Sec. 2004. Water transfers, improved water management, and conservation

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Section 3405 of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4709) is amended as follows: In subsection (a)— by inserting before Except as provided herein the following: The Secretary shall take all necessary actions to facilitate and expedite transfers of Central Valley Project water in accordance with this Act or any other provision of Federal Reclamation laws and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. ; in paragraph (1)(A), by striking to combination and inserting or combination ; in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:

The contracting district from which the water is coming, the agency, or the Secretary shall determine if a written transfer proposal is complete within 45 days after the date of submission of such proposal. If such district or agency or the Secretary determines that such proposal is incomplete, such district or agency or the Secretary shall state with specificity what must be added to or revised in order for such proposal to be complete. Except as provided in this section, the Secretary shall not impose mitigation or other requirements on a proposed transfer, but the contracting district from which the water is coming or the agency shall retain all authority under State law to approve or condition a proposed transfer. ; and by adding at the end the following:

Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal Reclamation laws— the authority to make transfers or exchanges of, or banking or recharge arrangements using, Central Valley Project water that could have been conducted before October 30, 1992, is valid, and such transfers, exchanges, or arrangements shall not be subject to, limited, or conditioned by this title; and this title shall not supersede or revoke the authority to transfer, exchange, bank, or recharge Central Valley Project water that existed prior to October 30, 1992. .

In subsection (b)— in the heading, by striking and inserting Metering ; and Measurement by inserting after the first sentence the following: The contracting district or agency shall ensure that all surface water delivery systems owned or operated by that contracting district or agency within its boundaries measure surface water at the district or agency’s facilities up to the point the surface water is commingled with other water supplies. . By striking subsection (d). By redesignating subsections

(e)and

(f)as subsections

(d)and (e), respectively. By amending subsection

(e)(as redesignated by paragraph (4))— by striking as a result of the increased repayment and inserting that exceed the cost-of-service ; by inserting the delivery of after rates applicable to ; by striking , and all increased revenues received by the Secretary as a result of the increased water prices established under subsection 3405(d) of this section, ; and by striking covered and inserting deposited .