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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6641 
To provide for financial and technical support of certain projects related 
to the Central Valley Project, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2025 
Mr. GRAY (for himself, Mr. COSTA, and Mr. HARDER of California) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for financial and technical support of certain 
projects related to the Central Valley Project, 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 ‘‘Central Valley Water 
Solution Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT WATER PROJECTS. 
(a) PROJECTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall 
provide financial and technical assistance for the following 
projects in the State, and there is authorized to be appro-
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priated to the Secretary the corresponding amounts in pa-
rentheses to carry out this section: 
(1) Westland Water District Recharge Basins 
($85,000,000), for the purchase by the District on 
a willing seller basis of 1,800 acres of land along the 
Coalinga Canal to build recharge basins in prime 
areas with greater percolation rates and within the 
unconfined zone of the subbasin, retrofitting the 
Coalinga Canal’s existing turnouts to improve the 
conveyance capacity to the recharge facilities, and 
the construction of terraced berms to retain water at 
the recharge sites to enhance percolation and elimi-
nate runoff. 
(2) Westlands Water District Reverse Osmosis 
Treatment Plants and High-Capacity Shallow Aqui-
fer Wells ($30,000,000), for constructing 2 reverse 
osmosis treatment plants and 8 high-capacity shal-
low aquifer wells to reclaim approximately 20,000 
acre-feet of poor-quality, perched groundwater to 
drinking quality levels. 
(3) East San Joaquin Valley Groundwater 
Banking and Storage Program ($360,000,000), for 
a suite of groundwater banking, in-lieu groundwater 
recharge, groundwater quality treatment, and stor-
age projects. 
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(4) Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation District— 
Rancho 
de 
Kaweah 
Groundwater 
Bank 
($30,000,000), for constructing 1,200 acres of 
groundwater banking in multiple phases, including 
recovery wells, pipelines, and a new turnout and pi-
lots to determine recharge and recovery rates. 
(5) Pixley Irrigation District Joint Ground-
water Bank ($25,000,000), for constructing 560 
acres of groundwater banking in multiple phases, in-
cluding recovery wells, pipelines, a new turnout and 
pilots to determine recharge and recovery rates. The 
project is anticipated to be completed within 2–3 
years of funding availability. 
(6) Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District Annex 
Groundwater Bank ($55,000,000), for constructing 
3,000 acres of groundwater banking in multiple 
phases, including recovery wells, pipelines, and a 
new turnout and pilots to determine recharge and 
recovery rates. 
(7) Arvin Edison Water Storage District 
DiGiorgio Unit In-Lieu Project ($12,900,000), for 
constructing a total of 11.8 miles of pipeline to con-
vey and deliver surface water to support in-lieu 
groundwater recharge. 
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(8) Arvin Edison Water Storage District Frick 
Unit In-Lieu Project ($8,100,000), for constructing 
a total of 6 miles of pipeline to serve 2,843 acres of 
irrigated agriculture to support in-lieu groundwater 
recharge. 
(9) Arvin Edison Water Storage District Pan-
ama Unit In-Lieu Project ($13,400,000), for con-
structing a total of 8.8 miles of pipeline to serve 
4,816 acres of irrigated agriculture to support in- 
lieu groundwater recharge. 
(10) Arvin Edison Water Storage District 
Sandrini Unit In-Lieu Project ($28,300,000), for 
constructing 1 mile of new canal and 21.1 miles of 
pipeline to serve 11,000 acres of irrigated agri-
culture to support in-lieu groundwater recharge. 
(11) Arvin Edison Water Storage District Re-
covery Wells and Groundwater Quality Treatment 
Project ($174,000,000), for constructing 7 new 
wells, and providing water quality treatment for new 
wells and over 65 existing wells to meet treatment 
standards and support conjunctive use and oper-
ational flexibility of the California Aqueduct. 
(12) Tulare Irrigation District Seaborn Res-
ervoir ($23,000,000), for constructing an internal 
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berm and inlet, outlet, and pump facilities off of the 
St. Johns River, and native habitat improvements. 
(13) City of Tracy Recycled Water and Ex-
change Program ($10,000,000), for expanding the 
City of Tracy’s Recycled Water Project project, in-
cluding a pumping station and associated convey-
ance pipeline to convey recycled water to city infra-
structure and to the DMC to supplement the City’s 
CVP supply. 
(14) City of Tracy Aquifer Storage and Recov-
ery Program ($22,000,000), for installing 4 Aquifer 
Storage and Recovery wells. 
(15) Water Conservation Improvement Projects 
Planning Work ($1,000,000), for developing a feasi-
bility and environmental study to analyze lining 
areas within the Exchange Contractors service area 
that are drainage impacted to generate conserved 
water for future implementation. 
(16) Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir Project 
($1,010,000), for constructing an 82,000 acre-foot 
reservoir located on Del Puerto Creek, providing 
needed South of Delta storage to provide drought re-
sistance for the region’s agricultural and environ-
mental water supplies, supporting disadvantaged 
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communities, and providing public safety flood pro-
tection for the City of Patterson. 
(17) Upper Delta-Mendota Canal Reverse Flow 
Pumpback Project ($25,000,000), for designing and 
constructing 3 permanent lift stations along the 
DMC that will allow reverse flow of CVP and non- 
CVP water stored in the San Luis Reservoir (SLR) 
to be delivered to the CVP contractors along the 
northern reaches of the DMC, mitigating drought 
related water supply shortages for Upper DMC con-
tractors. 
(18) Lower Delta-Mendota Canal Reverse Flow 
Pumpback Project ($280,000,000), for planning and 
constructing facilities enabling reverse flow of the 
DMC from the Mendota Pool to O’Neil Forebay and 
interconnecting the Central California Irrigation 
District Outside and Main Canals to the DMC to 
convey flood water into the San Luis Reservoir for 
storage or direct use, or exchange. 
(19) Delta-Mendota Canal Subsidence Correc-
tion Project ($830,000,000), for modifying the 116- 
mile-long DMC to restore the original design convey-
ance capacity and avoid constraints on the operation 
of the Central Valley Project, and addressing oper-
ational safety concerns generated by subsidence. 
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(20) San Luis Canal/California Aqueduct Sub-
sidence Correction Project ($850,000,000), for 
modifying the San Luis Canal/California Aqueduct 
to restore the original design conveyance capacity 
and avoid constraints on the operation of the Cen-
tral Valley Project, and addressing operational safe-
ty concerns generated by subsidence. 
(21) Friant-Kern Canal Phase II Capacity Cor-
rection Project ($730,000,000), for remaining pre- 
construction and construction activities for Upper 
and Lower Reach Capacity Correction, including em-
bankment and lining raises, and structure modifica-
tions or replacements necessary to restore the design 
capacity of the from the Kings River Check to the 
Fifth Avenue Check, and from Reservoir Check to 
the Kern Check. 
(22) 
Turlock 
Irrigation 
Intertie 
Project 
($800,000,000), for connecting the New Melones 
and Don Pedro Reservoirs. 
(b) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall participate 
in and enter into agreements and coordinate with affected 
Indian Tribes, the State (including subdivisions and de-
partments of the State), and public agencies organized 
pursuant to State law (including irrigation entities) as 
necessary to carry out this Act. 
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(c) COST SHARING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2)— 
(A) for the purposes of section 203 of the 
Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 
390cc) or section 3404(a) of the Reclamation 
Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 
1992 (Public Law 102–575; 106 Stat. 4708), a 
contract or agreement entered into pursuant to 
this section shall not be treated as a new or 
amended contract; and 
(B) none of the funds provided under this 
section shall be reimbursable or subject to 
matching or cost sharing requirements. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply 
to the study described in subsection (a)(15). 
(d) ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.—In providing funding 
for a project under this section, the Secretary shall comply 
with all applicable environmental laws, including— 
(1) the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 
(2) any obligations for fish, wildlife, or water 
quality protection in permits or licenses granted by 
a Federal agency or the State; and 
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(3) any applicable Federal or State laws (in-
cluding regulations). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Commissioner of Reclamation. 
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of California. 
(3) CVP.—The term ‘‘CVP’’ means the Central 
Valley Project. 
(4) DMC.—The term ‘‘DMC’’ means the Delta- 
Mendota Canal. 
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