(3) of all unresolved issues that are preventing 
execution of an agreement for the transfer of owner-
ship, control, and operation of the New Melones 
Unit, Central Valley Project to interested local water 
and power providers; 
(4) on analysis and review of studies, reports, 
discussions, hearing transcripts, negotiations, and 
other information about past and present formal dis-
cussions that— 
(A) have a serious impact on the progress 
of the formal discussions; 
(B) explain or provide information about 
the issues that prevent progress or finalization 
of formal discussions; or 
(C) are, in whole or in part, preventing 
execution of an agreement for the transfer; and 
(5) of any actions the Secretary recommends 
that the United States should take to finalize an 
agreement for that transfer. 
SEC. 607. BASIN STUDIES. 
(a) AUTHORIZED STUDIES.—The Secretary of the In-
terior is authorized and directed to expand opportunities 
and expedite completion of assessments under section 
9503(b) of the SECURE Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
10363(b)), with non-Federal partners, of individual sub-
basins and watersheds within major Reclamation river ba-
sins; and shall ensure timely decision and expedited imple-
mentation of adaptation and mitigation strategies devel-
oped through the special study process. 
(b) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The non-Federal partners 
shall be responsible for 100 percent of the cost of 
the special studies. 
(2) CONTRIBUTED FUNDS.—The Secretary may 
accept and use contributions of funds from the non- 
Federal partners to carry out activities under the 
special studies. 
SEC. 608. OPERATIONS OF THE TRINITY RIVER DIVISION. 
The Secretary of the Interior, in the operation of the 
Trinity River Division of the Central Valley Project, shall 
not make releases from Lewiston Dam in excess of the 
volume for each water-year type required by the U.S. De-
partment of the Interior Record of Decision, Trinity River 
Mainstem Fishery Restoration Final Environmental Im-
pact Statement/Environmental Impact Report dated De-
cember 2000. 
(1) A maximum of 369,000 acre-feet in a 
‘‘Critically Dry’’ year. 
(2) A maximum of 453,000 acre-feet in a 
‘‘Dry’’ year.
(3) A maximum of 647,000 acre-feet in a ‘‘Nor-
mal’’ year. 
(4) A maximum of 701,000 acre-feet in a 
‘‘Wet’’ year. 
(5) A maximum of 815,000 acre-feet in an 
‘‘Extremely Wet’’ year. 
SEC. 609. AMENDMENT TO PURPOSES. 
Section 3402 of the Central Valley Project Improve-
ment Act (106 Stat. 4706) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (f), by striking the period at 
the end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) to ensure that water dedicated to fish and wild-
life purposes by this title is replaced and provided to Cen-
tral Valley Project water contractors by December 31, 
2018, at the lowest cost reasonably achievable; and 
‘‘(h) to facilitate and expedite water transfers in ac-
cordance with this Act.’’. 
SEC. 610. AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION. 
Section 3403 of the Central Valley Project Improve-
ment Act (106 Stat. 4707) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) the term ‘anadromous fish’ means those native 
stocks of salmon (including steelhead) and sturgeon that,
as of October 30, 1992, were present in the Sacramento 
and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries and ascend 
those rivers and their tributaries to reproduce after matur-
ing in San Francisco Bay or the Pacific Ocean;’’; 
(2) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘and,’’; 
(3) in subsection (m), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(n) the term ‘reasonable flow’ means water flows ca-
pable of being maintained taking into account competing 
consumptive uses of water and economic, environmental, 
and social factors.’’. 
SEC. 611. REPORT ON RESULTS OF WATER USAGE. 
The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Natural Re-
sources of the State of California, shall publish an annual 
report detailing instream flow releases from the Central 
Valley Project and California State Water Project, their 
explicit purpose and authority, and all measured environ-
mental benefit as a result of the releases. 
SEC. 612. KLAMATH PROJECT CONSULTATION APPLICANTS. 
If the Bureau of Reclamation initiates or reinitiates 
consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or 
the National Marine Fisheries Service under section 
7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1536(a)(2)), with respect to construction or operation of 
the Klamath Project (or any part thereof), Klamath 
Project contractors shall be accorded all the rights and 
responsibilities extended to applicants in the consultation 
process. Upon request of the Klamath Project contractors, 
they may be represented through an association or organi-
zation. 
TITLE VII—WATER SUPPLY 
PERMITTING ACT 
SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Water Supply Permit-
ting Coordination Act’’. 
SEC. 702. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) BUREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the 
Bureau of Reclamation. 
(3) QUALIFYING PROJECTS.—The term ‘‘quali-
fying projects’’ means new surface water storage 
projects in the States covered under the Act of June 
17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), and Acts 
supplemental to and amendatory of that Act (43 
U.S.C. 371 et seq.) constructed on lands adminis-
tered by the Department of the Interior or the De-
partment of Agriculture, exclusive of any easement, 
right-of-way, lease, or any private holding. 
(4) COOPERATING AGENCIES.—The term ‘‘co-
operating agency’’ means a Federal agency with ju-
risdiction over a review, analysis, opinion, statement, 
permit, license, or other approval or decision re-
quired for a qualifying project under applicable Fed-
eral laws and regulations, or a State agency subject 
to section 703(c). 
SEC. 703. ESTABLISHMENT OF LEAD AGENCY AND COOPER-
ATING AGENCIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF LEAD AGENCY.—The Bu-
reau of Reclamation is established as the lead agency for 
purposes of coordinating all reviews, analyses, opinions, 
statements, permits, licenses, or other approvals or deci-
sions required under Federal law to construct qualifying 
projects. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF CO-
OPERATING AGENCIES.—The Commissioner of the Bureau 
shall— 
(1) identify, as early as practicable upon receipt 
of an application for a qualifying project, any Fed-
eral agency that may have jurisdiction over a review, 
analysis, opinion, statement, permit, license, ap-