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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. 701

Sec. 701. Savings clause

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This Act shall not be interpreted or implemented in a manner that— preempts or modifies any obligation of the United States to act in conformance with applicable State law, including applicable State water law; affects or modifies any obligation under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act ( Public Law 102–575 ; 106 Stat. 4706), except for the procedural provisions relating to public input and savings provisions for the Stanislaus River predator management program expressly established by sections 203 and 502; or overrides, modifies, or amends the applicability of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ) or the application of the smelt and salmonid biological opinions to the operation of the Central Valley Project or the State Water Project.
If any provision of this Act, or any application of such provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be inconsistent with any law or the biological opinions, the remainder of this Act and the application of this Act to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected.
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