are properly operational; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H83B9328AD07B4360842996F1891466F2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>costs of operation or maintenance incurred subsequent to placing the facilities or components into service. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6DFE3B90D233418BB0C9D95F3202466D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000, to remain available until expended. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="HA70B9D51A2C24023BE4120382DC27F04"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Coordination required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to identify opportunities to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and impact of activities carried out under this section to help disadvantaged communities address a significant decline in the quantity or quality of drinking water.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HE8277258F0BB44F9837B9484B48E3F29"><enum>107.</enum><header>Water infrastructure fund</header> <subsection id="H269CDDE12E0A4FF39A13A6D4364BB504"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the Bureau of Reclamation Infrastructure Fund (referred to in this section as the <quote>Fund</quote>), consisting of—</text>
<paragraph id="H97A71F8B1D2E475A801A5085D2B52599"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such amounts as are deposited in the Fund under subsection (b); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2E1F40FCD20544318B253BF83D00AEC4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any interest earned on investment of amounts in the Fund under subsection (c)(1)(B).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2D2B3DCC143E484CAEEB424A64BBC32B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deposits to fund</header>
<paragraph id="H279F120AB352467CA06D558741F3E066"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2032 through 2062, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in the Fund $300,000,000 of the revenues that would otherwise be deposited for the fiscal year in the reclamation fund established by the first section of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388; chapter 1093), of which—</text> <subparagraph id="HA27CF90B30544810A9B4688A2E0359DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$100,000,000 shall be expended by the Secretary for water reclamation and reuse projects authorized under title XVI of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</external-xref> or section 4009 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/322">Public Law 114–322</external-xref>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE79CFDFBE7FA4D2B8450B5E4FB7F64F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$100,000,000 shall be expended by the Secretary for grants authorized under sections 6002 and 9504 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 1015a and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10364">42 U.S.C. 10364</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA0F5FA40B8D44BB59AA8E0D6A1DADACF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$100,000,000 shall be expended by the Secretary to perform modifications to preserve the structural safety of Bureau of Reclamation dams and related facilities to ensure that Reclamation facilities do not present unreasonable risks to public safety, property, or the environment, provided that Federal expenditures made under this section—</text>
<clause id="H52FAB1F23675471E873EF2B660569F7B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>account for no more than 85 percent of the total costs for any dam safety project; and</text></clause> <clause id="HBCB5CC6572C64E2C80B961784A7C8A79"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are made in accordance with section 3 of the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5B51E9ED41E14266A9329A5C5A542D89"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability of amounts</header><text>Amounts deposited in the Fund under this section shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H6989B7BB1BA242CEAF9AEB26D5E7D229"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be made available in accordance with this section, without further appropriation; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF26436B7AFF340D4880410735360D412"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be in addition to amounts appropriated for such purposes under any other provision of law.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1D53E4ED7F6E40BD9DEA6EFC49A879C1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expenditures from fund</header> <paragraph id="H051D3A8EA5DA4B53940F6A0C31957093"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), for each of fiscal years 2032 through 2062, the Secretary may expend from the Fund, in accordance with this section, not more than an amount equal to the sum of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H38EBFE00517A497CB8DAF76F48D2FC31"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amounts deposited in the Fund that year under subsection (b); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H87783EA15D8D496EA126F78ACB11DAE2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of interest accrued in the Fund for the fiscal year in which the expenditures are made.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA1855A47D7304749B6D378748C41C5DC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional expenditures</header>
<subparagraph id="H78B77A21D4C64400AB458C8A7B835BCB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may expend more in any fiscal year than the amounts described in subsection (a) if the additional amounts are available in the Fund as a result of a failure of the Secretary to expend all of the amounts available under subsection (a) in 1 or more prior fiscal years.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF669AF8C85824308AEA6EC6C9822E5D6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Retention in accounts</header><text>Any additional amounts referred to in paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<clause id="H7B778E4DC3B946E3AC1A01E0231088BC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>accrue interest in accordance with this section; and</text></clause> <clause id="H4AAC2D1578E94E2BA16FAFB1226402FE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>only be expended for the purposes for which expenditures from the Fund are authorized.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY AND DATA</header>
<section id="HC416DCF1C0E8438C881F81D72FC273E8"><enum>201.</enum><header>Reauthorization of water availability and use assessment program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9508 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/11">Public Law 111–11</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10368">42 U.S.C. 10368</external-xref>) is amended— </text> <paragraph id="HE2EFF1167A00449EA67486C08FE645B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)— </text>
<subparagraph id="HF5BBCAB28F964370AEB95864A6E4519F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (2)(A)(ii)(VII); </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA8915631D15492C91C91A697CF44688"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A)(iii), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4AF2362588784FEC86533D99F1DA54FB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end of paragraph (2)(A) the following: </text> <quoted-block id="HFCC4A8240F38416DAB81758EDA6D443A" style="OLC"> <clause id="H2202B34388744329A02C5D95D5851777"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>water supplies made available through water reuse and seawater and brackish desalination;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H424615397A9A46ADAEA2C7216B13DF26"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block id="H58B95028EFBA4366A738C33EF5148BB5" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H43DA1DBE203E404383D4AF47A2A65398"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Data integration</header><text>In carrying out the assessment program, the Secretary shall, to the greatest extent practicable— </text>
<subparagraph id="HC0AF8BDAC26B4BF583252D19D1161475"><enum>(A)</enum><text>integrate available data from new technologies where appropriate including data made available from drones and emerging remote sensing technologies; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H917C58B07C4846709757371D3B4EFA71"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate with relevant Federal agencies and bureaus to develop common data requirements for— </text>
<clause id="H2C1B654D648E4310BB8C1CD39A239FD3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Federal water data programs and efforts; and </text></clause> <clause id="H65081FED319F4017AB485B61711C4A84"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>geospatial data programs that can inform assessments of water availability and use under the assessment program.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFFD6CEF265724049977D7108A61C41DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)— </text> <subparagraph id="HF65C59AFAC024865A1BB7D7071F76F20"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>State water resource</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>State or Tribal water resource</quote>; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD8E8F9C6608549E6AB792CDE399F9165"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the heading of paragraph (2), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">criteria</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">State criteria</header-in-text></quote>; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC5CC92A689D3412A888B2522745A717C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following (and redesignating the succeeding paragraph accordingly): </text>
<quoted-block id="HC0F632626C1A460AAFDEC175FFD44BBB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H43CD219D259943E1908197B147FC4CBF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Tribal criteria</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (1), a Tribal water resource agency shall demonstrate to the Secretary that the water use and availability dataset proposed to be established or integrated by the Tribal water resource agency— </text> <subparagraph id="H4AE4F2801D8A4F7D8B53448CAD9740F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is in compliance with each quality and conformity standard established by the Secretary to ensure that the data will be capable of integration with any national dataset; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2BBD8B75409C4295B7948FC7A7383384"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will enhance the ability of the officials of the Tribe or the Tribal water resource agency to carry out water management responsibilities. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC1287F2F9F2452C87BD52A6929DF3A4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Tribal water resource agency definition</header><text>For the purposes of this subsection, the term <term>Tribal water resource agency</term> means any agency of an Indian Tribe responsible for water resource planning and management.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H843D83508A494679830663151E084117"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)— </text> <clause id="HE315A19308644D358E2533848FB948EB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or Tribal water resource agency</quote> after <quote>State water resource agency</quote>; and </text></clause>
<clause id="HA15EE540C3A84577B802B3C72A993CF5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>within any 5-year period</quote> after <quote>$250,000</quote>; and </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0488597E3EDE4F2DBF548768C8E37E05"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(2), by striking <quote>2009 through 2013</quote> and inserting <quote>2022 through 2026</quote>. </text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HD36C513287E94AB5AC5BB39E1E90D922"><enum>202.</enum><header>Modifications to income exclusion for conservation subsidies</header>
<subsection id="H2A8958E33BE143FEA15E1AC7733C1EA6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/136">Section 136(a)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA1616727FAB84E049AE1C685F5241485"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>any subsidy provided</quote> and inserting any subsidy—</text>
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<paragraph id="HDE12DEA911BF4B13BA6B1EC608798CC2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provided</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC6D4F76694FD4827AF76906950FEEE8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting a comma; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2BA4C9B46D64CF2BCEAFA29BE784247"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text> <quoted-block id="H54D07774A9B947D18642AC8456F8096A" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H7C89ADAE163A464C9F81A48DFE01E52E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provided (directly or indirectly) by a public utility to a customer, or by a State or local government to a resident of such State or locality, for the purchase or installation of any water conservation or efficiency measure;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD1A1C3747EC42BB96676177E0861597"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provided (directly or indirectly) by a storm water management provider to a customer, or by a State or local government to a resident of such State or locality, for the purchase or installation of any storm water management measure; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2B42BACF8FD740AFAE28559CD640A77D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provided (directly or indirectly) by a State or local government to a resident of such State or locality for the purchase or installation of any wastewater management measure, but only if such measure is with respect to the taxpayer’s principal residence.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H460E9346D59845609F7B4B1FF428EC03"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H9A2B6B6FE7464A75AF26BBB3DB8AB66A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of water conservation or efficiency measure and storm water management measure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/136">Section 136(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H390D33CDADC84D1C8B2996C94AED7730"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Energy conservation measure</header-in-text></quote> in the heading thereof and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Definitions</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H062173976B0A42B0AB3C82F522111050"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text></quote> in the heading of paragraph (1) and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Energy conservation measure</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB053E8DCE5EF47E0847BF3746BAAB9A8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (5) and by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H48F6C18B996B4BFA888D5B8EA197E81A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Water conservation or efficiency measure</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>water conservation or efficiency measure</term> means any evaluation of water use, or any installation or modification of property, the primary purpose of which is to reduce consumption of water or to improve the management of water demand with respect to one or more dwelling units.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5A7AF6EFB65B45A5936AB4ED1BEEA972"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Storm water management measure</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>storm water management measure</term> means any installation or modification of property primarily designed to reduce or manage amounts of storm water with respect to one or more dwelling units.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C7603EBC962470CA79E7C58C68ADCAF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Wastewater management measure</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>wastewater management measure</term> means any installation or modification of property primarily designed to manage wastewater (including septic tanks and cesspools) with respect to one or more dwelling units.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5BA4B20729A04FAFAD455D3BDAC3DABB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/136">Section 136(c)(5)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as redesignated by paragraph (1)(C)) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HD2C57866729C46458B8BCE15FEE9BF36"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public utility</header><text>The term <term>public utility</term> means a person engaged in the sale of electricity, natural gas, or water to residential, commercial, or industrial customers for use by such customers.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H711CD89579C545CAB74D8587C4DB2322"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Storm water management provider</header><text>The term <term>storm water management provider</term> means a person engaged in the provision of storm water management measures to the public.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H030EC938D64A41DBADA885051C9D3D20"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Person</header><text>For purposes of subparagraphs (B) and (C), the term <term>person</term> includes the Federal Government, a State or local government or any political subdivision thereof, or any instrumentality of any of the foregoing.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBFD0611A10914A5CB6830D9DCE5032A2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header> <subparagraph id="H0CA729A92AF1439C8FB7FE252CBF4E90"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The heading for <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/136">section 136</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text>
<clause id="HD3C8AD7378FF49E999A1BBD2422CFBE3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">and water</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Energy</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HEA79BAF532274DAA943147DB97B3981F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Provided by public utilities</header-in-text></quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9FFED6A38A684EC4A2746AF084D12978"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The item relating to section 136 in the table of sections of part III of subchapter B of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text> <clause id="HBDDC17E416B644BB925CDDA9FC8A5A31"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and water</quote> after <quote>Energy</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HF8F07EABC75C4279BB61E175B722359D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>provided by public utilities</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2EFB326745DD49869ED23BF30C6FE527"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts received after December 31, 2018.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H6E5BC88CA97E435AB7EA559B4ECC0EC3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>No inference</header><text>Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed to create any inference with respect to the proper tax treatment of any subsidy received directly or indirectly from a public utility, a storm water management provider, or a State or local government for any water conservation measure or storm water management measure before January 1, 2022.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HA7064EECD077454EA417AE72649C7B05"><enum>203.</enum><header>X-prize for water technology breakthroughs</header> <subsection id="H911EEB4649AA4868920F66E7F6664142"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Water technology award program established</header><text>The Secretary, working through the Bureau of Reclamation, shall establish a program to award prizes to eligible persons described in subsection (b) for achievement in one or more of the following applications of water technology: </text>
<paragraph id="HAC1ADD09DD9F4EE099B291A10E46D4F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Demonstration of wastewater and industrial process water purification for reuse or desalination of brackish water or seawater with significantly less energy than current municipally and commercially adopted technologies. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H65FB419C193940C696F7C33BB1A7C24A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Demonstration of portable or modular desalination units that can process 1 to 5,000,000 gallons per day that could be deployed for temporary emergency uses in coastal communities or communities with brackish groundwater supplies. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA07F7D991BA4150A774AE274D96CA5A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Demonstration of significant advantages over current municipally and commercially adopted reverse osmosis technologies as determined by the board established under subsection (c). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D9F29177DDB49FEAA3190EA2D1CAF0D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Demonstration of significant improvements in the recovery of residual or waste energy from the desalination process. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H712BE5FA2E7240B48544C8BC32A0675B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Reducing open water evaporation. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H035ECF44B2A94085A8045DCEBBF12DFF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible person</header><text>An eligible person described in this subsection is— </text>
<paragraph id="H9DCB5063ADD64C4792EEA5845C55DF8A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an individual who is— </text> <subparagraph id="H8D0B19E1C9F74A0C90326F81971D2067"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a citizen or legal resident of the United States; or </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H150C7306218C4C4FB89D7E26338D1232"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a member of a group that includes citizens or legal residents of the United States; </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5DB2DDBBED3641D5BAF3F073131E3833"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an entity that is incorporated and maintains its primary place of business in the United States; or </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF6B56258A7D7427A8CB31CC07167463B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a public water agency. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3DD2F4313C3E4B0C8272279AE262B267"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment of board</header> <paragraph id="H25E691CD10B641F8B17BF35CBEA791B2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a board to administer the program established under subsection (a). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB5FADD9DE4B144509A6C1F6C4870BC59"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The board shall be composed of not less than 15 and not more than 21 members appointed by the Secretary, of whom not less than 2 shall— </text> <subparagraph id="H8945956F681846D0848F96496187E6BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be a representative of the interests of public water districts or other public organizations with water delivery authority; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H21296361F581402B93B0D6989FFD4DA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be a representative of the interests of academic organizations with expertise in the field of water technology, including desalination or water reuse; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBDFBC88E7EDF4E2B95963DEF75DB4187"><enum>(C)</enum><text>be representative of a non-profit conservation organization; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H842F4FF4FC894A869C2387DAD23C8CC6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>have expertise in administering award competitions; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD72B09C6384E47E9888952F5170E4F39"><enum>(E)</enum><text>be a representative of the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior with expertise in the deployment of desalination or water reuse. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H433B9223EFD44E03BAB1A8FBD81873F1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Awards</header><text>Subject to the availability of appropriations, the board established under subsection (c) may make awards under the program established under subsection (a) as follows: </text> <paragraph id="H9B06C20DA3A345FE805211855BE85E7B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Financial prize</header><text>The board may hold a financial award competition and award a financial award in an amount determined before the commencement of the competition to the first competitor to meet such criteria as the board shall establish. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB64791C0B3A645EBBBFA903DC2BE3DF1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recognition prize</header>
<subparagraph id="H2A95794DE5454D6A866D7B8CF855BB57"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The board may recognize an eligible person for superlative achievement in 1 or more applications described in subsection (a). </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA5CBE1422F9F467992917D5AF886C9D2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>No financial remuneration</header><text>An award under this paragraph shall not include any financial remuneration. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H826B0F34FC2C4BA5B0B970567EF51562"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administration</header>
<paragraph id="HCE9C9BF0163144D8A31596C7E3F81BB7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contracting</header><text>The board established under subsection (c) may contract with a private organization to administer a financial award competition described in subsection (d)(1). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46407589A44C45ED86FA0A86EBBCEB2C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Solicitation of funds</header><text>A member of the board or any administering organization with which the board has a contract under paragraph (1) may solicit gifts from private and public entities to be used for a financial award under subsection (d)(1). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9F9E0C71854149CAA3FE0D522BEEC646"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on participation of donors</header><text>The board may allow a donor who is a private person described in paragraph (2) to participate in the determination of criteria for an award under subsection (d), but such donor may not solely determine the criteria for such award. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB6DF22FFE93A49F8A2372305C81F2C87"><enum>(4)</enum><header>No advantage for donation</header><text>A donor who is a private person described in paragraph (3) shall not be entitled to any special consideration or advantage with respect to participation in a financial award competition under subsection (d)(1). </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCF905033395D41DA895E202096DAD9BF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Intellectual property</header><text>The Federal Government may not acquire an intellectual property right in any product or idea by virtue of the submission of such product or idea in any competition under subsection (d)(1). </text></subsection> <subsection id="H31938D320C0749F9BB94CD98DCB0A167"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Liability</header><text>The board established under subsection (c) may require a competitor in a financial award competition under subsection (d)(1) to waive liability against the Federal Government for injuries and damages that result from participation in such competition. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="HE0CC15E38E844F7DB63D1C8176084CEE"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Each year, the board established under subsection (c) shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress a report on the program established under subsection (a). </text></subsection> <subsection id="H2EA31A158DC54032BC3104002E24BC0C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <paragraph id="HB04FC2B1214441AFB7193B907D56BD97"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated sums for the program established under subsection (a) as follows: </text>
<subparagraph id="HF72F088B959B4BBEB4A3595043799332"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For administration of prize competitions under subsection (d), $750,000 for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2026. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB0DA2EF410334A9DBBB290CF39B63626"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For the awarding of a financial prize award under subsection (d)(1), in addition to any amounts received under subsection (e)(2), $5,000,000 for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2026. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCB433FA9B7D04966804037BC43EF6C07"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H59B4DD41F9694E54B86250397402631D"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Water technology investment program established</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, shall establish a program, pursuant to the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</external-xref>, title XVI), the Water Desalination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/298">Public Law 104–298</external-xref>), and other applicable laws, to promote the expanded use of technology for improving availability and resiliency of water supplies and power deliveries, which shall include— </text>
<paragraph id="H5777A84C49AF4EFC97518CC5BA2688B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>investments to enable expanded and accelerated deployment of desalination technology; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H17210D4023C844C6905FDF0E7BE3DB16"><enum>(2)</enum><text>investments to enable expanded and accelerated use of recycled water.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H03B444668A6F44ECBD08DDE017551A1C"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2026 for the Secretary to carry out the purposes and provisions of subsection (j). </text></subsection></section> <section id="HE01AC4AEB0384FFD80EB30B235F53016"><enum>204.</enum><header>Study examining sediment transport</header> <subsection id="HB20E4F63DA124298A6AD5BD8D1B0C939"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make appropriate arrangements with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (referred to in this section as the <quote>National Academies</quote>) under which the National Academies shall conduct a study that— </text>
<paragraph id="H912FF2E2204D4160A5345FD28E5DF2CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>examines existing science and management guidance related to methods for managing sediment transport from dam removal; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D27DFBF093A4DA18ADB7CD5322A55A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes case studies where diverse interests, including hydroelectric, agricultural, conservation, and industry stakeholders work jointly with Tribal, State, and Federal government agencies to implement collaborative projects requiring sediment transport; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD37439626944F6A9924098D07E0D0D1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identifies future research opportunities, requirements, and recommendations related to the science and management guidance examined under paragraph (1), including research opportunities, requirements, and recommendations related to modeling and quantifying sediment flows. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBAA52617E7E74FE0B041A3A7D9DBCC76"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>In entering into an arrangement under subsection (a), the Secretary shall request that the National Academies transmit to the Secretary and to Congress a report not later than 36 months after the date of the enactment of this Act that— </text>
<paragraph id="HAD4EA2D34469476FAAC50FCA916AF6E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>includes the results of the study and relevant interpretations of the results; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9EEEE65BE5C649D497EF2686194FFF94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides recommendations for applying science in management and mitigation decisions relating to dam removal; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H30DCB604B10E4817B8223056503AC077"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provides recommendations for improving future research on the beneficial and adverse environmental impacts of sediment transport from dam removal and appropriate actions to mitigate such impacts. </text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H4066B80B85814E469FA15A69401577E4"><enum>205.</enum><header>Federal priority streamgages</header> <subsection id="HBD2B27A42A344D2C9390DDA686FFB912"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal priority streamgages</header><text>The Secretary shall make every reasonable effort to make operational all streamgages identified as Federal Priority Streamgages by the United States Geological Survey not later than 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H2721946DED97470D8AABB18EF9C6D814"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Collaboration with States</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, seek to leverage Federal investments in Federal Priority Streamgages through collaborative partnerships with States and local agencies that invest non-Federal funds to maintain and enhance gage networks to improve both environmental quality and water supply reliability. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H7686925882A54B079D6471BE5463119A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $45,000,000 to carry out this section for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2026. </text></subsection></section>
<section id="H9E58361E7EDC4AD1953BC235643EA954"><enum>206.</enum><header>Study examining climate vulnerabilities at Federal dams</header>
<subsection id="HC61BB71B1ECC4C598CDA4B72F60F7B72"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make appropriate arrangements with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (referred to in this section as the <quote>National Academies</quote>) under which the National Academies shall conduct an independent study to— </text> <paragraph id="H60C8FD533843428C96A7E0FEE34746AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>examine the projected impact of climate change on the safety of Bureau of Reclamation dams; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6DD47EF606894A4E8C1A5337258355D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluate and list the Bureau of Reclamation dams that are most vulnerable to climate change related safety risks based on an assessment of climate change related impacts on— </text> <subparagraph id="H0680CDC3844B4D04BA5ADE436C5C7656"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the frequency of heavy precipitation events; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF34360EC9CB84FF0B67651BD094B1C15"><enum>(B)</enum><text>other factors that influence the magnitude and severity of flooding events including snow cover and snowmelt, vegetation, and soil moisture. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEE64876CB66740848C03578DC284E93B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>In entering into an arrangement under subsection (a), the Secretary shall request that the National Academies— </text>
<paragraph id="H713D17CCF9934F26BB14AAC4556BDD6D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>transmit to the Secretary and to the relevant committees of Congress a report not later than 24 months after the date of the enactment of this Act that includes the results of the study; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2814CDBDE6444CB287BA326B3A20B9EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consider any previous studies or evaluations conducted or completed by the Bureau of Reclamation or local water agencies on climate change impacts to dams, facilities, and watersheds as a reference and source of information during the development of the independent study. </text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H2C4ADAF727884F4292E30B5379CAF387"><enum>207.</enum><header>Innovative technology adoption</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary is directed to include as a priority for grants authorized under section 9504 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10364">42 U.S.C. 10364</external-xref>), the Water Conservation Field Services Program, and other water conservation grant programs, as appropriate, that help foster the adoption of technologies that can— </text> <paragraph id="H6EA390AF58FE45F4848DD720853F9059"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify losses from water conveyance facilities in a non-destructive manner that— </text>
<subparagraph id="H0A772F5723E844EBA82D2707595711F4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>does not disrupt the conveyance of water supplies; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H84487F65EC5849948BDEEBC2C9719737"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides comprehensive data on pipeline integrity, including leak and gas pocket detection, for all pipeline materials; </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC27F5F213C6D4DC7A2880A5396676F84"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide real-time monitoring of weather patterns and reservoir operations to improve flexibility, protect natural resources, increase resiliency, maintain temperature control, and ensure water supply reliability; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H909DF2CA29F14BE09EF44EEC880DF326"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide real-time data acquisition and analysis to improve predictive aquifer management, including the improvement of recharge, storage, and stormwater management capabilities; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B21A134E6444999987B1885FE7E6AF5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>implement the use of real time sensors and forecast data to improve the management of other water infrastructure assets, including the identification and prevention of impairments from inadequately treated agricultural or municipal wastewaters or stormwater; or </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9894C0677C77402F90ED4914AFFF519C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>improve water use efficiency and conservation, including through behavioral water efficiency, supervisory control and data acquisition systems, or other system modernizations.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HED90CF0325694D98A8AA6458CFBAA611"><enum>208.</enum><header>Forecast-informed water control manual updates</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not less than $10,000,000 annually shall be used by the Army Corps of Engineers out of appropriated Operations and Maintenance funds to prepare for and process Water Control Manual Updates for forecast-informed water operations projects prioritizing regions impacted by Atmospheric Rivers and where improved forecast skill can improve water operations. Funds shall also be used to operationalize a forecast-informed water operations compatible component of the Corps Water Management System to process ensemble and synthetic forecasts to ensure continuous implementation of improvements in forecast skill for water operations.</text></section> <enum>III</enum><header>ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION AND RESTORATION</header> <section id="HE6451998F7AD4FC6990852D64EB501FE"><enum>301.</enum><header>Waterbird habitat creation program</header> <subsection id="HEBF7918DBC9149C4B78AF7409121C842"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of habitat creation program</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program to incentivize farmers to keep fields flooded during appropriate time periods for the purposes of waterbird habitat creation and maintenance, including waterfowl and shorebird habitat creation and maintenance, provided that— </text>
<paragraph id="H63DFD334989F489CA00E5012CBCE1380"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such incentives may not exceed $3,500,000 annually, either directly or through credits against other contractual payment obligations; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H57BA232C2AB4465582096557834DB4BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the holder of a water contract receiving payments under this section pass such payments through to farmers participating in the program, less reasonable contractor costs, if any; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H23F0BEF6EA0844099B6AA4E240866A93"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that habitat creation activities receiving financial support under this section will create new habitat that is not likely to be created without the financial incentives provided under this section. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9FC5202E215B4124831229C815E7B0FD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $3,500,000 for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2026 to carry out this section, to remain available until expended. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="HDC6F1BB0FDE443A0976A8EFAA599238C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than October 1, 2022, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report summarizing the environmental performance of activities that are receiving, or have received, assistance under the program authorized by this section. </text></subsection></section> <section id="H8EF71B746D654CB0894446A95996FBBC"><enum>302.</enum><header>Competitive grant program for the funding of watershed health projects</header> <subsection id="H5B8279ED64BA4A7AB6AEE9FD9D38B3C7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act and in accordance with this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the heads of relevant agencies, shall establish a competitive grant program to award grants to an eligible entity for habitat restoration projects that improve watershed health in a Reclamation State and accomplish one or more of the following benefits: </text>
<paragraph id="H341A9F20F57245BFB4B426C0A4C9FE6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Ecosystem benefits. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3309035EC54549AB8D603D08EF1313C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Restoration of native species beyond existing or planned measures necessary to meet State or Federal laws for species recovery. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC2C2EEA4A2814E9381CF1588AE568D04"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Protection against invasive species. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFE12A9109B44490481619F071A7A70BB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Restoration of aspects of the natural ecosystem. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9FB47D0CB82946DBB57814AC1206B669"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Enhancement of commercial and recreational fishing. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF3F16ABD05C7439996A5D3FACEECF54B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Enhancement of river-based recreation such as kayaking, canoeing, and rafting. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2DF846CFC94244EB8FFA63682BAA6D8A"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Mitigate against the impacts of climate change to fish and wildlife habitats. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2B19BEA267B14E4BAA6901EC4724A2C5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header> <paragraph id="HA12C6374348542159027718378B534A2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In awarding a grant under subsection (a), the Secretary— </text>
<subparagraph id="H3F2912D5866E4F0C9686961DB189398B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall give priority to a project that achieves more than one of the benefits listed in subsection (a); and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2292472596344FF88ECE6A143B4C38F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may not provide a grant for a project that is for the purpose of meeting existing environmental mitigation or compliance obligations under State or Federal law. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H46E32DB07CBD4E3E8D61E9C76E7E6935"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compliance</header><text>A project awarded a grant under subsection (a) shall comply with all applicable Federal and State laws. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3EF19EDADAB94FDFB77B1C230A26E731"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition of eligible entity</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible entity</term> means a State, Indian Tribe, nonprofit conservation organization operating in a Reclamation State, irrigation district, water district, or other organization with water or power delivery authority. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H560C48A56F63496AA49819B57D1B1D44"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Public participation</header><text>Before the establishment of the program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— </text> <paragraph id="H4771B16321E1440685C8CD0D2A95CBC6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide notice of and, for a period of not less than 90 days, an opportunity for public comment on, any draft or proposed version of the program requirements in accordance with this section; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9B5BF6B02FFB4F6DA7458AB3C09FA859"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consider public comments received in developing the final program requirements. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H441E415EE2FB48A48AC2AD6F041FC3B1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than October 1, 2023, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report summarizing the environmental performance of activities that are receiving, or have received, assistance under the program authorized by this section. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="HC1263EE776184D389CED8D683EA3EFB9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $150,000,000 for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2026, to remain available until expended. </text></subsection></section> <section id="H8E2B48E9DCAC4AEC908DC162F749A208"><enum>303.</enum><header>Support for refuge water deliveries</header> <subsection id="H07ABA08780E74376BC3BEA1DA8CC77E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report on historic refuge water deliveries</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress and make publicly available a report that describes the following: </text>
<paragraph id="H667F34F20F7045AEBD57B46DBACF5844"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Compliance with section 3406(d)(1) and section 3406(d)(2) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (title XXXIV of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</external-xref>) in each of years 1992 through 2018, including an indication of the amount of water identified as the Level 2 amount and incremental Level 4 amount for each wetland area. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3B766591C554E52ABB8345E57E400B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The difference between the mandated quantity of water to be delivered to each wetland habitat area described in section 3406(d)(2) and the actual quantity of water delivered since October 30, 1992, including a listing of every year in which the full delivery of water to wetland habitat areas was achieved in accordance with Level 4 of the <quote>Dependable Water Supply Needs</quote> table, described in section 3406(d)(2) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (title XXXIV of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</external-xref>). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H00DA97C72F81499C8F7408970D4E2233"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Which of the authorities granted to the Secretary under <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</external-xref> to achieve the full Level 4 deliveries of water to wetland habitat areas was employed in achieving the increment of water delivery above the Level 2 amount for each wetland habitat area, including whether water conservation, conjunctive use, water purchases, water leases, donations, water banking, or other authorized activities have been used and the extent to which such authorities have been used. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBAD1FB0198064AD8A4DFA0DA369AD72D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assessment of the degree to which the elimination of water transaction fees for the donation of water rights to wildlife refuges would help advance the goals of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (title XXXIV of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</external-xref>). </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H990D7996AA6946E2978E0BE2C9F38BA5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority construction list</header><text>The Secretary shall establish, through a public process and in consultation with the Interagency Refuge Water Management Team, a priority list for the completion of the conveyance construction projects at the wildlife habitat areas described in section 3406(d)(2) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (title XXXIV of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</external-xref>), including the Mendota Wildlife Area, Pixley National Wildlife Refuge and Sutter National Wildlife Refuge. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H4CF0E5FE57224DAF8B5C45DE784473BA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Ecological monitoring and evaluation program</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall design and implement an ecological monitoring and evaluation program, for all Central Valley wildlife refuges, that produces an annual report based on existing and newly collected information, including— </text>
<paragraph id="H2786AC6EC7914F7AB0709D1C63A9F38D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Animal Health Lab disease reports; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9AF6105C43594D54B6D12BD86A1CA943"><enum>(2)</enum><text>mid-winter waterfowl inventories; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1E275D56859A43C1B144B2C0BAA614F0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>nesting and brood surveys; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA0225DAD422E41D3B753B4F060E28BDB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>additional data collected regularly by the refuges, such as herptile distribution and abundance; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFA45B9FE96AF49C4B93024381354D722"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a new coordinated systemwide monitoring effort for at least one key migrant species and two resident species listed as threatened and endangered pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>) (including one warm-blooded and one cold-blooded), that identifies population numbers and survival rates for the 3 previous years; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7033E6A7F36D44C0BDF088C79F833A78"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an estimate of the bioenergetic food production benefits to migrant waterfowl, consistent with the methodology used by the Central Valley Joint Venture, to compliment and inform the Central Valley Joint Venture implementation plan. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBBD4770ED1C24DF8855C2F2746126FC4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Adequate staffing for refuge water delivery objectives</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that adequate staffing is provided to advance the refuge water supply delivery objectives under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (title XXXIV of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</external-xref>). </text></subsection> <subsection id="HF6DB1D0887B44F1EB96AC12963646258"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 to carry out subsections (a) through (d), which shall remain available until expended. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="HB283A1353C8943618C2C7483D6F12E7A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effect on other funds</header><text>Amounts authorized under this section shall be in addition to amounts collected or appropriated under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (title XXXIV of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</external-xref>). </text></subsection></section> <section id="HAA4775062BF640A29A6FACB141BB3A45"><enum>304.</enum><header>Drought planning and preparedness for critically important fisheries</header> <subsection id="H50719052D90B439DB58EC25ECD226DF9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section: </text>
<paragraph id="HEFC1D8B8CDD349D8BE3686219271FA11"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Critically important fisheries</header><text>The term <term>critically important fisheries</term> means— </text> <subparagraph id="HEDD8586AC9604441B0AB66C95A90CC70"><enum>(A)</enum><text>commercially and recreationally important fisheries located within the Reclamation States; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6B4C4488126C4C7B86F8751274D331EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fisheries containing fish species that are listed as threatened or endangered pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>) within the Reclamation States; or </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H526BCD45DC814C72BDF05155C5897997"><enum>(C)</enum><text>fisheries used by Indian Tribes within the Reclamation States for ceremonial, subsistence, or commercial purposes. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD184D56299E549C284360E821C0CA260"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified tribal government</header><text>The term <term>qualified Tribal Government</term> means any government of an Indian Tribe that the Secretary determines— </text> <subparagraph id="H8A674422DC3C4489AF7F0C688C92DD06"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is involved in fishery management and recovery activities including under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>); or </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H83EDFA1EFE634E3B9D11CB202E55AB28"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has the management and organizational capability to maximize the benefits of assistance provided under this section. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H437B13A853604AD4BB6185A38CBC4073"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Drought plan for critically important fisheries</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2022, and every three years thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall, in consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Army Corps of Engineers, State fish and wildlife agencies, and affected Indian Tribes, prepare a plan to sustain the survival of critically important fisheries within the Reclamation States during future periods of extended drought. The plan shall focus on actions that can aid the survival of critically important fisheries during the driest years. In preparing such plan, the Director shall consider— </text>
<paragraph id="H66B2AF6726F84D009DBCD14C809C5149"><enum>(1)</enum><text>habitat restoration efforts designed to provide drought refugia and increased fisheries resilience during droughts; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4802EF67A52B49E4AC90E724C92F9E58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>relocating the release location and timing of hatchery fish to avoid predation and temperature impacts; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFA59461E1BF542C0B2FF55D580FED2E7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>barging of hatchery release fish to improve survival and reduce straying; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H220A05D6410D4972B2E77FCBB512BBB3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>coordination with water users, the Bureau of Reclamation, State fish and wildlife agencies, and interested public water agencies regarding voluntary water transfers, including through groundwater substitution activities, to determine if water releases can be collaboratively managed in a way that provides additional benefits for critically important fisheries without negatively impacting wildlife habitat; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC01FEC6B5D6A4BEA80D676DD268B725E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>hatchery management modifications, such as expanding hatchery production of fish during the driest years, if appropriate for a particular river basin; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7D1DEEB1EA31478F94539CC44E89401A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>hatchery retrofit projects, such as the installation and operation of filtration equipment and chillers, to reduce disease outbreaks, egg mortality and other impacts of droughts and high water temperatures; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E8A47F596FD40288DDC03DAD277D5A2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>increasing rescue operations of upstream migrating fish; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7F483A8344504F628834E435D9F282AC"><enum>(8)</enum><text>improving temperature modeling and related forecasted information to predict water management impacts to the habitat of critically important fisheries with a higher degree of accuracy than current models; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E82D019A9E8449EA13488D96B75BAAA"><enum>(9)</enum><text>testing the potential for parentage-based tagging and other genetic testing technologies to improve the management of hatcheries; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAFA949ACBFA24CAFB8E766E875F73033"><enum>(10)</enum><text>programs to reduce predation losses at artificially created predation hot spots; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45F0DE2D6AA74F90880EBA8F3BC477BD"><enum>(11)</enum><text>retrofitting existing water facilities to provide improved temperature conditions for fish. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H166BDAF1A1E24F1486BDAF07F58ECB4F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public comment</header><text>The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall provide for a public comment period of not less than 90 days before finalizing a plan under subsection (a). </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H8293F8CD106744E28CE6210CDB5C361D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations for fish recovery efforts</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for fiscal year 2022 for fish, stream, and hatchery activities related to fish recovery efforts, including work with the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Army Corps of Engineers, State fish and wildlife agencies, or a qualified Tribal Government. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H01359C22D633446D9641AAB035325347"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing in this section is intended to expand, diminish, or affect any obligation under Federal or State environmental law. </text></subsection></section>
<section id="H489D2E74BFF94C1D81D894B2E4AF4C3F"><enum>305.</enum><header>Reauthorization of the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10(a) of the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/777">16 U.S.C. 777</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/502">Public Law 106–502</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$15 million through 2021</quote> and inserting <quote>$25,000,000 through 2028</quote>. </text></section> <section id="H7BE909A0672B40A7AC24B9555F0DB358"><enum>306.</enum><header>Combating water theft for illegal marijuana cultivation</header> <subsection id="HB24CE9117D884CEF812BB5346A6AEC60"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Policy directive on illegal water diversion for marijuana cultivation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Drug Control Policy, in collaboration with the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall use the best available information to determine the amount of water diverted for marijuana cultivation in each of the high intensity drug trafficking areas (as designated under section 707 of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/1706">21 U.S.C. 1706</external-xref>)) within the State of California and other States frequently affected by water shortages.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H938A13ABFCE34F2FA62FE762CAC6A48B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Environmental reporting requirements for domestic cannabis eradication program</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall require, as a condition of the receipt of any funds under the Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression program of the Drug Enforcement Administration, or any successor program, a report from any participant in such program containing information on the environmental consequences of actions taken pursuant to program participation. The Attorney General, in making any determination to provide funding under the program, shall take into account the information so reported.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA672609614C841348B522D56446599CD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Trespass marijuana location registry</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish and maintain a registry, in which reports received by the Attorney General of incidents of cultivation of marijuana on Federal or State property or while intentionally trespassing on the property of another shall be recorded and, to the extent feasible, made available to the public.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H39000C1692F74B40B12E80BDAC020033"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding for remediation of trespass marijuana sites</header>
<paragraph id="H189C0D881BA845498870C291AC138F69"><enum>(1)</enum><header>From forfeiture fund</header><text>Section 524(c)(1)(E)(ii) of title 28, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H97E8FF30BE7046109B2EBAB46DC6773A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H930408BDB75C4B35952C3DA773A28F3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8507079E8EC84603B8DA127F7A30EB4C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subclause (II) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF0470F0198884E6AA108BF5EAE62F8B4" style="OLC">
<subclause id="H7CCC7C09DA8A4BC398BC2C580D6057EA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>costs incurred by or on behalf of any State, local, or Tribal government in connection with the remediation of any area formerly used for the production or cultivation of marijuana, including the removal of any hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant, in which such State, local, or Tribal government has assisted in a Federal prosecution related to marijuana;</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA643B7F5C9B944879077B4810333435B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>From restitution in criminal cases</header><text>Section 413(q) of the Controlled Substances Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/853">21 U.S.C. 853(q)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H25C59B4CCE144AC7A0D7418F84A26D85"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="H2E2AE4C0E23048DC90EBC265DC6D8AE5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>manufacture</quote> the following: <quote>or cultivation</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H3266829C122A460B927EF629E7D1C52C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or methamphetamine</quote> and inserting <quote>, methamphetamine, or marihuana</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAEE25F137B6446AD80374820D53CFE19"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting after <quote>or methamphetamine</quote> the following: <quote>, or cultivation of marihuana,</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3F20FAE79C4642A4BD42900C1BAC45DD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Voluntary guidelines</header>
<paragraph id="H0B6AD33F72F64F1CAE67DE01C0A33B18"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment of voluntary guidelines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, and experts in the field, shall establish voluntary guidelines, based on the best available scientific knowledge—</text> <subparagraph id="H8EE8CD8C7637494E99A60952A2A2F1ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the remediation of former indoor and outdoor marijuana cultivation and processing sites, including guidelines regarding preliminary site assessment and the remediation of residual contaminants and ecosystems; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5AA2552EF2954239B631CA58C65447F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for State, local, and Tribal governments to use in developing and implementing laws, regulations, guidelines, and other policies that apply the best available research and technology to the remediation of former indoor and outdoor marijuana cultivation and processing sites.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF6DBCE9B7CE5455DA8D7153084B5E653"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In establishing the voluntary guidelines under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4248AECDB0D947EEBBF524E41186BCDA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>relevant standards, guidelines, and requirements found in Federal, State, Tribal, and local laws and regulations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBADCF089E2E6483F8FF5AF213ED759E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the various types and locations of former marijuana cultivation or processing sites, including both indoor and outdoor sites; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6055B5423BA84A7CAA54B6966D90DC70"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the estimated costs of carrying out any such guidelines.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF9EBFD22F1DD4AF395C4E60D7221E4E2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall work with State, local, and Tribal governments and other non-Federal agencies and organizations the Secretary determines relevant to promote and encourage the adoption of the voluntary guidelines established under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDC22D66068A64316ABAF86F3D4F7EA37"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Revisions to the guidelines</header>
<subparagraph id="H2B873DC12984458D951BA80DFC50A937"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall periodically review and revise the voluntary guidelines to incorporate findings of the research conducted pursuant to subsection (f) and other new knowledge.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7F2375E37F8F4EC19AB41AE243B64193"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Agriculture may consult with State, local, Tribal governments, and non-profits engaged in scientific research and reclamation, and other interested parties.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H366BC2CEFFF242259BD584707AFC124D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Research program</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, shall establish a program of research to support the development and revision of the voluntary guidelines established under subsection (e). Such program shall—</text> <paragraph id="HC1AB710E0F47447785034789275D6022"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify marijuana cultivation or processing-related chemicals of concern;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H196A7F0567CF452CB50B4F1A08B2FAFE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assess the types and levels of exposure to chemicals of concern identified under paragraph (1) that may present significant adverse biological effects, and identify actions and additional research necessary to remediate such biological effects;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0E0CA5EC36004A91AB15977143F500D8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assess the impacts of marijuana cultivation and processing on waterways and bodies of water, and identify actions and additional research necessary to remediate such impacts;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC0F1354772314E6087A353FE97B5D8F6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>evaluate the performance of current remediation techniques for marijuana cultivation and processing sites;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8CB259149EAC42B7978049F3E7570691"><enum>(5)</enum><text>identify areas for which additional research is necessary, including research relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEC036FE31F024263911332AC1BFDB2D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the impacts of indoor and outdoor marijuana cultivation and processing, including biological and hydrological effects and impacts to soil and landscape, such as the potential for erosion; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3BA861D3BFEF4E5D822C6B3EF747DD3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the remediation of former indoor or outdoor marijuana cultivation or processing sites;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB513C4EF26474761BC1B1F556C16FB66"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support other research priorities identified by the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with State, local, Tribal governments, non-profits engaged in scientific research and reclamation, and other interested parties; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B51CA512F8B4B5FB45D58F09A17F3C6"><enum>(7)</enum><text>include collaboration with institutions of higher education engaged in research on any matter described in this subsection or additional research priorities determined appropriate by the Secretary of Agriculture.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H880BF368F4574AE4858012F2D3F722C3"><enum>307.</enum><header>Sustaining biodiversity during droughts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9503(b) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10363">42 U.S.C. 10363(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H146B2FEC1D0E493882136EC25CCA4915"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(D), by inserting <quote>and native biodiversity</quote> after <quote>wildlife habitat</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H72EBDA447F35475488DA99B7C270F692"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting <quote>and drought biodiversity plans to address sustaining native biodiversity during periods of drought</quote> after <quote>restoration plans</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <enum>IV</enum><header>WATER JOB TRAINING AND EDUCATION</header> <section id="HC42FA95B388541C5B7B922E3E9EE70A9"><enum>401.</enum><header>Water resource education</header> <subsection id="HD19F6D54439442F0969FF2960417F6C7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General authority</header><text>In accordance with this section, the Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement or contract or provide financial assistance in the form of a grant, to support activities related to education on water resources. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="HCD229A2F3B1A4A308D4624C94C3682E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header><text>The Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement or contract or provide financial assistance for activities that improve water resources education, including through tours, publications or other activities that— </text> <paragraph id="HFC9E8FC342D44200A6704A4A1278F8B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>disseminate information on water resources via educational tools, materials or programs; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA9D834494B2C4F79B9A5D80C56571784"><enum>(2)</enum><text>publish relevant information on water resource issues, including environmental and ecological conditions; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAD9B3A2E6E934037BB2F0976B78C7532"><enum>(3)</enum><text>advance projects that improve public understanding of water resource issues or management challenges, including education on drought, drought awareness, and drought resiliency; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H05CB4D0A45AB40EB9C6021D74E99D2DF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide training or related education for teachers, faculty, or related personnel, including in a specific geographic area or region; or </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF8E4666635DD4C508249CD8946E72D4F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>enable tours, conferences, or other activities to foster cooperation in addressing water resources or management challenges, including cooperation relating to water resources shared by the United States and Canada or Mexico. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBFF31A5F590A482F909BCB1CE1BB4125"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grant priority</header><text>In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to activities that— </text> <paragraph id="HC749A62025ED4B88A9A5C7E8996A19EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide training for the professional development of legal and technical experts in the field of water resources management; or </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5EEA0C5482BC444F819F0DD4A101031E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>help educate the public, teachers or key stakeholders on— </text> <subparagraph id="H8F20A0BC8628451B8AAB95D2B4761C9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a new or significantly improved water resource management practice, method, or technique; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3741319C8E8449A5A0087C36F8F62F57"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the existence of a water resource management practice, method, or technique that may have wide application; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H15ADC6AE521E49E9AB14E8A268FC72AC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a water resource management practice, method, or technique related to a scientific field or skill identified as a priority by the Secretary; or </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H00736EAD79A2463786B055740FE55FF5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>general water resource issues or management challenges, including as part of a science curricula in elementary or secondary education setting. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HFDEA5D84E5CE459EBDD9B4C2FAF88211"><enum>402.</enum><header>Water sector career grant programs</header> <subsection id="H9D6988317A5444FFBD91C133DD515B95"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Coordination with innovative water infrastructure workforce development program</header> <paragraph id="HC5A42DCB23C1438D85EF9E13A1A4FD3A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall develop a grant program to improve job placement and retention in the water and wastewater utilities sector, to be administered in coordination with the Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9E2FD24E19F3439DA27A3155FCE232ED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 4304(b) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/270">Public Law 115–270</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-19e">42 U.S.C. 300j–19e</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and the Secretary of the Interior</quote> after <quote>Agriculture</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1E9E0CAD969B4576A2B3ABA7F80EF44E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated for purposes of this section $10,000,000 for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2026, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF9899CF8AE5E4093AB3E196164EAF443"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header><text>Beginning 360 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary may award grants to eligible entities for the purpose of developing, offering, or improving programs that increase the job placement and retention of skilled and diverse workers in the water and wastewater sector.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB0D8778C85F744C5A7C5612E8AB4B3F4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation of grants</header> <paragraph id="HCFE97FD8008746B4AC4C247A4D6BD872"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation on grant quantity and size</header><text>An eligible entity may not be awarded—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4CD79AD88CE7449E9E619118A887A26F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>more than 1 grant under this section for which the eligible entity is the lead applicant; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F413F725A6F4C51B2037C709F452773"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a grant under this section in excess of $2,500,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFCF8C95A586640CB807928A63B93C08D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation to community colleges</header><text>Not less than 20 percent of the total amount awarded under this section for a fiscal year shall be awarded to eligible entities that are community colleges.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEBD855C0EBC1417A973708250F30855A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Partnerships</header><text>An eligible entity seeking to receive a grant under this section may partner with 1 or more of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H1A61D57025FC47E1BA3D582170615329"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Another eligible entity (including an eligible entity that is a community college).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H53E2E89396A94D5A97A66DFC34016471"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A water district or other organization with water delivery authority.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF27E660480174F6A946F8BC0BF2B07D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A State or local government.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8E2D449C1AAA44E0B08E530FB0691F38"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A nonprofit organization.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE43F3D24C9E847168DB74B215600283F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of grant</header><text>An eligible entity may use a grant awarded under this section for the following activities:</text> <paragraph id="H406CF10B69874004BAE537EDB0ACDE1C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Assessment of water workforce needs and priorities.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA9351E99FCC4283B72DA506238956C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Development of a water workforce plan.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA77533038BD94F2987D5E99EF6BA7B9B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Design and implementation of formalized mentorship or registered apprenticeship programs.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H381F5A357E664E59B4012F22BD8A334B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Design and implementation of bridge programs, work-study opportunities, or other strategies to connect jobseekers with employment opportunities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF86C611A48C41B4BDB90E642898F38E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Development of outreach strategies to recruit a more diverse workforce.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5C146E6253484971AD46595FA4FE96D1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Incumbent worker and career ladder training and skill upgrading and retraining.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H478CA81636E749819B0704A7CDA1B61F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Identification and removal of barriers preventing qualified individuals from securing and retaining a job.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC94D3676A21A48CA93BD1EEB5EE083C8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Curriculum development at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA30CA737C17E410AAFA710BEA5859111"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Development and support of water resource management major, minor, or certificate programs.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H77E942040C3D4F5A9DED4DACED7E4F96"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Outreach, recruitment, career guidance, and case management services.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1FA8C315F51A4D17847E3CF1B95D8EC8"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Such other activities, as determined by the Secretary, to meet the purposes of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H129207A62E224D18B27130A14E6B24BD"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Grant proposals</header>
<paragraph id="HCACF74FE09484B5D8F47660705DDB1BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission procedure for grant proposals</header><text>An eligible entity seeking to receive a grant under this section shall submit a grant proposal to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC6E2C088266146DEAD700BF3912394B0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content of grant proposals</header><text>A grant proposal submitted to the Secretary under this section shall include a detailed description of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD648D074ABDE4F8A85BCC25A696EA5F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the specific project for which the grant proposal is submitted, including the manner in which the grant will be used to develop, offer, or improve a program to improve recruitment and retention in the water or wastewater utility sector;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCBE3DBA313DA412B87CD745E0E6A50C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any previous experience of the eligible entity in providing such programs; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFE46D707CBE74C36B14358FA688E5084"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the extent to which such project will meet the needs identified under subsection (i).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8CC94D1DF26C4855BA170A7051E92D3E"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Criteria for award of grants</header> <paragraph id="H96A5C3BD66394375BF7E2BDC3C5168C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to appropriations, the Secretary shall award grants under this section based on an evaluation of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3D355D1C30C94B67B5DC0DAF163DCEBB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the merits of the grant proposal;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6369C939A75A47ECAF9D616E9FC17709"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the likely improvement to job recruitment and retention as a result of the grant proposal; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2E21FE38A48A4E338B253BBEFC709D4A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the availability and capacity of existing educational programs in the community to meet future demand for such programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF9954B745D014917A8DCA70B18083B48"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>Priority in awarding grants under this section shall be given to an eligible entity that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEEBA339E5BAB49FCABAD4F6EFA8E13AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>includes the equal participation of industry and labor organizations, including joint labor-management training programs and workforce investment boards;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB2BD60FC83AD4A1392E4C3FA3BB8673E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has entered into a memorandum of understanding with an employer that is a water district or organization with water delivery authority to foster workforce development, recruitment, and retention, and can leverage additional public and private resources to fund activities that further the purposes of the grant;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H91E51149497C4FADB8B1A823BB2682EB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>focuses on individuals who are—</text> <clause id="H7512FDC97CD14275ACFC559D68A5026A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>veterans, members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, or former members of such reserve components;</text></clause>
<clause id="H1476B1448AEA477C94707F65BE3A05EF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>unemployed;</text></clause> <clause id="H76A49AC08840464493FE9787038CD770"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>seeking employment pathways out of poverty and into economic self-sufficiency;</text></clause>
<clause id="HDE6D9A20BF5B4ED695DA49470DE99B4C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>at-risk youth;</text></clause> <clause id="HE2759CAC218D4A16BCA9AD3F192A54CF"><enum>(v)</enum><text>formerly incarcerated, adjudicated, nonviolent offenders; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H882FABD8701B471794B3F797309994A8"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>from populations that are traditionally underrepresented in the infrastructure workforce; or</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD629697CB245497D89368B8A9B51192D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>with respect to an eligible entity that is an institution of higher education, has a high percentage or number of minority or low-income students.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1E92307CA9FC4989AFDDFE77A51132CE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Geographic distribution</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, award grants under this section in a manner that provides for a reasonable geographic distribution, except that the Secretary shall prioritize grants to institutions focused on the water management challenges of the Reclamation States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H794E86A37E3A4E9D9C1F66713B754E1D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Data collection and reporting</header> <paragraph id="H0FA5346BF81E471C89AE37EBD6554EAA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A grantee under this section shall collect and report to the Secretary on an annual basis the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H6469BC87AF7B45B8B281CCAC8417F1DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The number of participants enrolled in the program.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H38CF48E1AC5249498F6B12D00EA09734"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The number of participants that have completed the program.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAAE7281159E4460E91A271223C902A0A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The services received by such participants, including a description of training, education, and supportive services.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4AFA36E6C02D43E9AC303718AC13CDBC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The amount spent by the grantee per participant.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7E732C6C417C4A789E0F3E1F8302CF94"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The rate of job placement of participants with a water district or other entity in the water and wastewater utilities sector.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H17B06D1912AD418C98995E078B1DBDFC"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The rate of employment retention 1 year after completion of the program or 1 year after the participant is no longer enrolled in such institution of higher education, whichever is later.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8F74ABF0A4F646F68888BF6ACB306B2D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The average wage at placement, including any benefits, and the rate of average wage increase after 1 year.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA4176C6B84F4D1BBF31DC141B17A119"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Any factors determined as significantly interfering with recruitment and retention.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCCF0E6D58D54401DBCB5F376CEA15D6D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disaggregation of data</header><text>The data collected and reported under this subsection shall be disaggregated by—</text> <subparagraph id="HDBA77DDED8A24A008B31757B813967AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>race;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4F76BF7181C54C0C9C8E9049FDE50402"><enum>(B)</enum><text>gender;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HECBAA0BE9DC545009F1F37B3D96D8831"><enum>(C)</enum><text>low-income status;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H460B17603EF44D418932B383D4738939"><enum>(D)</enum><text>disability; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB0E3CB3ADADF4C13AB780D60953580A3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>English language proficiency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB00F879C34234CB2AAE59FA0D5C732C8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistance from secretary</header><text>The Secretary shall assist grantees in the collection of data under this subsection by making available, where practicable, low-cost means of tracking the labor market outcomes of participants and by providing standardized reporting forms, where appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H93A6636BF1F542738160A87038B2483F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Interagency research program and coordination</header> <paragraph id="H06B9F68302744A40AE36ED4F4CFA8C6A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Interagency labor market research program</header> <subparagraph id="HDCFD92ED0ABA4845AD2D52084F6A75E2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Memorandum of understanding</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, on a program to—</text>
<clause id="H0E8ACFFC5A8C4380B50E1F6A17415B23"><enum>(i)</enum><text>collect and analyze labor market data in the water and wastewater utilities sector, including the data collected in subsection (h);</text></clause> <clause id="H4E293979C64549B09EA2ECABE749CF3A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>track workforce trends, including those affecting recruitment and retention; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H7D62F821A94346309BEFDF85DA2D7BC6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>identify the educational and career training needs for current and future jobs in the water and wastewater utilities sector, including those related to construction and installation, engineering, operation, and maintenance.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H70BE8387D776480E9FCDE635BB9C52B3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Collaboration</header><text>Activities carried out under this paragraph shall include collaboration with State and local governments, workforce investment boards, industry, labor organizations, water districts, and nonprofit organizations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7E435169F23F472F92A546F8DD4721DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination between Federal water career training programs</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to facilitate coordination and collaboration between the career training program established by this section and the Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program, including the improvement of such career training programs over time to reflect the needs identified by the interagency research program established in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC1A81A330ED641848BB0E8941B362407"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text>Not later than 240 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H5694308A55D544DFA6594EC092106DA4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promulgate guidelines for the submission of grant proposals under this section, including a list of the needs identified under subsection (i); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD92D178541084F6784CC046438379336"><enum>(2)</enum><text>publish and maintain such guidelines on a public website of the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC3CD57EDCD764C0881D7532F97546E84"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this section, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate on the grant programs established by this section and the Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program. The report shall include a description of the grantees and the activities for which grantees used a grant awarded under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7A871A212DA946EAB2A1A9F9681596B3"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HDD79DC417B034AA9B3EDF06F188BBEDB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Community college</header><text>The term <term>community college</term> has the meaning given the term <term>junior or community college</term> in section 312(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1058">20 U.S.C. 1058(f)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6BE41C14A00B41659D83B0C695068271"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means a nonprofit entity or partnership that demonstrates experience in implementing and operating worker skills training and education programs such as a labor organization or an institution of higher education, as such term is defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H64929DFD3B6C4264BF3C9E4A1A56DC74"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grantee</header><text>The term <term>grantee</term> means an eligible entity that has received a grant under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H646948A6F0234E64A0E23846DABA09B2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Innovative water infrastructure workforce development program</header><text>The term <term>Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program</term> means the program authorized by section 4304(b) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/270">Public Law 115–270</external-xref>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B17655BB88945D98600BDE8B5CE1C4A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Lead applicant</header><text>The term <term>lead applicant</term> means the eligible entity that is primarily responsible for the preparation, conduct, and administration of the project for which the grant was awarded.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDFF58141B7A74E88853B42BF82272886"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Low-income student</header><text>The term <term>low-income student</term> means a student whose income (adjusted for family size) does not exceed—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8B90BE2C096241F0AACB4ED99926421E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for metropolitan areas, 80 percent of the area median income; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC0EA48E02F3846E2960BDD12763BC15C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for nonmetropolitan areas, the greater of—</text>
<clause id="HB49B10A7CE6F4B59AB7A3D2C7C8DC9C2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>80 percent of the area median income; or</text></clause> <clause id="H6BD3948EDDF34886ACE3E6694C1F9F33"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>80 percent of the statewide nonmetropolitan area median income.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>V</enum><header>MISCELLANEOUS</header>
<section id="H1BCB82834EAB46E39F0A105CF150190E"><enum>501.</enum><header>Offset</header>
<subsection id="HAE664E7A61674D1D8CD038022ABBF682"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose; definition</header>
<paragraph id="H15F4F7B5B975401A85322AB34FCA71D8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to establish an efficient and transparent 1-time process for deauthorizing Bureau of Reclamation projects that have failed— </text> <subparagraph id="H60FF14E705A644D294B98644A3770859"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to receive a minimum level of Federal investment; or </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7640DE34F367467EA740E37BBB7FEF8F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to initiate construction. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2ACC569C15A642B19DAE08B439DE73C4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition of reclamation project</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Reclamation project</term> means a surface water storage project or project under the purview of title XVI of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/575">Public Law 102–575</external-xref> that is to be carried out, funded or operated in whole or in part by the Secretary pursuant to the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/371">43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.</external-xref>). </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H93D59699BFD24D89BF37EFA3A7433B20"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Backlog list</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, and make available on a publicly accessible internet website in a manner that is downloadable, searchable, and sortable, a list of— </text> <paragraph id="HFFB31A4F753A4EC5AB11E074E2B65193"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Reclamation projects— </text>
<subparagraph id="H05779DD6A831414C983DCEDB8E63EC1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that are authorized; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3659275740A2497AB2A4EC571595598F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for which, during the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted and each of the preceding 10 fiscal years— </text>
<clause id="H7EA8382685E947C3A5904F5BF3F21A1F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>no application for Federal funding has been received; and </text></clause> <clause id="H6514E07812DD44C989ECE0E51245A80F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>no construction has occurred; and </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9048C064EC8F46359C67AC00ACD923C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for each Reclamation project listed under paragraph (1)— </text> <subparagraph id="H74F7C598DEC246479394AB11746674CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date of authorization of the Reclamation project, including any subsequent modifications to the original authorization; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDB9E798E245043A6B1F846E67E24823C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a brief description of the Reclamation project; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H257DF980E39A47FA9CF238C88F08CE97"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any amounts appropriated for the Reclamation project that remain unobligated. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF2CAF405E059498CA6EC162E13E43D8C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Interim deauthorization list</header>
<paragraph id="HB4D71B413E6B4764AC9B9406C0CF085F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall develop and make publicly available an interim deauthorization list that identifies each Reclamation project described in subsection (b)(1). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEF4043E76D884D5195D0470413743142"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public comment and consultation</header> <subparagraph id="HB944BA54C71C441990A29C4C6E8AC68A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall solicit and accept, for a period of not less than 90 days, comments relating to the interim deauthorization list under paragraph (1) from— </text>
<clause id="HE51BEE5D37774656990C9565F3DB8A31"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the public; and </text></clause> <clause id="H4B5B80E61917475BA75034849D90069B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Governor of each applicable State. </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4DE4E5A434C84CBBBEE74B27FD6FFD90"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Project sponsors</header><text>As part of the public comment period under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall provide to project sponsors the opportunity to provide to the Secretary a notice of the intent to initiate construction of the project by not later than the date that is 2 years after the date of publication of the preliminary final deauthorization list under subsection (d). </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9384F6EA2E0A49BF90C04E405C38EE0F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Submission to congress; publication</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of submission of the backlog list under subsection (b), the Secretary shall— </text>
<subparagraph id="H6C019ECBE9324924AF7995D98C007EB3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>submit the interim deauthorization list under paragraph (1) to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0C4A927FFF4E4808A387417CBF5C132E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>publish the interim deauthorization list in the Federal Register. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HAD94AC43CA2E424BBB74D5FBEC463561"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Preliminary final deauthorization list</header>
<paragraph id="H0FBDF70B737449C0A28B9C7790DC6E81"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall develop a preliminary final deauthorization list that includes each project identified pursuant to paragraph (2). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD4397C6B7065472BB40EC544D9CCE6D8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Identification of projects</header> <subparagraph id="H18CD320B85E94CE187315897A0590E29"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The Secretary may identify a Reclamation project described in subsection (b)(1) for exclusion from the preliminary final deauthorization list if the Secretary determines, on a case-by-case basis following receipt of public comments, that the project is critical for interests of the United States, based on the practicable impact of the project on— </text>
<clause id="HBB904DBFDEE0401A9DD67B84AD56771A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>public health and safety; </text></clause> <clause id="HCE9DAFAC9F0A49A19E1E1B6DF30D4FF9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the national economy; or </text></clause>
<clause id="H1F1BD3CD8F234C6D899FDB6AFEB86A37"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the environment. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA773252550B4496BAE84CAEAF15A08D0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Subject to deauthorization designation</header><text>Any Reclamation project the sponsor of which has provided to the Secretary a notice of the intent to initiate construction by not later than 2 years after the date of publication of the preliminary final deauthorization list under this subsection shall be designated on that list as <quote>subject to deauthorization</quote>. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3A983E9AEE28453BA5ECCE636D90C5F2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Appendix</header><text>The Secretary shall include as part of the preliminary final deauthorization list under this subsection an appendix that— </text> <clause id="H2BE1E83DB24642B2BD2D2E64867E520D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identifies each Reclamation project included on the interim deauthorization list under subsection (c) that is not included on the preliminary final deauthorization list; and </text></clause>
<clause id="HB268CEE8D3734DFCA37933BA827927DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describes the reasons why each Reclamation project identified under clause (i) is not included on the preliminary final deauthorization list. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE613652CEB0C4A5EA1502601EECBFA80"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Submission to congress; publication</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of expiration of the public comment period under subsection (c)(2)(A), the Secretary shall— </text>
<subparagraph id="H7DC10266B221444C83E441E0C170438D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives the preliminary final deauthorization list and the appendix required under this subsection; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFD6AE30A43E44DA69B7F14FE67F20663"><enum>(B)</enum><text>publish the preliminary final deauthorization list and appendix in the Federal Register. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6CB2319EC5764C01BFA4508238543130"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Deauthorization; congressional review</header><text>Effective beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of submission to Congress of the preliminary final deauthorization list under subsection (d)(3)(A), each Reclamation project included on that list is deauthorized, unless— </text> <paragraph id="HB7E5779EB17E485A873C64373CB8F1C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Reclamation project is designated as <quote>subject to deauthorization</quote> pursuant to subsection (d)(2)(B); or </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45E4BF2535DD468DABEB82D47D1FB07B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Congress has enacted a joint resolution disapproving the preliminary final deauthorization list. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD0D81EDB96174F75AC63C27C07D5C645"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Updated final deauthorization list</header> <paragraph id="HF7794A0D4D8B42208661B21F04C7804E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Not later than the date that is 2 years after the date of publication of the preliminary final deauthorization list under subsection (d)(3)(B), the Secretary shall publish an updated final deauthorization list. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H36A9969C1BCD45E283FA0F15C6DC5C3E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Projects subject to deauthorization</header><text>On the updated final deauthorization list under this subsection, the Secretary shall describe any Reclamation project designated as <quote>subject to deauthorization</quote> on the preliminary final deauthorization list pursuant to subsection (d)(2)(B) as— </text> <subparagraph id="HF2C7BA4E50E947A38DF381669C2C4AD0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>authorized, if the Secretary has received evidence that the sponsor of the Reclamation project has substantially initiated construction on the Reclamation project; or </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBDFB697A7DDA4AE6B8FFE419292A1B57"><enum>(B)</enum><text>deauthorized, if the Secretary has not received the evidence described in subparagraph (A). </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H320E9A33DD48411AA5EB5BB28DA134C9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deauthorization</header><text>Any project described as deauthorized pursuant to paragraph (2)(B) shall be deauthorized on the date that is 180 days after the date of submission of the updated final deauthorization list under paragraph (1), unless Congress has enacted a joint resolution disapproving that list. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HADE4C549405D4A3F8D19E3C551DE589F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Treatment of project modifications</header><text>For purposes of this section, if an authorized Reclamation project has been modified by an Act of Congress, the date of authorization of the project shall be considered to be the date of the most recent modification. </text></subsection></section>