Sec. 3. Yolo Bypass System comprehensive study

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The Secretary, in collaboration with the Governor and in coordination with the participants described in paragraph (2), shall conduct a comprehensive study of the Yolo Bypass System that addresses multiple water resources and related objectives within the Yolo Bypass System, including flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, water quality and supply, agriculture, and recreation. In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary and the Governor shall coordinate with— the members of the Yolo Bypass and Cache Slough Partnership; and other appropriate regional and local agencies, municipalities, and counties, as determined appropriate by the Secretary and the Governor.

In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall incorporate, to the maximum extent practicable, relevant information and findings from prior and ongoing initiatives addressing flood control in the Yolo Bypass region, such as— prior studies and projects by the Secretary, including the Sacramento River General Reevaluation Report; the State of California Central Valley Flood Protection Plan and Basin-Wide Feasibility Study and Lower Sacramento River/Delta North Regional Flood Management Plan; activities and findings of the Yolo Bypass and Cache Slough Partnership; the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Basins Comprehensive Study; the Governor’s Water Resilience Portfolio Initiative; and other applicable Federal, State, regional, and local initiatives relating to flood control, ecosystem restoration, water supply, or agriculture.

In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall study ways to— in carrying out studies and projects, increase the role of non-Federal sponsors by more fully incorporating the capabilities of the non-Federal sponsors in areas such as personnel and funding resources, technical expertise and experience, and knowledge in project planning, design, construction, real estate acquisition, contracting, project operation, and maintenance; improve the Secretary’s approach to review and implementation of system-wide, multipurpose water resources investigations with the goal of increasing the likelihood of favorable recommendations for congressional approval; improve the process for evaluating flood risk management for urban areas; improve the quantification and identification of benefits provided by water resource development projects, including consideration of benefits relating to life safety, disadvantaged communities, business continuity, economic opportunity, and emergency operations; incorporate the latest technical data and scientific approaches to changing hydrologic and climatic conditions; improve the Secretary’s ability to assess potential damage reduction to lands in agricultural production, taking into account trends in conversion to higher-value crops; improve the Secretary’s ability to consider potential flood risk management projects based on an integrated system basis rather than a solely incremental basis, using multi-benefit analyses; improve the Secretary’s analyses of the costs of repetitive damages that are prevented by completing a project, especially in light of changes in hydrologic and climatic conditions; and improve the Secretary’s ability to evaluate ecosystem restoration and other environmental benefits.

In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include a review of existing Federal authorities, including the Secretary’s guidance on implementing such authorities, relating to flood risk management and ecosystem restoration that could be more effectively applied to the Yolo Bypass System, with a focus on provisions of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 ( Public Law 113–121 ), the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (title I of Public Law 114–322 ), and the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (title I of Public Law 115–270 ) relating to the Secretary’s review of potential projects.

In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall include consideration of the following: The results of the studies and reports under, and the implementation guidance developed pursuant to, the following authorities: Section 3023 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014. Section 3024 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014. Section 1103 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018. Section 1204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018.

Section 1211 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018. Section 1214 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018. The authorities provided by, and the requirements of, the following: Section 22 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 1962d–16 ). Section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 ( 33 U.S.C. 2231 ). Section 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 ( 33 U.S.C. 2232 ). Section 906 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 ( 33 U.S.C. 2283 ).

The National Levee Safety Act of 2007 ( 33 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.). Section 3022 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 ( 33 U.S.C. 2351 ). Based on the study conducted under subsection (a), the Secretary shall identify site-specific studies of potential flood risk management and ecosystem restoration projects within the Yolo Bypass System that have potential for resulting in projects that could be favorably recommended for action to Congress. The Secretary shall conduct any site-specific study identified under paragraph (1), on an expedited basis, subject to the availability of appropriations.

The Secretary, in collaboration with the Governor and in coordination with other Federal participants in the study conducted under subsection (a), shall identify potential additional studies and initiatives within the purview of other Federal and State agencies to address, with respect to the Yolo Bypass System— aquatic and related terrestrial resources and habitat; water quality and supply; agricultural sustainability; and recreation. Identification of a study by the Secretary under paragraph

(1)shall not affect the authority of a Federal or State agency to carry out the study. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, incorporate findings available from the Yolo Bypass System master plan prepared under section 4, including baseline technical, hydrologic and hydraulic, and environmental information, and incorporate the recommendations, policy guidance, and project prioritization of the Yolo Bypass and Cache Slough Partnership. The Federal share of the cost of conducting the study authorized in subsection

(a)shall be 75 percent, and the non-Federal share shall be 25 percent. The non-Federal share may be contributed in the form of in-kind or cash contributions. Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report containing— findings from the study conducted under subsection (a); changes to policies that have been, or will be, implemented as a result of the study conducted under subsection (a), as they relate to the Yolo Bypass System and nationally, including such changes resulting from the review of existing statutory authority under subsection (a)(5); site-specific studies in the Yolo Bypass System that have been identified under subsection

(b)and the Secretary’s schedule for conducting such studies; potential studies and initiatives by others identified under subsection (c), along with the views of those agencies having jurisdiction; recommendations for legislative changes that are necessary to further the objectives described in subsection (a), relating to the Yolo Bypass system or nationally; and written views of the Governor on activities undertaken pursuant to this section. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $1,000,000.

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