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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4166 
To transfer recreational management authority for Lake Berryessa in the 
State of California from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Bureau 
of Land Management, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2014 
Mr. THOMPSON of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To transfer recreational management authority for Lake 
Berryessa in the State of California from the Bureau 
of Reclamation to the Bureau of Land Management, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Lake Berryessa Recreation Enhancement Act of 2014’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings; purposes. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
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Sec. 4. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction. 
Sec. 5. Management of Recreation Area. 
Sec. 6. Continued authorities of Commissioner of Reclamation. 
Sec. 7. Existing authorizations. 
Sec. 8. Recreation and concession fees. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the Monticello Dam— 
(A) was authorized by the Reclamation 
Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187); 
(B) resulted in the formation of Lake 
Berryessa; and 
(C) is operated by the Bureau of Reclama-
tion; 
(2) Lake Berryessa— 
(A) covers approximately 28,915 acres of 
surface water and land; 
(B) has 165 miles of shoreline; 
(C) has a 2,000 acre wildlife area on the 
east side; 
(D) is located less than 100 miles from 
both Sacramento, California and San Fran-
cisco, California; and 
(E) has become an important regional 
recreation destination; and 
(3) the recreational use at Lake Berryessa gen-
erates tourism that is important to local economies. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
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(1) to provide diverse, high quality recreational 
facilities and services on the water and land sur-
rounding Lake Berryessa; 
(2) to conserve the natural, scenic, scientific, 
historic, and other resource values contributing to 
the public use and enjoyment of that land and 
water; 
(3) to promote cooperation between the Federal 
Government and private entities to manage that ex-
ceptional resource; 
(4) to authorize the Secretary to manage cer-
tain resources under the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment; and 
(5) to transfer to the Secretary, without consid-
eration, administrative jurisdiction over certain Fed-
eral land for management as a unit of the Bureau 
of Land Management. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DAM.—The term ‘‘Dam’’ means— 
(A) the Monticello Dam; and 
(B) any facility relating to the Monticello 
Dam. 
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(2) RECREATION AREA.—The term ‘‘Recreation 
Area’’ means the Lake Berryessa Recreation Area 
designated by section 4(a). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of California. 
SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Administrative jurisdiction over 
the Federal land described in subsection (b) is transferred 
from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Bureau of Land 
Management for administration as the Lake Berryessa 
Recreation Area. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred to in 
subsection (a) is the approximately lll acres of water 
and land administered by the Bureau of Reclamation that 
is within or adjacent to Lake Berryessa and is identified 
as ‘‘lll’’ on the map dated lll. 
SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT OF RECREATION AREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the authority of the 
Secretary under section 6, the Secretary shall manage the 
Recreation Area in accordance with sections 601 through 
604 of Public Law 93–483. 
(b) APPLICABLE LAW.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, the Secretary shall administer the Recreation Area 
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in accordance with laws (including regulations) applicable 
to units of the public lands of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement. 
(c) WATERS.—Nothing in this Act— 
(1) affects the use or allocation, in existence on 
the date of the enactment of this Act, of any water, 
water right, or interest in water; 
(2) affects any vested absolute or decreed condi-
tional water right in existence on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, including any water right held 
by the United States; 
(3) affects any interstate water compact in ex-
istence on the date of the enactment of this Act; 
(4) authorizes or imposes any new reserved 
Federal water rights; 
(5) relinquishes or reduces any water rights re-
served or appropriated by the United States in the 
State on or before the date of the enactment of this 
Act; 
(6) impairs the ability of the Bureau of Rec-
lamation and its managing partners to operate, 
maintain, or manage Monticello Dam and other So-
lano Project facilities in accordance with the pur-
poses of such project; or 
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