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Shown Here: Introduced in House (10/04/2007)
110th CONGRESS 1st Session
H. R. 3768
To require the Secretary of the Interior to study and
construct all projects and programs that are included in the Friant Water Users
Authority document titled “San Joaquin River Restoration Program: Water
Management Goal-Recirculation, Recapture of Restoration Flows and Mitigation of
Water Supply Reductions”, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 4, 2007
Mr. Nunes (for
himself, Mr. McCarthy of California,
Mr. Costa,
Mr. Cardoza, and
Mr. Radanovich) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural
Resources
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Interior to study and
construct all projects and programs that are included in the Friant Water Users
Authority document titled “San Joaquin River Restoration Program: Water
Management Goal-Recirculation, Recapture of Restoration Flows and Mitigation of
Water Supply Reductions”, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.Short title.
This Act may be cited as the “San
Joaquin River Settlement Water Management Goal Implementation
Act”.
SEC. 2. Water management
goal implementation.
(a) Authorization.—
(1) STUDIES.—The
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, shall,
subject to paragraph (3), prepare feasibility studies for the design, planning,
and construction of all projects and programs that are included in the Friant
Water Users Authority document titled “San Joaquin River Restoration
Program: Water Management Goal-Recirculation, Recapture of Restoration Flows
and Mitigation of Water Supply Reductions”.
(2) PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Bureau of Reclamation, may carry out any projects and programs
determined to be feasible pursuant to a study completed under paragraph
(1).
(3) FUNDING.—The actions authorized under this section
may be carried out to the extent that funds are made available in advance
through Acts of appropriation, donated funds, or funds made available by State
and local governments for such purposes.
(b) Projects.—The
projects referred to in subsection (a) include the following:
(1) The Cross Valley Canal Intertie and
Friant-Kern Canal Reverse Flow Project.
(2) The Kings River Pump-In Facility and Exchange Project.
(3) The Trans Valley Canal Construction Project.
(4) The Multi-District Conveyance Project.
(5) The expansion of the Arvin-Edison-California Aqueduct Intertie.
(6) The smaller San Joaquin River Interceptor Pumps & Pipeline Intertie to the
Delta Mendota Canal.
(7) The larger San Joaquin River Interceptor Pumps & Intertie to the California
Aqueduct in Stanislaus County.
(8) The Friant-Kern Canal Capacity Correction Project.
(9) The Friant-Kern Canal Capacity Enlargement Project.
(10) The
Chowchilla-Merced Intertie Canal Project.
(11) The Delano Earlimart Irrigation District and the North Kern Water Storage
District Joint Groundwater Banking Facility.
(12) The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District Interconnection Project.
(13) The Terra Bella
Irrigation District Interconnection Project.
(14) The expansion of the Deer Creek and Tule River Authority Groundwater Banking
Program.
(15) The Exeter Irrigation District Integrated Water Management Program.
(16) The Lindsay Strathmore, Lindmore, Exeter, Lewis Creek, Ivanhoe, and Tulare
Irrigation Districts and the Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District
Groundwater Banking Facility.
(17) The Orange Cove Irrigation District Multi-Institutional Water Management
Partnership.
(18) The City of Orange Cove and Orange Cove Irrigation District Waste Water Reuse
Program.
(19) The Tulare and Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation Districts Water Exchange Program.
(20) The expansion of
the Arvin-Edison Water Storage District Water Banking Program.
(21) The expansion and
conversion of the Delano Earlimart Irrigation District Recharge Facility.
(22) The Fresno
Irrigation District and the City of Clovis Joint Groundwater Banking Facility.
(23) The Madera
Irrigation District Groundwater Banking Facility.
(24) The Lower Tule River Irrigation District Canal Construction and Rehabilitation
Project.
(25) The Saucelito
Irrigation District Distribution System Improvement Program.
(26) The expansion of
the Tulare Irrigation District Canal Intake and Canal.
(27) The Orange Cove
Irrigation District and the Tri-Valley Water District Water Management
Consolidation Program.
(28) The Tulare Irrigation District On-Farm Efficiency Program.