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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2552 
To provide financial assistance for projects to address certain subsidence 
impacts in the State of California, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2021 
Mr. COSTA (for himself, Mr. GARAMENDI, and Mr. HARDER of California) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide financial assistance for projects to address certain 
subsidence impacts in the State of California, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Canal Conveyance Ca-
pacity Restoration Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
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(1) to address severe subsidence impacts that 
have substantially reduced the carrying capacity of 
the water delivery system of the State; and 
(2) to provide additional water supply in the 
State at a relatively low cost per acre-foot to in-
crease— 
(A) 
resiliency 
to 
increasingly 
severe 
droughts in the State; 
(B) groundwater recharge needed to assist 
in meeting groundwater sustainability goals es-
tablished under State law; and 
(C) the reliability of surface or ground-
water supplies, portions of which serve dis-
advantaged communities. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) FEDERAL POOL.—The term ‘‘Federal pool’’ 
means each of pools 13 through 21 of the San Luis 
Canal/California Aqueduct, which are owned by the 
United States and operated by the California De-
partment of Water Resources under the agreement 
entitled ‘‘Agreement Between the United States of 
America and the Department of Water Resources of 
the State of California for the Construction and Op-
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eration of the Joint-Use Facilities of the San Luis 
Unit’’ and dated December 30, 1961. 
(2) NET PRESENT VALUE OF THE LOCAL CON-
TRIBUTION
TO
REIMBURSABLE
FEDERAL
FUND-
ING.—The term ‘‘net present value of the local con-
tribution to reimbursable Federal funding’’ means, 
with respect to a project, the amount equal to the 
difference between— 
(A) the total amount of reimbursable Fed-
eral funds made available for a project; and 
(B) the amount of the present value, as of 
the date of the calculation, of any interest sub-
sidy provided through the repayment terms to 
the Treasury over similarly structured munic-
ipal bond financing available to the non-Federal 
entity on the disbursement of the reimbursable 
Federal funds for the project. 
(3) NON-FEDERAL POOL.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral pool’’ means each of pools 22 through 40 of the 
California Aqueduct, which are owned by the State 
and operated by the California Department of Water 
Resources. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Commissioner of Reclamation. 
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(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of California. 
SEC. 4. FRIANT-KERN CANAL AND DELTA-MENDOTA CANAL 
SUBSIDENCE MITIGATION PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide finan-
cial assistance for the design, planning, and construction 
of— 
(1) Federal facility improvements to the Friant 
Division, Central Valley Project, California, under 
section 10201(a)(1) of the San Joaquin River Res-
toration Settlement Act (Public Law 111–11; 123 
Stat. 1365); and 
(2) a project to restore conveyance capacity at, 
and to mitigate subsidence-related impacts on, the 
Delta-Mendota Canal, through a partnership with— 
(A) a public water agency that contracts 
for the delivery of Central Valley Project water; 
or 
(B) a local joint powers authority formed 
under State law by public water agencies that 
contract for the delivery of Central Valley 
Project water. 
(b) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the cost of carrying out a project under subsection 
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(a) shall be not more than 33 percent of the total 
cost of the project, including amounts contributed 
after October 1, 2018. 
(2) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non- 
Federal share of the cost of carrying out a project 
under subsection (a) may be provided in the form of 
cash or in-kind contributions, including the net 
present value of the local contribution to the reim-
bursable Federal funding for the project after Octo-
ber 1, 2018. 
(c) REQUIRED DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY.— 
Federal funds shall not be made available under this Act 
for a project under subsection (a) unless the Secretary de-
termines that— 
(1) there is an adequate non-Federal cost share 
to match the total amount of federally appropriated 
financial assistance made available for the project as 
of the date of the determination of the Secretary; 
and 
(2) the project is designed in a manner— 
(A) to satisfy the purposes described in 
section 2, after taking into account anticipated 
future subsidence; and 
(B) to comply with all applicable require-
ments of Federal and State law, including part 
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2.74 of division 6 of the California Water Code 
(commonly known as the ‘‘California Sustain-
able Groundwater Management Act’’). 
SEC. 5. CALIFORNIA AQUEDUCT SUBSIDENCE MITIGATION 
PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide finan-
cial assistance for the design, planning, and construction 
of projects to restore conveyance capacity at, and to miti-
gate subsidence-related impacts on, the Federal pool and 
non-Federal pool. 
(b) NON-FEDERAL PARTNERS.—To carry out this 
section, the Secretary may enter into partnerships with— 
(1) the State; or 
(2) a local joint powers authority formed under 
State law by public water agencies that contract for 
delivery of water from the Central Valley Project or 
the State Water Project. 
(c) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the cost of carrying out a project under subsection 
(a) shall be not more than 33 percent of the total 
cost of the project, including any amounts expended 
by the State for subsidence repairs in the Federal 
pool and non-Federal pool for the project after Octo-
ber 1, 2018. 
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(2) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non- 
Federal share of the cost of a project provided finan-
cial assistance under subsection (a) may be in the 
form of cash or in-kind contributions. 
(d) REQUIRED DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY.— 
Federal funds shall not be made available under this Act 
for a project under subsection (a) unless the Secretary de-
termines, with the concurrence of the Governor of the 
State, that— 
(1) there is an adequate non-Federal cost share 
to match the total amount of federally appropriated 
financial assistance made available for the project as 
of the date of the determination of the Secretary; 
and 
(2) the project is designed in a manner— 
(A) to satisfy the purposes described in 
section 2, after taking into account anticipated 
future subsidence; and 
(B) to comply with all applicable require-
ments of Federal and State law, including part 
2.74 of division 6 of the California Water Code 
(commonly known as the ‘‘California Sustain-
able Groundwater Management Act’’). 
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