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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2498 

To provide for a study regarding development of a comprehensive integrated 

regional water management plan that would address four general areas 

of regional water planning in both the San Joaquin River Hydrologic 

Region and the Tulare Lake Hydrologic Region, inclusive of Kern, 

Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin 

Counties, California, and to provide that such plan be the guide by 

which those counties use as a mechanism to address and solve longterm water needs in a sustainable and equitable manner. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 24, 2007 

Mr. COSTA (for himself, Mr. NUNES, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. RADANOVICH, and 

Mr. MCCARTHY of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for a study regarding development of a comprehensive integrated regional water management plan 

that would address four general areas of regional water 

planning in both the San Joaquin River Hydrologic Region and the Tulare Lake Hydrologic Region, inclusive 

of Kern, Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Madera, Merced, 

Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Counties, California, and 

to provide that such plan be the guide by which those 

counties use as a mechanism to address and solve longterm water needs in a sustainable and equitable manner. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. STUDY TO DEVELOP WATER PLAN; REPORT. 

4 (a) PLAN.— 

5 (1) GRANT.—Not later than 120 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

7 the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclama8 tion, shall award a grant to the California Water In9 stitute, located at California State University, Fres10 no, California, to conduct a study coordinating and 

11 integrating sub-regional interated regional water 

12 management plans into a unified Integrated Re13 gional Water Management Plan for the subject 8 

14 counties in the hydrologic basins that would address 

15 issues related to— 

16 (A) water quality; 

17 (B) water supply (both surface, ground18 water banking and brackish water desalination); 

19 (C) water conveyance; 

20 (D) water reliability; 

21 (E) flood control; 

22 (F) water resource-related environmental 

23 enhancement; and 

24 (G) population growth. 


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1 (2) STUDY AREA.—The study area referred to 

2 in paragraph (1) is the proposed study area of the 

3 San Joaquin River Hydrologic Region and Tulare 

4 Lake Hydrologic Region, as defined by California 

5 Department of Water Resources Bulletin 160-05, 

6 Volume 3, Chapters 7 and 8, including Kern, 

7 Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, 

8 and San Joaquin counties in California. 

9 (b) USE OF PLAN.—The Integrated Regional Water 

10 Management Plan developed for the 2 hydrologic basins 

11 under subsection (a) shall serve as a guide for the 8 coun12 ties in the study area described in subsection (a)(2) to use 

13 as a mechanism to address and solve long-term water 

14 needs in a sustainable and equitable manner. 

15 (c) REPORT.—The Secretary shall ensure that a re16 port containing the results of the Integrated Regional 

17 Water Management Plan for the 2 hydrologic regions is 

18 submitted to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

19 House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 

20 and Natural Resources of the Senate not later than 24 

21 months after the grant is awarded under subsection 

22 (a)(1). 


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1 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Inte3 rior $1,000,000 to carry out this section. 

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