the funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and 
a brief description of the activity for which the award is 
made. 
(c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect 
to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au-
thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 
multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 
a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 
(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment is funded for the full period of performance as 
anticipated at the time of award; or 
(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment includes a clause conditioning the Federal Gov-
ernment’s obligation on the availability of future 
year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress at least 3 days in advance. 
(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 
the amounts made available by this title shall be expended 
as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and ac-
tivities specified in the ‘‘House Recommended’’ column in 
the ‘‘Department of Energy’’ table included under the 
heading ‘‘Title III—Department of Energy’’ in the report 
accompanying this Act.
(e) The amounts made available by this title may be 
reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and 
the Department shall notify, and obtain the prior approval 
of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed 
reprogramming that would cause any program, project, or 
activity funding level to increase or decrease by more than 
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the 
time period covered by this Act. 
(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that— 
(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; 
(2) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 
or restricted by this Act; or 
(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act. 
(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re-
quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 
use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 
if compliance with such requirement or restriction would
pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 
welfare, or national security. 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 
waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 
not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 
a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. 
Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 
risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver. 
(h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
provided for activities in this Act may be available to the 
same appropriation accounts for such activities established 
pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged 
with funds in the applicable established accounts and 
thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same 
time period as originally enacted. 
SEC. 302. Funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this 
Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 
authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) 
during fiscal year 2024 until the enactment of the Intel-
ligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024. 
SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for the construction of facilities classi-
fied as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 
830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Of-
fice of Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in 
compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 
SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical 
decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or 
any successive departmental guidance, for construction 
projects 
where 
the 
total 
project 
cost 
exceeds 
$100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate 
has been developed for the project for that critical deci-
sion. 
SEC. 305. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to support a grant allocation award, dis-
cretionary grant award, or cooperative agreement that ex-
ceeds $100,000,000 in Federal funding unless the project 
is carried out through internal independent project man-
agement procedures. 
SEC. 306. No funds shall be transferred directly from 
‘‘Department of Energy—Power Marketing Administra-
tion—Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund, 
Western Area Power Administration’’ to the general fund 
of the Treasury in the current fiscal year. 
SEC. 307. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force an energy efficiency standard that increases effi-
ciency standards on distribution transformers, including 
the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program: 
Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Trans-
formers’’ published by the Department of Energy in the 
Federal Register on January 11, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 
1722) or any substantially similar rule. 
SEC. 308. Notwithstanding section 301(c) of this Act, 
none of the funds made available under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Energy—Energy Programs—Science’’ may 
be used for a multiyear contract, grant, cooperative agree-
ment, or Other Transaction Agreement of $5,000,000 or 
less unless the contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or 
Other Transaction Agreement is funded for the full period 
of performance as anticipated at the time of award. 
SEC. 309. (a) Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
made available to the Department of Energy under each 
heading in title III of division J of Public Law 117–58, 
an amount equal to the amount transferred from each 
such heading as of the date of enactment of this Act pur-
suant to section 303 of Public Law 117–58 shall be trans-
ferred on October 1, 2023, to the Office of the Inspector 
General of the Department of Energy to oversee the funds 
made available to the Department of Energy in Public 
Law 117–58: Provided, That any amounts so transferred
that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concur-
rent resolution on the budget are designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(b) Beginning on October 1, 2023, of the amounts 
made available to the Department of Energy under each 
of sections 50121, 50141, 50142, 50143, 50144, 50145, 
50151, 50152, 50153, and 50161 of Public Law 117–169, 
two-tenths of one percent of such amounts shall be trans-
ferred to the Office of the Inspector General of the De-
partment of Energy to oversee the funds made available 
to the Department of Energy in Public Law 117–169: 
Provided, That amounts so transferred shall be derived 
from the unobligated balances of amounts under each such 
section. 
(c) Section 303 of Public Law 117–58 is amended 
by— 
(1) striking ‘‘One-tenth’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) Ex-
cept as provided in subsection (b), one-tenth’’; and 
(2) adding at the end the following new provi-
sion:
‘‘(b) Beginning on October 1, 2023, of the 
amounts made available to the Department of 
Energy under each heading in this title in this 
Act, two-tenths of one percent of such amounts 
in each of fiscal years 2024 through 2026 shall 
be transferred to the Office of the Inspector 
General of the Department of Energy to over-
see the funds made available to the Department 
of Energy in this title in this Act: Provided, 
That any amounts so transferred that were pre-
viously designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 or a concurrent resolution on the budget 
are designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.’’ 
SEC. 310. (a) Notwithstanding sections 161 and 167 
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6241, 6247), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and 
sell one million barrels of refined petroleum product from 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve during fiscal year 2024. 
(b) All proceeds from such sale shall be deposited into 
the general fund of the Treasury during fiscal year 2024.
(c) Upon the completion of such sale, the Secretary 
shall carry out the closure of the Northeast Gasoline Sup-
ply Reserve. 
(d)(1) The Secretary of Energy may not establish any 
new regional petroleum product reserve unless funding for 
the proposed regional petroleum product reserve is explic-
itly requested in advance in an annual budget submission 
and approved by the Congress in an appropriations Act. 
(2) The budget request or notification shall in-
clude— 
(A) the justification for the new reserve; 
(B) a cost estimate for the establishment, 
operation, and maintenance of the reserve, in-
cluding funding sources; 
(C) a detailed plan for operation of the re-
serve, including the conditions upon which the 
products may be released; 
(D) the location of the reserve; and 
(E) the estimate of the total inventory of 
the reserve. 
SEC. 311. Of the authority made available in Public 
Law 117–328 for the Title 17 Innovative Technology 
Loan Guarantee Program for commitments to guarantee 
loans for eligible projects under title XVII of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005, a total principal of $15,000,000,000 
is hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 312. (a) Of the unobligated balances from 
amounts made available in section 50131 of Public Law 
117–169, $1,000,000,000 are hereby permanently re-
scinded. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
available in section 50122 of Public Law 117–169, 
$4,500,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
(c) Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
available in section 50123 of Public Law 117–169, 
$200,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 313. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be expended to sup-
port the Department of Energy Justice40 initiative as de-
fined by or required by Executive Order 14008. 
SEC. 314. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to draw down and sell petroleum prod-
ucts from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (1) to any enti-
ty that is under the ownership, control, or influence of 
the Chinese Communist Party; or (2) except on condition 
that such petroleum products will not be exported to the 
People’s Republic of China. 
SEC. 315. The funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Energy in this Act shall be applied in a manner
consistent with subtitle D of title VI of the Research and 
Development, Competition, and Innovation Act (enacted 
as division B of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (Public Law 117– 
167; 42 U.S.C. 19231 et seq.)). 
SEC. 316. (a) Of the unobligated amounts available 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro-
grams—Nuclear Energy’’ in division J of the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) for 
fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026, the following are avail-
able, in addition to amounts otherwise made available for 
these purposes: 
(1) (A) $2,400,000,000 for Advanced Nuclear 
Fuel Availability, of which $800,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available in each of 
fiscal years 2024, 2025, 2026. 
(B) Funds available under subparagraph 
(A) shall only be available if a law is enacted 
after May 1, 2023, that specifically authorizes 
a program for the Secretary of Energy to sup-
port the availability of low-enriched uranium, 
including high-assay low-enriched uranium, for 
civilian domestic research, development, dem-
onstration, and commercial use. 
(2) $1,197,000,000 to carry out the ongoing 
demonstration project under the Advanced Small
Modular 
Reactor 
RD&D 
program, 
of 
which 
$399,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available in each of fiscal years 2024, 2025, 
and 2026. 
(b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this paragraph 
that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concur-
rent resolution on the budget are designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 317. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or 
enforce the proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation 
Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer 
Conventional Cooking Products; Supplemental Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking and announcement of public meet-
ing’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 6818; published February 1, 2023) 
with respect to energy conservation standards for gas 
kitchen ranges and ovens, or any substantially similar 
rule, including any rule that would directly or indirectly 
limit consumer access to gas kitchen ranges or ovens.
TITLE IV 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au-
thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 
1965, as amended, and for expenses necessary for the 
Federal Co-Chairman and the Alternate on the Appa-
lachian Regional Commission, for payment of the Federal 
share of the administrative expenses of the Commission, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $200,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Fa-
cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 
by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public 
Law 100–456, section 1441, $45,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, of which not to exceed 
$1,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Au-
thority and to carry out its activities, as authorized by
the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwith-
standing sections 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, 
$31,100,000, to remain available until expended. 
DENALI COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission 
including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of 
plant and capital equipment as necessary and other ex-
penses, $17,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 
306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, 
That funds shall be available for construction projects for 
which the Denali Commission is the sole or primary fund-
ing source in an amount not to exceed 80 percent of total 
project cost for distressed communities, as defined by sec-
tion 307 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (division 
C, title III, Public Law 105–277), as amended by section 
701 of appendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113 (113 
Stat. 1501A–280), and an amount not to exceed 50 per-
cent for non-distressed communities: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding 
payment of a non-Federal share in connection with a 
grant-in-aid program, amounts under this heading shall 
be available for the payment of such a non-Federal share 
for any project for which the Denali Commission is not
the sole or primary funding source, provided that such 
project is consistent with the purposes of the Commission. 
NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $40,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, 
notwithstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United 
States Code. 
SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent 
Regional Commission in carrying out activities authorized 
by subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $20,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
SOUTHWEST BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary for the Southwest Border Re-
gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $5,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
GREAT LAKES AUTHORITY 
For expenses necessary for the Great Lakes Author-
ity in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of 
title 40, United States Code, $5,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Commission in car-
rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 
of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
$960,560,450 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000), including official representation expenses not 
to exceed $30,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, not 
more than $10,350,720 may be made available for sala-
ries, travel, and other support costs for the Office of the 
Commission, to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided further, That revenues from licensing fees, 
inspection services, and other services and collections esti-
mated at $807,727,130 in fiscal year 2024 shall be re-
tained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this 
account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount 
of revenues received during fiscal year 2024 so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $152,833,320. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, $18,648,340, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025: Provided, That revenues from 
licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 
collections estimated at $15,481,566 in fiscal year 2024 
shall be retained and be available until September 30, 
2025, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 
notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 
Code: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received dur-
ing fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2024 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than 
$3,166,774: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-
priated under this heading, $1,534,900 shall be for In-
spector General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board. 
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Tech-
nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 
203, section 5051, $4,064,000, to be derived from the Nu-
clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 
2025.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 
AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 
comply with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of 
its Internal Commission Procedures when responding to 
Congressional requests for information, consistent with 
Department of Justice guidance for all Federal agencies. 
SEC. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this 
title for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be re-
programmed for any program, project, or activity, and the 
Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 
to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 
cause any program funding level to increase or decrease 
by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
during the time period covered by this Act. 
(b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may 
waive the notification requirement in subsection (a) if 
compliance with such requirement would pose a substan-
tial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or na-
tional security. 
(2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as prac-
ticable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the
activity to which a requirement or restriction would other-
wise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation 
of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 
such waiver and shall provide a detailed report to the 
Committees of such waiver and changes to funding levels 
to programs, projects, or activities. 
(c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and 
(d), the amounts made available by this title for ‘‘Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be 
expended as directed in the report accompanying this Act. 
(d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure through a reprogramming of funds that in-
creases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 
Act. 
(e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress, which includes the following for each program, 
project, or activity, including any prior year appropria-
tions— 
(1) total budget authority; 
(2) total unobligated balances; and 
(3) total unliquidated obligations.
TITLE V—WATER FOR CALIFORNIA 
SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS. 
In Subtitle A through Subtitle D, the following defini-
tions apply: 
(1) CVP.—The term ‘‘CVP’’ means the Central 
Valley Project. 
(2) CVP CONTRACTOR.—The term ‘‘CVP con-
tractor’’ means any public water agency, water user 
organization, or person that has entered into a con-
tract with the United States for water service from 
the CVP, whether in the form of a water service 
contract, repayment contract, water rights settle-
ment contract, exchange contract, or refuge con-
tract. 
(3) FWS
BIOLOGICAL
OPINION.—The term 
‘‘FWS Biological Opinion’’ means the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service ‘‘Biological Opinion for the 
Reinitiation of Consultation on the Coordinated Op-
erations of the Central Valley Project and State 
Water Project’’ (Service File No. 08FBTD00–2019– 
F–0164) signed on October 21, 2019. 
(4) NOAA
BIOLOGICAL
OPINION.—The term 
‘‘NOAA Biological Opinion’’ means the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries 
‘‘Biological Opinion on the Long-term Operation of
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
Subtitle A—CVP and SWP Operations 
SEC. 511. OPERATION OF THE CVP AND SWP. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTION REGARDING CVP 
AND SWP OPERATIONS.—The CVP and the SWP shall be 
operated, and reporting shall be done, in accordance with 
the Preferred Alternative and FWS Biological Opinion 
and NOAA Biological Opinion. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Operation of the CVP and SWP 
shall proceed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, 
except: 
(1) to the extent changes to operations are un-
dertaken pursuant to one or more agreements, which 
are voluntarily entered into, approved, and imple-
mented by CVP contractors, for operations of the 
CVP, and SWP contractors, for operations of the 
SWP, with all applicable Federal departments and 
the State of California, including any agency or 
board of the State of California; or 
(2) to the extent changes in operations of the 
CVP, SWP, or both can be made while improving 
the supply of water available to CVP contractors, 
SWP contractors, or both.
(c) COSTS.—No cost, including water supply, finan-
cial, mintigation-related, or otherwise, associated with the 
implementation of any agreement under subsection (b)(1) 
or the implementation of any reoperation under subsection 
(b)(2) shall be imposed by any Federal department or 
agency or the State of California, including any agency 
or board of the State of California, directly or indirectly 
on any CVP contractor, SWP contractor, or any other per-
son or entity, unless such costs are incurred on a voluntary 
basis. 
(d) NO REDIRECTED ADVERSE IMPACTS.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior and Secretary of Commerce shall 
not carry out any specific action authorized under the ap-
plicable provisions of this subtitle that would directly or 
through State agency action indirectly result in the invol-
untary reduction of water supply to an individual, district, 
or agency that has in effect a contract for water with the 
SWP or the CVP, including settlement, exchange, and ref-
uge contracts, and Friant Division contracts. 
(e) ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT.—Notwithstanding 
subsection (b), implementation of subsection (a) shall not 
conflict with the FWS Biological Opinion and the NOAA 
Biological Opinion. 
(f) NATIVE SPECIES PROTECTION.—The State of 
California shall not impose any bag, catch, or size restric-
tion or limit on the take or harvest of striped bass or any 
species of black bass, including largemouth bass, 
smallmouth bass, and spotted bass, that occupy the Sac-
ramento-San Joaquin Rivers Delta or its tributaries. 
SEC. 512. OPERATIONS AND REVIEWS. 
In carrying out section 511(a), the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Commerce shall implement 
their statutory authorities in a manner that improves 
water supply reliability and enables the CVP and SWP 
to provide the maximum quantity of water supplies prac-
ticable to CVP agricultural, municipal, and industrial con-
tractors, water service or repayment contractors, water 
rights settlement contractors, exchange contractors, ref-
uge contractors, and SWP contractors, in accordance with 
the Preferred Alternative, NOAA Biological Opinion, and 
FWS Biological Opinion. 
SEC. 513. APPLICATION OF STATE LAWS. 
(a) REDUCED WATER SUPPLY.—If, as a result of the 
application of applicable State law or regulation, the State 
of California (including any agency or board of the State 
of California) alters operation of the SWP in a manner 
that directly or indirectly results in reduced water supply 
to the SWP as compared with the water supply available 
under the Preferred Alternative, and as a result, CVP 
yield is greater than it otherwise would have been under
the Preferred Alternative, then that additional yield shall 
be made available to the SWP for delivery to SWP Con-
tractors to offset that reduced water supply. If it is nec-
essary to reduce water supplies for any authorized uses 
of the CVP or CVP Contractors to make available to the 
SWP that additional yield, such reductions shall be ap-
plied proportionately to those authorized uses or CVP con-
tractors that benefit from that increased yield. 
(b) 
NO
RESTRICTION
OF
CERTAIN
WATER 
RIGHTS.—The State of California (including any agency 
or board of the State of California) shall not restrict the 
exercise of any water right obtained pursuant to State law, 
including but not limited to a pre-1914 appropriative right 
or riparian right in order to offset any impact resulting 
from the implementation of this subtitle on any species 
affected by operations of the CVP or the SWP. 
(c) NO INVOLUNTARY WATER REDUCTION.—The 
State of California (including any agency or board of the 
State of California), the Secretary of the Interior and Sec-
retary of Commerce shall not take any action related to 
operation of the CVP or SWP that would directly or indi-
rectly result in the involuntary reduction of water supply 
to any CVP agricultural, municipal and industrial con-
tractor, water service or repayment contractor, water 
rights settlement contractor, exchange contractor, refuge
contractor or any SWP contractor, as compared to the 
water supply available under the Preferred Alternative; 
and nothing in this section is intended to modify, amend, 
or affect any of the rights and obligations of the parties 
to such contracts. 
SEC. 514. RECONSULTATION OF NOAA BIOLOGICAL 
OPINION AND FWS BIOLOGICAL OPINION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR RECONSULTATION.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Unless action is taken 
pursuant to section 101(b), neither the Secretary of 
the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the 
Bureau of Reclamation, nor the Secretary of Com-
merce, or their designees shall commence, complete, 
or request reinitiation of consultation on the coordi-
nated long-term operation of the Central Valley 
Project and the State Water Project that will result 
in changes to or the replacement of the documents 
listed in paragraph (2) unless— 
(A) more than 75 percent of California has 
experienced 4 consecutive years of D3 or D4 
level drought, as defined by the U.S. Drought 
Monitor; 
(B) the Commissioner of the Bureau of 
Reclamation identifies one specific factor or
combination of factors under section 402.16 of 
title 50, Code of Federal Regulations; and 
(C) not fewer than 120 days before offi-
cially commencing or requesting reinitiation, the 
Secretary of the Interior notifies the Committee 
on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate, in writing, 
of— 
(i) the intent to commence or request 
reinitiation under this section; and 
(ii) the detailed justification for the 
identification of the specific factor or com-
bination of factors under section 402.16 of 
title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, that 
was identified to satisfy the requirement in 
subparagraph (B). 
(2) DOCUMENTS.—The documents referred to 
in paragraph (1) are the following: 
(A) The FWS Biological Opinion. 
(B) The NOAA Biological Opinion. 
(C) The Record of Decision for the Reiniti-
ation of Consultation on the Coordinated Long- 
Term Modified Operations of the Central Valley