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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 4239 (Introduced in House) — To provide drought assistance to the State of California and other affected western States. · Sec. 5

Sec. 5. Drought planning assistance

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The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, shall provide water supply planning assistance in preparation for and in response to dry, critically dry, and below normal water year types to any water agency in the State who has requested it. Assistance under subsection
(a)shall include— hydrological forecasting; assessment of water supply sources under different water year classification types; identification of alternative water supply sources; guidance on potential water transfer partners; technical assistance regarding Federal and State permits and contracts under the Act of February 21, 1911 (36 Stat. 925, chapter 141) (commonly known as the Warren Act ); installation of districtwide or on-farm water efficiency and conservation technologies, including behavioral water efficiency, system modernizations including leak repair and SCADA systems, and other technologies that have been proven to provide improvements in water use efficiency through the verification of a third party; technical assistance regarding emergency provision of water supplies for critical health and safety purposes; and activities carried out in conjunction with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Integrated Drought Information System, and the State partners of the National Integrated Drought Information System under the National Integrated Drought Information System Act of 2006 ( 15 U.S.C. 313d )— to collect and integrate key indicators of drought severity and impacts; and to produce and communicate timely monitoring and forecast information to local and regional communities, including the San Joaquin Valley, the Delta, the Central Coast, the Klamath River Basin, and the Trinity River Basin.
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