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than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act and each 180 days thereafter until December 
31, 2017, as applicable. The report shall include 
timelines for study completion, draft environmental 
impact statements, final environmental impact state-
ments, and Records of Decision; 
(7) in conducting any feasibility study under 
this Act, the reclamation laws, the Central Valley 
Project Improvement Act (title XXXIV of Public 
Law 102–575; 106 Stat. 4706), the Fish and Wild-
life Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.), and other applicable law, for the purposes of 
determining feasibility the Secretary shall document, 
delineate, and publish costs directly relating to the 
engineering and construction of a water storage 
project separately from the costs resulting from reg-
ulatory compliance or the construction of auxiliary 
facilities necessary to achieve regulatory compliance; 
and 
(8) communicate, coordinate and cooperate with 
public water agencies that contract with the United 
States for Central Valley Project water and that are 
expected to participate in the cost pools that will be 
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created for the projects proposed in the feasibility 
studies under this section. 
SEC. 402. TEMPERANCE FLAT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Project’’ means the 
Temperance Flat Reservoir Project on the Upper 
San Joaquin River. 
(2) RMP.—The term ‘‘RMP’’ means the docu-
ment titled ‘‘Bakersfield Field Office, Record of De-
cision and Approved Resource Management Plan,’’ 
dated December 2014. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(b) APPLICABILITY OF RMP.—The RMP and find-
ings related thereto shall have no effect on or applicability 
to the Secretary’s determination of feasibility of, or on any 
findings or environmental review documents related to— 
(1) the Project; or 
(2) actions taken by the Secretary pursuant to 
section 103(d)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of the Bay-Delta Au-
thorization Act (title I of Public Law 108–361). 
(c) DUTIES OF SECRETARY UPON DETERMINATION 
OF FEASIBILITY.—If the Secretary finds the Project to 
be feasible, the Secretary shall manage the land rec-
ommended in the RMP for designation under the Wild and 
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Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.) in a manner 
that does not impede any environmental reviews, 
preconstruction, construction, or other activities of the 
Project, regardless of whether or not the Secretary sub-
mits any official recommendation to Congress under the 
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. 
(d) RESERVED WATER RIGHTS.—Effective Decem-
ber 22, 2014, there shall be no Federal reserved water 
rights to any segment of the San Joaquin River related 
to the Project as a result of any designation made under 
the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.). 
SEC. 403. CALFED STORAGE ACCOUNTABILITY. 
If the Secretary of the Interior fails to provide the 
feasibility studies described in section 401 to the appro-
priate committees of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate by the times prescribed, the Secretary shall notify 
each committee chair individually in person on the status 
of each project once a month until the feasibility study 
for that project is provided to Congress. 
SEC. 404. WATER STORAGE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) PARTNERSHIP
AND AGREEMENTS.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner 
of the Bureau of Reclamation, may partner or enter into 
an agreement on the water storage projects identified in 
section 103(d)(1) of the Water Supply Reliability and En-
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vironmental Improvement Act (Public Law 108–361) (and 
Acts supplemental and amendatory to the Act) with local 
joint powers authorities formed pursuant to State law by 
irrigation districts and other local water districts and local 
governments within the applicable hydrologic region, to 
advance those projects. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR PROJECT.—If the Secretary 
determines a project described in section 402(a)(1) and 
(2) is feasible, the Secretary is authorized to carry out 
the project in a manner that is substantially in accordance 
with the recommended plan, and subject to the conditions 
described in the feasibility study, provided that no Federal 
funding shall be used to construct the project. 
TITLE V—WATER RIGHTS 
PROTECTIONS 
SEC. 501. OFFSET FOR STATE WATER PROJECT. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION IMPACTS.—The Secretary of 
the Interior shall confer with the California Department 
of Fish and Wildlife in connection with the implementa-
tion of this Act on potential impacts to any consistency 
determination for operations of the State Water Project 
issued pursuant to California Fish and Game Code section 
2080.1. 
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(b) ADDITIONAL YIELD.—If, as a result of the appli-
cation of this Act, the California Department of Fish and 
Wildlife— 
(1) revokes the consistency determinations pur-
suant to California Fish and Game Code section 
2080.1 that are applicable to the State Water 
Project; 
(2) amends or issues one or more new consist-
ency determinations pursuant to California Fish and 
Game Code section 2080.1 in a manner that directly 
or indirectly results in reduced water supply to the 
State Water Project as compared with the water 
supply available under the smelt biological opinion 
and the salmonid biological opinion; or 
(3) requires take authorization under California 
Fish and Game Code section 2081 for operation of 
the State Water Project in a manner that directly or 
indirectly results in reduced water supply to the 
State Water Project as compared with the water 
supply available under the smelt biological opinion 
and the salmonid biological opinion, and as a con-
sequence of the Department’s action, Central Valley 
Project yield is greater than it would have been ab-
sent the Department’s actions, then that additional 
yield shall be made available to the State Water 
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