Sec. 81234. Support for refuge water deliveries
602 words·~3 min read·
/bill/116/hr/2/eh/section-81234A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
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: Compliance with section 3406(d)(1) and section 3406(d)(2) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (title XXXIV of Public Law 102–575 ) 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.
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 Dependable Water Supply Needs table, described in section 3406(d)(2) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (title XXXIV of Public Law 102–575 ).
Which of the authorities granted to the Secretary under Public Law 102–575 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. 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 Public Law 102–575 ).
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 Public Law 102–575 ), including the Mendota Wildlife Area, Pixley National Wildlife Refuge and Sutter National Wildlife Refuge. 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— the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Animal Health Lab disease reports; mid-winter waterfowl inventories; nesting and brood surveys; additional data collected regularly by the refuges, such as herptile distribution and abundance; 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 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
) (including one warm-blooded and one cold-blooded), that identifies population numbers and survival rates for the 3 previous years; and 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. 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 Public Law 102–575 ).
There is authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 to carry out subsections
(a)through (d), which shall remain available until expended. Amounts authorized under this section shall be in addition to amounts collected or appropriated under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (title XXXIV of Public Law 102–575 ).
Connectionstraces to 1
Traces to 1 document
1 reference not yet in our index
- Pub. L. 102-575
Citation graph
cites case law
Cites 2Cited by 0 across 0 sources