I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4039 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, and 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to take ac-
tions to provide additional water supplies and disaster assistance to 
the State of California due to drought, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 11, 2014 
Mr. COSTA (for himself, Mr. CA´RDENAS, and Mr. FARR) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, and the Budget, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of 
Commerce, and the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to take actions to provide additional 
water supplies and disaster assistance to the State of 
California due to drought, 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 ‘‘California Emergency 
Drought Relief Act of 2014’’. 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
06:00 Feb 15, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4039.IH
H4039
rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act are as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF 
Sec. 101. Findings. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
Sec. 103. Emergency projects. 
Sec. 104. Emergency funding. 
Sec. 105. Emergency environmental reviews. 
Sec. 106. State revolving funds. 
Sec. 107. Drought planning assistance. 
Sec. 108. Calfed Bay-Delta Act reauthorization. 
Sec. 109. Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act reauthorization. 
Sec. 110. Secure Water Act reauthorization. 
Sec. 111. Effect on State laws. 
Sec. 112. Klamath Basin water supply. 
Sec. 113. Termination of authorities. 
TITLE II—EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL AGRICULTURE DISASTER 
APPROPRIATIONS 
Sec. 201. Emergency supplemental agriculture disaster appropriations. 
TITLE III—FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 301. Treatment of drought under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act. 
TITLE IV—EMERGENCY DESIGNATIONS 
Sec. 401. Emergency designations. 
TITLE I—CALIFORNIA 
EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF 
SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) as established in the Proclamation of a 
State of Emergency issued by the Governor of the 
State on January 17, 2014, the State is experi-
encing record dry conditions; 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
06:00 Feb 15, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4039.IH
H4039
rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
(2) extremely dry conditions have persisted in 
the State since 2012, and the current drought condi-
tions are likely to persist into the future; 
(3) the water supplies of the State are at 
record-low levels, as indicated by a statewide average 
snowpack of 12 percent of the normal average for 
winter as of February 1, 2014, and the fact that all 
major Central Valley Project reservoir levels are 
below 50 percent of the capacity of the reservoirs as 
of the date of enactment of this Act; 
(4) the 2013–2014 drought constitutes a seri-
ous emergency posing immediate and severe risks to 
human life and safety and to the environment 
throughout the State; 
(5) the emergency requires— 
(A) immediate and credible action that re-
spects the complexity of the State of Califor-
nia’s water system and its importance to the 
entire State; and 
(B) policies that do not pit stakeholders 
against one another, which history has shown 
only leads to costly litigation that benefits no 
one and prevents any real solutions; 
(6) Federal law (including regulations) directly 
authorizes expedited decisionmaking procedures and 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
21:42 Feb 19, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4039.IH
H4039
rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with BILLS
environmental and public review procedures to en-
able timely and appropriate implementation of ac-
tions to respond to such a type and severity of emer-
gency; and 
(7) the serious emergency posed by the 2013– 
2014 drought in the State fully satisfies the condi-
tions necessary for the exercise of emergency deci-
sionmaking, analytical, and public review require-
ments under— 
(A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 
(B) the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 
(C) water control management procedures 
of the Corps of Engineers described in section 
222.5 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations 
(including successor regulations); and 
(D) the Reclamation States Emergency 
Drought Relief Act of 1991 (Public Law 102– 
250; 106 Stat. 53). 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) CENTRAL
VALLEY
PROJECT.—The term 
‘‘Central Valley Project’’ has the meaning given the 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
21:42 Feb 19, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4039.IH
H4039
rfrederick on DSK6VPTVN1PROD with BILLS