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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4126

To support the California-Federal (CALFED) Bay-Delta Program in developing, funding, and implementing a balanced, long-term solution to the

problems of ecosystem quality, water quality, water supply and reliability,

and system vulnerability affecting the San Francisco Bay/SacramentoSan Joaquin Delta Watershed (the Bay-Delta) in California.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 19, 1996

Mr. BAKER of California (for himself, Mr. FAZIO of California, Mr.

RADANOVICH, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. RIGGS, Mr. MATSUI, Mrs.

SEASTRAND, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. DREIER, Mr. FILNER, Mr.

KIM, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. CALVERT, Ms. HARMAN, Mr.

BILBRAY, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. STARK, Mr. PACKARD, Ms.

PELOSI, Mr. MCKEON, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. HORN, Mr. DIXON,

Mr. THOMAS, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. COX of California, Mr. CONDIT, Mr.

ROHRABACHER, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. DELLUMS,

Mr. HERGER, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. WATERS, Mr.

BERMAN, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. MARTINEZ, and Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee

on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To support the California-Federal (CALFED) Bay-Delta

Program in developing, funding, and implementing a balanced, long-term solution to the problems of ecosystem

quality, water quality, water supply and reliability, and

system vulnerability affecting the San Francisco Bay/
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Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed (the BayDelta) in California.

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

3 Section 1. Short Title.

4 The Act may be cited as the ‘‘California Bay-Delta

5 Environmental Enhancement and Water Security Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. PROGRAM FUNDING.

7 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For each

8 of the fiscal years 1998, 1999, and 2000, there are author9 ized to be appropriated an additional $143,300,000 for

10 both (1) the initial Federal share of the cost of developing

11 and implementing that portion of an ecosystem protection

12 plan for the Bay-Delta, referred to as ‘‘the Category III

13 program’’ emanating out of the document entitled ‘‘Prin14 ciples for Agreement on Bay-Delta Standards Between the

15 State of California and the Federal Government’’, dated

16 December 15, 1994, and, (2) the initial Federal share of

17 the cost of developing and implementing the ecosystem

18 restoration elements of the long-term CALFED Bay-Delta

19 Program, pursuant to the cost sharing agreement required

20 by section 78684.10 of California Senate Bill 900, Chap21 ter 135, Statutes of 1996, signed by the Governor of Cali22 fornia on July 11, 1996. Funds appropriated pursuant to

23 this section shall remain available until expended and shall

24 be administered in accordance with procedures established
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1 by CALFED Bay-Delta Program until Congress author2 izes another entity that is recommended by CALFED

3 Bay-Delta Program to carry out this section.

4 (b) Funds authorized to be appropriated pursuant to

5 this section to those agencies that are currently or subse6 quently become participants in the CALFED Bay-Delta

7 Program shall be in addition to the baseline funding levels

8 established pursuant to section 3 of this Act, for currently

9 authorized projects and programs under the Central Val10 ley Project Improvement Act, title 34 of Public Law 102–

11 575 and other currently authorized federal programs for

12 the purpose of Bay-Delta ecosystem protection and res13 toration.

14 (c) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to diminish

15 the Federal interest in and responsibility for working with

16 the State of California through the CALFED Bay-Delta

17 Program in developing, funding and implementing a bal18 anced, long-term solution to the problems of ecosystem

19 quality, water quality, water supply and reliability, and

20 system vulnerability affecting the San Francisco Bay/Sac21 ramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed in California. Par22 ticipation in such long term solution shall only be under23 taken pursuant to authorization provided by law other

24 than this Act, and shall be based on the equitable alloca-
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1 tion of program costs among beneficiary groups that the

2 CALFED Bay-Delta programs shall develop.

3 (d) To the extent not otherwise authorized, those

4 agencies and departments that are currently or subse5 quently become participants in the CALFED Bay-Delta

6 Program are hereby authorized to undertake the activities

7 and programs for which Federal cost sharing is provided

8 by this section. The United States shall immediately initi9 ate coordinated consultations and negotiations with the

10 State of California to expeditiously execute the cost-shar11 ing agreement required by section 78684.10 of California

12 Senate Bill 900, Chapter 135, Statutes of 1996, signed

13 by the Governor of California on July 11, 1996. Such ac14 tivities shall include, but not be limited to, planning, de15 sign, technical assistance and construction for ecosystem

16 restoration programs and projects.

17 SEC. 3. BUDGET CROSSCUT.

18 The Office of Management and Budget is directed to

19 submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appro20 priations, as part of the President’s Fiscal Year 1998

21 Budget, an interagency budget crosscut that displays Fed22 eral spending for fiscal years 1993 through 1998 on eco23 system restoration and other purposes in the Bay-Delta

24 region, separately showing funding provided previously or
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1 requested under both pre-existing authorities and new au2 thorities granted by this Act.

3 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

4 Section 2 of this Act shall take effect on the date

5 of passage of California State Proposition 204.

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