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to supplement instream flow within a river basin that has 
suffered a drought within the last two years. 
SEC. 452. The Commissioner of Reclamation is di-
rected to work with local water and irrigation districts in 
the Stanislaus River Basin to ascertain the water storage 
made available by the Draft Plan of Operations in New 
Melones Reservoir (DRPO) for water conservation pro-
grams, conjunctive use projects, water transfers, resched-
uled project water and other projects to maximize water 
storage and ensure the beneficial use of the water re-
sources in the Stanislaus River Basin. All such programs 
and projects shall be implemented according to all applica-
ble laws and regulations. The source of water for any such 
storage program at New Melones Reservoir shall be made 
available under a valid water right, consistent with the 
State water transfer guidelines and any other applicable 
State water law. The Commissioner shall inform the Con-
gress within 18 months setting forth the amount of stor-
age made available by the DRPO that has been put to 
use under this program, including proposals received by 
the Commissioner from interested parties for the purpose 
of this section. 
SEC. 453. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to make a Presidential declaration by 
public proclamation of a national monument under chap-
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ter 3203 of title 54, United States Code in the counties 
of Coconino, Maricopa, Mohave and Yavapai in the State 
of Arizona, in the counties of Modoc and Siskiyou in the 
State of California, in the counties of Chaffee, Conejos, 
Dolores, Moffat, Montezuma, and Park in the State of 
Colorado, in the counties of Carson City, Churchill, Clark, 
Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lincoln, 
Lyon, Nye, Pershing, Storey and Washoe in the State of 
Nevada, in the county of Otero in the State of New Mex-
ico, in the counties of Jackson, Josephine and, Malheur 
in the State of Oregon, in the counties of Beaver, Carbon, 
Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, 
Piute, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Tooele, Uintah, Wash-
ington, and Wayne in the State of Utah, or in the county 
of Penobscot in the State of Maine. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 454. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In-
terior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2017’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 491 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5538 
[Report No. 114–632] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior, environment, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and 
for other purposes. 
JUNE 21, 2016 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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