the Bay Delta Conservation Plan or through any 
other rudimentary maintenance measures. 
(6) To ensure that Central Valley Project water 
deliveries are not disrupted due to levee failure, the 
Bureau of Reclamation should provide financial as-
sistance to public levee owners for maintenance and 
levee improvements. 
SEC. 3. SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA LEVEE STA-
BILITY IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO BU-
REAU OF RECLAMATION CENTRAL VALLEY 
PROJECT WATER DELIVERIES. 
Section 103 of the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization 
Act (title I of Public Law 108–361; 118 Stat. 1683) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘para-
graphs (1), (2), and (4) of subsection (f)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5) of sub-
section (f)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) DELTA LEVEE STABILITY MAINTENANCE 
AND IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO BUREAU OF REC-
LAMATION CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT WATER DE-
LIVERIES.— 
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‘‘(A) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary 
shall establish a program to provide assistance 
to non-Federal interests for stability mainte-
nance and improvement on levees within the 
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (as defined in 
Cal. Water Code §12220) that facilitate Bureau 
of Reclamation water deliveries to Central Val-
ley Project contractors. The Secretary shall 
prioritize the projects for which assistance will 
be provided under this paragraph based on the 
extent to which the levees covered by the 
projects are necessary for Bureau of Reclama-
tion water deliveries. 
‘‘(B) FORM
OF
ASSISTANCE.—Assistance 
provided under this paragraph may be in the 
form of financial assistance for water-supply re-
liability related levee maintenance and improve-
ments within the Delta. 
‘‘(C) LIMITATIONS; CONTINUED
LIABIL-
ITY.—The Secretary may provide assistance for 
a levee stability maintenance and improvement 
project under this paragraph only if the levee 
directly facilitates deliveries of water for the 
Central Valley Project and is publically owned. 
The provision of Federal assistance shall not be 
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construed to change liability associated with the 
levee. 
‘‘(D) 
FEDERAL
SHARE.—The 
Federal 
share of the cost of a levee stability mainte-
nance and improvement project under this 
paragraph may not exceed 50 percent of the 
total project costs. The assistance may be pro-
vided in the form of grants or reimbursements 
of project costs. 
‘‘(E) IMPLEMENTATION COSTS.—Costs as-
sociated with implementation of the program 
under this paragraph may be considered a reim-
bursable Federal expenditure allocable to Cen-
tral Valley Project subunits south of the Delta 
that receive and benefit from water conveyed 
through the Delta. Such costs shall be repay-
able by water service contractors within those 
subunits. 
‘‘(F) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
this paragraph.’’. 
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SEC. 4. EVALUATION OF BENEFITS AND COSTS OF CONVEY-
ANCE ALTERNATIVES BEING CONSIDERED 
UNDER 
THE 
BAY 
DELTA 
CONSERVATION 
PLANNING PROCESS. 
(a) BENEFITS AND COSTS ANALYSIS AND EVALUA-
TION.—The Secretary of the Interior shall carry out an 
analysis and evaluation of the costs and benefits of options 
for facilitating conveyance of water deliveries to Central 
Valley Project contractors being considered in the Bay 
Delta Conservation Planning process, including at least 
one option that does not require the construction of one 
or more water conveyance tunnels. 
(b) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—The analysis and eval-
uation under subsection (a) shall include at a minimum 
the following: 
(1) The total project costs, including environ-
mental review, planning, design, construction, miti-
gation, and all related expenses, and the methods for 
paying those costs. 
(2) The expected impacts of the project on tax-
payers, water ratepayers, and the general fund of 
the Treasury. 
(3) Whether the analysis of the costs and bene-
fits determines that the direct social and environ-
mental benefits of any proposed project or plan out-
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weigh its social and environmental costs over the 
analysis period. 
(c) PRESENTATION.—The analysis conducted under 
subsection (a) shall be displayed as either the quotient of 
benefits divided by costs representing the benefit to cost 
ratio, the difference between benefits and costs rep-
resenting the net benefits, or both. The analysis shall in-
clude whether the present value of the proposed project 
exceeds the present value of its net benefits over the life 
of the project or plan. 
(d) SUBMISSION.—The Secretary shall report the 
findings of the analysis and evaluation conducted under 
subsection (a) to the Committee on Natural Resources of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate no later than 
June 30, 2013. 
Æ 
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