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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 5247 (Introduced in House) — To provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California and provide for long-term investments in drought... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Purposes. Sec. 3. Findings. Sec. 4. Definitions. TITLE I—Long-term improvements for western States subject to drought Subtitle A—Assistance for drought-Stricken communities Sec. 101. Assistance for drought-stricken communities and WaterSMART reauthorization.
Sec. 102. Utilizing State revolving funds for areas with inadequate water supplies. Subtitle B—Storage provisions Sec. 111. Definitions. Sec. 112. Water storage project construction. Sec. 113. Reservoir operation improvement. Sec. 114. Findings. Sec. 115. Studies. Sec. 116. Losses caused by construction and operation of water storage projects. Subtitle C—Desalination, water reuse and recycling, and conservation Sec. 121. Water recycling and desalination projects. Sec. 122. Reauthorization of Water Desalination Act.
Sec. 123. New water recycling and reuse projects. Sec. 124. Promoting water efficiency with WaterSense. Subtitle D—Reclamation infrastructure finance and innovation Sec. 131. Purposes. Sec. 132. Definitions. Sec. 133. Authority to provide assistance. Sec. 134. Applications. Sec. 135. Eligibility for assistance. Sec. 136. Determination of eligibility and project selection. Sec. 137. Secured loans. Sec. 138. Program administration. Sec. 139. State and local permits. Sec. 140. Regulations.
Sec. 141. Funding. TITLE II—Listed species and wildlife Sec. 201. Actions to benefit endangered fish populations. Sec. 202. Actions to benefit refuges. Sec. 203. Non-Federal program to protect native anadromous fish in Stanislaus River. Sec. 204. Pilot projects to implement CALFED invasive species program. TITLE III—California emergency drought relief and operational flexibility Sec. 301. Taking into account increased real-time monitoring and updated science. Sec. 302. Emergency operations.
Sec. 303. Temporary operational flexibility to capture peak flows from winter storms. Sec. 304. Emergency environmental reviews. Sec. 305. Level of detail required for analysis. TITLE IV—Water rights Sec. 401. Offset for State Water Project. Sec. 402. Area of origin and water rights protections. Sec. 403. No redirected adverse impacts. Sec. 404. Allocations for Sacramento Valley water service contractors. TITLE V—Miscellaneous provisions Sec. 501. Authorized service area. Sec. 502.
Oversight over and public input into Restoration Fund activities. Sec. 503. Basin studies. Sec. 504. Technical and modeling assistance. Sec. 505. Report on results of water usage. Sec. 506. Additional storage at New Melones. Sec. 507. Contracting authorities. Sec. 508. Voluntary open water data system. Sec. 509. Single annual report. TITLE VI—Offsets Sec. 601. Deauthorization of inactive projects. Sec. 602. Accelerated revenue, repayment, and surface water storage enhancement.
TITLE VII—Duration and effect on existing obligations Sec. 701. Savings clause. Sec. 702. Termination.
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