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                                       JULY 9, 2015 
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                               RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 114-23 
                               
                           TEXT OF H.R. 2898, WESTERN WATER AND 
                           
                          AMERICAN FOOD SECURITY AcT OF 2015 
                          
                    [Showing the text of the bill as ordered reported 
                        by the Committee on Natural Resources.] 
               
               
            1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

            2     (a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the 
            3 "Western Water and American Food Security Act of 
            4 2015". 

            5     (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-The table of contents of 
            6 this Act is as follows: 

            Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
       
            Sec. 2. Findings. 
       
            Sec. 3. Definitions. 

             TITLE I-ADJUSTING DELTA SMELT MANAGEMENT BASED ON 
             INCREASED REAL-TIME MONITORING AND UPDATED SCIENCE 
             
           Sec. 101. Definitions.
           Sec. 102. Revise incidental take level calculation for delta smelt to reflect new science.
           Sec. 103. Factoring increased real-time monitoring and updated science into Delta smelt management. 
           
           
            TITLE II-ENSURING SALMONID MANAGEMENT IS RESPONSIVE TO NEW SCIENCE 
            
           Sec. 201. Definitions.
           Sec. 202. Process for ensuring salmonid management is responsive to new science.
           Sec. 203. Non-Federal program to protect native anadromous fish in the Stanislaus River.
           Sec. 204. Pilot projects to implement calfed invasive species program. 
           
           TITLE III-OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY AND DROUGHT RELIEF 
           
           Sec. 301. Definitions. 
           Sec. 302. Operational flexibility in times of drought. 

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