describes the number of decisions of the Fed-
eral agency that remain outstanding as of the 
date of the additional notice. 
(4) INVOLVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC.—Nothing 
in this subsection reduces any time period provided 
for public comment in the environmental review 
process under applicable Federal law (including reg-
ulations). 
(5) TRANSPARENCY REPORTING.— 
(A) 
REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall establish and main-
tain an electronic database and, in coordination 
with other Federal and State agencies, issue re-
porting requirements to make publicly available 
the status and progress with respect to compli-
ance with applicable requirements of the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and any other Federal, 
State, or local approval or action required for a 
project study for which this section is applica-
ble. 
(B) PROJECT
STUDY
TRANSPARENCY.— 
Consistent with the requirements established 
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
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make publicly available the status and progress 
of any Federal, State, Tribal, or local decision, 
action, or approval required under applicable 
laws for each project study for which this sec-
tion is applicable. 
(i) ISSUE IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION.— 
(1) COOPERATION.—The Federal lead agency, 
the cooperating agencies, and any participating 
agencies shall work cooperatively in accordance with 
this section to identify and resolve issues that could 
delay completion of the environmental review process 
or result in the denial of any approval required for 
the project study under applicable laws. 
(2) FEDERAL
LEAD
AGENCY
RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal lead agen-
cy shall make information available to the co-
operating agencies and participating agencies as 
early as practicable in the environmental review 
process regarding the environmental and socio-
economic resources located within the project 
area and the general locations of the alter-
natives under consideration. 
(B) DATA
SOURCES.—The information 
under subparagraph (A) may be based on exist-
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ing data sources, including geographic informa-
tion systems mapping. 
(3) COOPERATING AND PARTICIPATING AGENCY 
RESPONSIBILITIES.—Based on information received 
from the Federal lead agency, cooperating and par-
ticipating agencies shall identify, as early as prac-
ticable, any issues of concern regarding the potential 
environmental or socioeconomic impacts of the 
project, including any issues that could substantially 
delay or prevent an agency from granting a permit 
or other approval that is needed for the project 
study. 
(4) ACCELERATED
ISSUE
RESOLUTION
AND 
ELEVATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—On the request of a 
participating or cooperating agency or project 
sponsor, the Secretary shall convene an issue 
resolution meeting with the relevant partici-
pating and cooperating agencies and the project 
sponsor or joint lead agency, as applicable, to 
resolve issues that may— 
(i) delay completion of the environ-
mental review process; or 
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(ii) result in denial of any approval re-
quired for the project study under applica-
ble laws. 
(B) MEETING DATE.—A meeting requested 
under this paragraph shall be held not later 
than 21 days after the date on which the Sec-
retary receives the request for the meeting, un-
less the Secretary determines that there is good 
cause to extend that deadline. 
(C) NOTIFICATION.—On receipt of a re-
quest for a meeting under this paragraph, the 
Secretary shall notify all relevant participating 
and cooperating agencies of the request, includ-
ing the issue to be resolved and the date for the 
meeting. 
(D) ELEVATION OF ISSUE RESOLUTION.— 
If a resolution cannot be achieved within the 
30-day period beginning on the date of a meet-
ing under this paragraph and a determination 
is made by the Secretary that all information 
necessary to resolve the issue has been ob-
tained, the Secretary shall forward the dispute 
to the heads of the relevant agencies for resolu-
tion. 
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(E) CONVENTION
BY
SECRETARY.—The 
Secretary may convene an issue resolution 
meeting under this paragraph at any time, at 
the discretion of the Secretary, regardless of 
whether a meeting is requested under subpara-
graph (A). 
(5) FINANCIAL PENALTY PROVISIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A Federal jurisdictional 
agency shall complete any required approval or 
decision for the environmental review process 
on an expeditious basis using the shortest exist-
ing applicable process. 
(B) FAILURE TO DECIDE.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.— 
(I) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—If a 
Federal jurisdictional agency fails to 
render a decision required under any 
Federal law relating to a project study 
that requires the preparation of an 
environmental impact statement or 
environmental assessment, including 
the issuance or denial of a permit, li-
cense, statement, opinion, or other ap-
proval by the date described in clause 
(ii), the amount of funds made avail-
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able to support the office of the head 
of the Federal jurisdictional agency 
shall be reduced by an amount of 
funding equal to the amount specified 
in item (aa) or (bb) of subclause (II), 
and those funds shall be made avail-
able to the division of the Federal ju-
risdictional agency charged with ren-
dering the decision by not later than 
1 day after the applicable date under 
clause (ii), and once each week there-
after until a final decision is rendered, 
subject to subparagraph (C). 
(II) AMOUNT
TO
BE
TRANS-
FERRED.—The amount referred to in 
subclause (I) is— 
(aa) $20,000 for any project 
study requiring the preparation 
of an environmental assessment 
or environmental impact state-
ment; or 
(bb) $10,000 for any project 
study requiring any type of re-
view under the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
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U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) other than 
an environmental assessment or 
environmental impact statement. 
(ii) DESCRIPTION
OF
DATE.—The 
date referred to in clause (i) is the later 
of— 
(I) the date that is 180 days 
after the date on which an application 
for the permit, license, or approval is 
complete; and 
(II) the date that is 180 days 
after the date on which the Federal 
lead agency issues a decision on the 
project under the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.). 
(C) LIMITATIONS.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—No transfer of 
funds under subparagraph (B) relating to 
an individual project study shall exceed, in 
any fiscal year, an amount equal to 1 per-
cent of the funds made available for the 
applicable agency office. 
(ii) FAILURE TO DECIDE.—The total 
amount transferred in a fiscal year as a re-
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sult of a failure by an agency to make a 
decision by an applicable deadline shall not 
exceed an amount equal to 5 percent of the 
funds made available for the applicable 
agency office for that fiscal year. 
(iii) 
AGGREGATE.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, for each fiscal 
year, the aggregate amount of financial 
penalties assessed against each applicable 
agency office under this Act and any other 
Federal law as a result of a failure of the 
agency to make a decision by an applicable 
deadline for environmental review, includ-
ing the total amount transferred under this 
paragraph, shall not exceed an amount 
equal to 9.5 percent of the funds made 
available for the agency office for that fis-
cal year. 
(D) NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFERS.—Not 
later than 10 days after the last date in a fiscal 
year on which funds of the Federal jurisdic-
tional agency may be transferred under sub-
paragraph (B)(5) with respect to an individual 
decision, the agency shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of the House of Representa-
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tives and the Senate written notification that 
includes a description of— 
(i) the decision; 
(ii) the project study involved; 
(iii) the amount of each transfer 
under subparagraph (B) in that fiscal year 
relating to the decision; 
(iv) the total amount of all transfers 
under subparagraph (B) in that fiscal year 
relating to the decision; and 
(v) the total amount of all transfers of 
the agency under subparagraph (B) in that 
fiscal year. 
(E) NO FAULT OF AGENCY.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—A transfer of funds 
under this paragraph shall not be made if 
the applicable agency described in subpara-
graph (A) notifies, with a supporting ex-
planation, the Federal lead agency, cooper-
ating agencies, and project sponsor, as ap-
plicable, that— 
(I) the agency has not received 
necessary information or approvals 
from another entity in a manner that 
affects the ability of the agency to 
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meet any requirements under Federal, 
State, or local law; 
(II) significant new information, 
including from public comments, or 
circumstances, 
including 
a 
major 
modification to an aspect of the 
project, requires additional analysis 
for the agency to make a decision on 
the project application; or 
(III) the agency lacks the finan-
cial resources to complete the review 
under the scheduled timeframe, in-
cluding a description of the number of 
full-time employees required to com-
plete the review, the amount of fund-
ing required to complete the review, 
and a justification as to why not 
enough funding is available to com-
plete the review by the deadline. 
(ii) 
LACK
OF
FINANCIAL
RE-
SOURCES.—If the agency provides notice 
under clause (i)(III), the Inspector General 
of the agency shall— 
(I) conduct a financial audit to 
review the notice; and 
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(II) not later than 90 days after 
the date on which the review described 
in subclause (I) is completed, submit 
to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate 
the results of the audit conducted 
under subclause (I). 
(F) LIMITATION.—The Federal agency 
from which funds are transferred pursuant to 
this paragraph shall not reprogram funds to the 
office of the head of the agency, or equivalent 
office, to reimburse that office for the loss of 
the funds. 
(G) EFFECT OF PARAGRAPH.—Nothing in 
this paragraph affects or limits the application 
of, or obligation to comply with, any Federal, 
State, local, or tribal law. 
(j) MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENTS FOR EARLY CO-
ORDINATION.— 
(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that— 
(A) the Secretary and other Federal agen-
cies with relevant jurisdiction in the environ-
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mental review process should cooperate with 
each other, State and local agencies, and Indian 
tribes on environmental review and Bureau of 
Reclamation project delivery activities at the 
earliest practicable time to avoid delays and du-
plication of effort later in the process, prevent 
potential conflicts, and ensure that planning 
and project development decisions reflect envi-
ronmental values; and 
(B) the cooperation referred to in subpara-
graph (A) should include the development of 
policies and the designation of staff that advise 
planning agencies and project sponsors of stud-
ies or other information foreseeably required for 
later Federal action and early consultation with 
appropriate State and local agencies and Indian 
tribes. 
(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—If requested at 
any time by a State or project sponsor, the Sec-
retary and other Federal agencies with relevant ju-
risdiction in the environmental review process, shall, 
to the maximum extent practicable and appropriate, 
as determined by the agencies, provide technical as-
sistance to the State or project sponsor in carrying 
out early coordination activities. 
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(3) MEMORANDUM OF AGENCY AGREEMENT.— 
If requested at any time by a State or project spon-
sor, the Federal lead agency, in consultation with 
other Federal agencies with relevant jurisdiction in 
the environmental review process, may establish 
memoranda of agreement with the project sponsor, 
Indian tribes, State and local governments, and 
other appropriate entities to carry out the early co-
ordination activities, including providing technical 
assistance in identifying potential impacts and miti-
gation issues in an integrated fashion. 
(k) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this section preempts 
or interferes with— 
(1) any obligation to comply with the provisions 
of any Federal law, including— 
(A) the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and 
(B) any other Federal environmental law; 
(2) the reviewability of any final Federal agency 
action in a court of the United States or in the court 
of any State; 
(3) any requirement for seeking, considering, or 
responding to public comment; or 
(4) any power, jurisdiction, responsibility, duty, 
or authority that a Federal, State, or local govern-
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mental agency, Indian tribe, or project sponsor has 
with respect to carrying out a project or any other 
provision of law applicable to projects. 
(l) TIMING OF CLAIMS.— 
(1) TIMING.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, a claim arising under 
Federal law seeking judicial review of a permit, 
license, or other approval issued by a Federal 
agency for a project study shall be barred un-
less the claim is filed not later than 3 years 
after publication of a notice in the Federal Reg-
ister announcing that the permit, license, or 
other approval is final pursuant to the law 
under which the agency action is taken, unless 
a shorter time is specified in the Federal law 
that allows judicial review. 
(B) APPLICABILITY.—Nothing in this sub-
section creates a right to judicial review or 
places any limit on filing a claim that a person 
has violated the terms of a permit, license, or 
other approval. 
(2) NEW INFORMATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
consider new information received after the 
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close of a comment period if the information 
satisfies the requirements for a supplemental 
environmental impact statement under title 40, 
Code of Federal Regulations (including suc-
cessor regulations). 
(B) SEPARATE ACTION.—The preparation 
of a supplemental environmental impact state-
ment or other environmental document, if re-
quired under this section, shall be considered a 
separate final agency action and the deadline 
for filing a claim for judicial review of the ac-
tion shall be 3 years after the date of publica-
tion of a notice in the Federal Register an-
nouncing the action relating to such supple-
mental environmental impact statement or 
other environmental document. 
(m) CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall— 
(A) survey the use by the Bureau of Rec-
lamation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs of 
categorical exclusions in projects since 2005; 
(B) publish a review of the survey that in-
cludes a description of— 
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(i) the types of actions that were cat-
egorically excluded or could be the basis 
for developing a new categorical exclusion; 
and 
(ii) any requests previously received 
by the Secretary for new categorical exclu-
sions; and 
(C) solicit requests from other Federal 
agencies and project sponsors for new categor-
ical exclusions. 
(2) NEW
CATEGORICAL
EXCLUSIONS.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, if the Secretary has identified a category of ac-
tivities that merit establishing a categorical exclusion 
that did not exist on the day before the date of en-
actment of this Act based on the review under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall publish a notice of 
proposed rulemaking to propose that new categorical 
exclusion, to the extent that the categorical exclusion 
meets the criteria for a categorical exclusion under 
section 1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (or successor regulation). 
(n) REVIEW
OF
PROJECT
ACCELERATION
RE-
FORMS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall— 
(A) assess the reforms carried out under 
this section; and 
(B) not later than 5 years and not later 
than 10 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, submit to the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives and 
the Committees on Energy and Natural Re-
sources and Indian Affairs of the Senate a re-
port that describes the results of the assess-
ment. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The reports under paragraph 
(1) shall include an evaluation of impacts of the re-
forms carried out under this section on— 
(A) project delivery; 
(B) compliance with environmental laws; 
and 
(C) the environmental impact of projects. 
(o) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT.—The Secretary 
shall establish a program to measure and report on 
progress made toward improving and expediting the plan-
ning and environmental review process. 
(p) CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS IN EMERGENCIES.— 
For the repair, reconstruction, or rehabilitation of a Bu-
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reau of Reclamation or Bureau of Indian Affairs project 
that is in operation or under construction when damaged 
by an event or incident that results in a declaration by 
the President of a major disaster or emergency pursuant 
to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Secretary 
shall treat such repair, reconstruction, or rehabilitation 
activity as a class of action categorically excluded from 
the requirements relating to environmental assessments or 
environmental impact statements under section 1508.4 of 
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regula-
tions), if the repair or reconstruction activity is— 
(1) in the same location with the same capacity, 
dimensions, and design as the original Bureau of 
Reclamation or Bureau of Indian Affairs project as 
before the declaration described in this section; and 
(2) commenced within a 2-year period begin-
ning on the date of a declaration described in this 
subsection. 
SEC. 6. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 1 of each 
year, the Secretary shall develop and submit to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committees on Energy and Natural Re-
sources and Indian Affairs of the Senate an annual report, 
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to be entitled ‘‘Report to Congress on Future Water 
Project Development’’, that identifies the following: 
(1) PROJECT
REPORTS.—Each project report 
that meets the criteria established in subsection 
(c)(1)(A). 
(2) PROPOSED
PROJECT
STUDIES.—Any pro-
posed project study submitted to the Secretary by a 
non-Federal interest pursuant to subsection (b) that 
meets 
the 
criteria 
established 
in 
subsection 
(c)(1)(A). 
(3) PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS.—Any proposed 
modification to an authorized water project or 
project study that meets the criteria established in 
subsection (c)(1)(A) that— 
(A) is submitted to the Secretary by a non- 
Federal interest pursuant to subsection (b); or 
(B) is identified by the Secretary for au-
thorization. 
(4) EXPEDITED COMPLETION OF REPORT AND 
DETERMINATIONS.—Any project study that was ex-
pedited and any Secretarial determinations under 
section 4 of this Act. 
(b) REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS.— 
(1) PUBLICATION.—Not later than May 1 of 
each year, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal 
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Register a notice requesting proposals from non- 
Federal interests for proposed project studies and 
proposed modifications to authorized projects and 
project studies to be included in the annual report. 
(2) DEADLINE FOR REQUESTS.—The Secretary 
shall include in each notice required by this sub-
section a requirement that non-Federal interests 
submit to the Secretary any proposals described in 
paragraph (1) by not later than 120 days after the 
date of publication of the notice in the Federal Reg-
ister in order for the proposals to be considered for 
inclusion in the annual report. 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—On the date of publication 
of each notice required by this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall— 
(A) make the notice publicly available, in-
cluding on the Internet; and 
(B) provide written notification of the pub-
lication to the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittees on Energy and Natural Resources and 
Indian Affairs of the Senate. 
(c) CONTENTS.— 
(1) PROJECT
REPORTS, PROPOSED
PROJECT 
STUDIES, AND PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS.— 
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(A) CRITERIA
FOR
INCLUSION
IN
RE-
PORT.—The Secretary shall include in the an-
nual report only those project reports, proposed 
project studies, and proposed modifications to 
authorized projects and project studies that— 
(i) are related to the missions and au-
thorities of the Bureau of Reclamation or 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 
(ii) require specific congressional au-
thorization, including by an Act of Con-
gress; 
(iii) have not been congressionally au-
thorized; 
(iv) have not been included in any 
previous annual report; and 
(v) if authorized, could be carried out 
by the Bureau of Reclamation or the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs. 
(B) DESCRIPTION OF BENEFITS.— 
(i) 
DESCRIPTION.—The 
Secretary 
shall describe in the annual report, to the 
extent applicable and practicable, for each 
proposed project study and proposed modi-
fication to an authorized water resources 
development project or project study in-
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cluded in the annual report, the benefits, 
as described in clause (ii), of each such 
study or proposed modification. 
(ii) BENEFITS.—The benefits (or ex-
pected benefits, in the case of a proposed 
project study) described in this clause are 
benefits to— 
(I) the protection of human life 
and property; 
(II) improvement to domestic ir-
rigated water and power supplies; 
(III) the national economy; 
(IV) the environment; or 
(V) the national security inter-
ests of the United States. 
(C) IDENTIFICATION
OF
OTHER
FAC-
TORS.—The Secretary shall identify in the an-
nual report, to the extent practicable— 
(i) for each proposed project study in-
cluded in the annual report, the non-Fed-
eral interest that submitted the proposed 
project study pursuant to subsection (b); 
and 
(ii) for each proposed project study 
and proposed modification to a project or 
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project study included in the annual re-
port, whether the non-Federal interest has 
demonstrated— 
(I) that local support exists for 
the proposed project study or pro-
posed modification to an authorized 
project or project study (including the 
surface water storage development 
project that is the subject of the pro-
posed feasibility study or the proposed 
modification to an authorized project 
study); and 
(II) the financial ability to pro-
vide the required non-Federal cost 
share. 
(2) TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary shall in-
clude in the annual report, for each project report, 
proposed project study, and proposed modification to 
a project or project study included under paragraph 
(1)(A)— 
(A) the name of the associated non-Fed-
eral interest, including the name of any non- 
Federal interest that has contributed, or is ex-
pected to contribute, a non-Federal share of the 
cost of— 
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(i) the project report; 
(ii) the proposed project study; 
(iii) the authorized project study for 
which the modification is proposed; or 
(iv) construction of— 
(I) the project that is the subject 
of— 
(aa) the water report; 
(bb) the proposed project 
study; or 
(cc) the authorized project 
study for which a modification is 
proposed; or 
(II) the proposed modification to 
a project; 
(B) a letter or statement of support for the 
water report, proposed project study, or pro-
posed modification to a project or project study 
from each associated non-Federal interest; 
(C) the purpose of the feasibility report, 
proposed feasibility study, or proposed modi-
fication to a project or project study; 
(D) an estimate, to the extent practicable, 
of the Federal, non-Federal, and total costs 
of— 
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(i) the proposed modification to an 
authorized project study; and 
(ii) construction of— 
(I) the project that is the subject 
of— 
(aa) the project report; or 
(bb) the authorized project 
study for which a modification is 
proposed, with respect to the 
change in costs resulting from 
such modification; or 
(II) the proposed modification to 
an authorized project; and 
(E) an estimate, to the extent practicable, 
of the monetary and nonmonetary benefits of— 
(i) the project that is the subject of— 
(I) the project report; or 
(II) the authorized project study 
for which a modification is proposed, 
with respect to the benefits of such 
modification; or 
(ii) the proposed modification to an 
authorized project. 
(3) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall in-
clude in the annual report a certification stating 
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that each feasibility report, proposed feasibility 
study, and proposed modification to a project or 
project study included in the annual report meets 
the criteria established in paragraph (1)(A). 
(4) APPENDIX.—The Secretary shall include in 
the annual report an appendix listing the proposals 
submitted under subsection (b) that were not in-
cluded in the annual report under paragraph (1)(A) 
and a description of why the Secretary determined 
that those proposals did not meet the criteria for in-
clusion under such paragraph. 
(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR INITIAL ANNUAL REPORT.— 
Notwithstanding any other deadlines required by this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall— 
(1) not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, publish in the Federal Register 
a notice required by subsection (b)(1); and 
(2) include in such notice a requirement that 
non-Federal interests submit to the Secretary any 
proposals described in subsection (b)(1) by not later 
than 120 days after the date of publication of such 
notice in the Federal Register in order for such pro-
posals to be considered for inclusion in the first an-
nual report developed by the Secretary under this 
section. 
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(e) PUBLICATION.—Upon submission of an annual 
report to Congress, the Secretary shall make the annual 
report publicly available, including through publication on 
the Internet. 
(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘project 
report’’ means a final feasibility report developed under 
the Reclamation Act of 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and all Acts 
amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. 
SEC. 7. APPLICABILITY OF THE WIIN ACT. 
Sections 3221 through 3226, 4007 and 4009 of the 
WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322) shall not apply to any 
project (as defined in section 2 of this Act). 
SEC. 8. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS. 
The following projects for water resources develop-
ment and conservation and other purposes, as identified 
in the following reports and correspondence are authorized 
to be carried out by the Secretary substantially in accord-
ance with the plans, and subject to the conditions, de-
scribed in the respective reports and correspondence des-
ignated in this section: 
State 
Name 
Date of 
Feasibility 
Report 
Estimated Costs 
WA 
Phase III of the 
Yakima River 
Basin Water 
Enhancement 
Project 
March 2, 2012 
Non-Federal: $500,000,000 
Federal: $237,100,000 
Total: $737,100,000 
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State 
Name 
Date of 
Feasibility 
Report 
Estimated Costs 
KS 
Equus Beds Di-
vision of the 
Wichita 
Project 
January 19, 
2010 
Non-Federal: $90,000,000 
Federal: $30,000,000 
Total: $120,000,000 
MT 
Musselshell-Ju-
dith Rural 
Water System 
July 31, 2015 
Non-Federal: $21,801,000 
Federal: $65,301,000 
Total: $87,102,000 
CA 
Shasta Lake 
Water Re-
sources Inves-
tigation 
July 29, 2015 
Non-Federal: $350,000 
Federal: $36,420,000 
Total: $36,770,000 
SEC. 9. DEAUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) PURPOSES; DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section 
are— 
(A) to identify $368,821,000 in Bureau of 
Reclamation projects and programs that are no 
longer feasible due to— 
(i) a lack of local support; 
(ii) a lack of available Federal or non- 
Federal resources; or 
(iii) an authorized purpose that is no 
longer relevant or feasible; 
(B) to establish an efficient and trans-
parent process for deauthorizing Bureau of 
Reclamation projects and programs that have 
failed to receive a minimum level of investment, 
thereby ensuring active projects can move for-
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ward while reducing the backlog of authorized 
projects; 
(C) to create an expedited and definitive 
process to deauthorize Reclamation projects and 
programs; 
(D) to allow the continued authorization of 
programs and projects that are feasible; and 
(E) to establish a process for identifying 
authorized Bureau of Reclamation projects and 
programs that are no longer— 
(i) in the Federal interest; or 
(ii) feasible. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(A) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of the Interior. 
(B) RECLAMATION
PROJECT
OR
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘Reclamation project and 
program’’ includes any project or program that 
is administered by the Bureau of Reclamation. 
(b) COMPREHENSIVE REPORTS.— 
(1) MINIMUM FUNDING LIST.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
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Representatives, and make available on a publicly 
accessible Internet website in a manner that is 
downloadable, searchable, and sortable, a list of— 
(A) reclamation programs that are author-
ized and for which funding was obligated dur-
ing the current fiscal year or any of the pre-
ceding 5 fiscal years; 
(B) projects or separable elements of 
projects authorized for construction for which 
funding has been obligated during the current 
fiscal year or any of the 5 preceding fiscal 
years; and 
(C) for each project or element of a project 
listed pursuant to subparagraph (B)— 
(i) the amount of funding obligated 
for each such project or separable element 
per fiscal year; 
(ii) the current phase of each such 
project or separable element; and 
(iii) the amount required to complete 
the current phase of each such project or 
separable element. 
(2) BACKLOG
REPORT.—With the report re-
quired under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
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sources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives, and 
make available on a publicly accessible Internet 
website in a manner that is downloadable, search-
able, and sortable, a list of— 
(A) programs that are authorized and for 
which funding was not obligated during the cur-
rent fiscal year or any of the preceding 5 fiscal 
years; 
(B) projects or separable elements that are 
authorized for construction but have not been 
completed; and 
(C) for each project or separable element 
listed pursuant to subparagraph (B)— 
(i) the date of authorization of the 
project or separable element, including any 
subsequent modifications to the original 
authorization; 
(ii) the original budget authority for 
the project or separable element; 
(iii) a brief description of the project 
or separable element; 
(iv) the estimated date of completion 
of the project or separable element; 
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(v) the estimated cost of completion of 
the project or separable element; and 
(vi) any amounts appropriated for the 
project or separable element that remain 
unobligated. 
(c) INTERIM DEAUTHORIZATION LIST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 
an interim deauthorization list that identifies each 
Reclamation program or project, or separable ele-
ment of a program or project, authorized 5 years 
prior to enactment of this Act, for which Federal 
and non-Federal funding was obligated to before the 
date of the enactment of this Act, but for which no 
Federal or non-Federal funds were obligated for the 
program, project, or separable element of the pro-
gram or project during the current fiscal year or any 
of the 5 preceding fiscal years. 
(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR PROJECTS RECEIVING 
FUNDS
FOR
POST-AUTHORIZATION
STUDY.—A 
project or separable element of a project may not be 
identified on the interim deauthorization list, or the 
final deauthorization list developed under subsection 
(d), if the project or separable element received Fed-
eral funding for a post-authorization study during 
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the current fiscal year or any of the 5 preceding fis-
cal years. 
(3) PUBLIC COMMENT AND CONSULTATION.— 
The Secretary shall solicit comments from the public 
and the Governors of each applicable State on the 
interim deauthorization list developed under para-
graph (1). The public comment period shall be 90 
days. 
(4) SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESS; 
PUBLICA-
TION.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
submission of the list required by subsection (b), the 
Secretary shall— 
(A) submit the interim deauthorization list 
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate and the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(B) publish the interim deauthorization list 
in the Federal Register. 
(d) FINAL DEAUTHORIZATION LIST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 
a final deauthorization list of each Reclamation pro-
gram or project, or separable element of a program 
or project, described in subsection (c)(1) that is 
identified pursuant to this subsection. 
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(2) DEAUTHORIZATION
AMOUNT.—The Sec-
retary shall include on the final deauthorization list 
projects and separable elements of projects that 
have, in the aggregate, an estimated Federal cost to 
complete that is at least $368,821,000. 
(3) IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECTS.— 
(A) SEQUENCING OF PROJECTS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
identify projects and separable elements of 
projects for inclusion on the final de-
authorization list according to the order in 
which the projects and separable elements 
of the projects were authorized, beginning 
with the earliest authorized projects and 
separable elements of projects and ending 
once the last project or separable element 
of a project necessary to meet the aggre-
gate amount under paragraph (2) is identi-
fied. 
(ii) FACTORS
TO
CONSIDER.—The 
Secretary may identify programs, projects, 
and separable elements of programs and 
projects for exclusion from the final de-
authorization list if the Secretary deter-
mines, on a case-by-case basis, that a 
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project or separable element of a project is 
critical for interests of the United States, 
based on the possible impact of the project 
or separable element of the project on pub-
lic health and safety, the national economy, 
or the environment. 
(iii) CONSIDERATION OF PUBLIC COM-
MENTS.—In making determinations under 
clauses (i) and (ii), the Secretary shall con-
sider any comments received under sub-
section (c)(3). 
(B) APPENDIX.—The Secretary shall in-
clude as part of the final deauthorization list an 
appendix that— 
(i) identifies each program, project, 
and separable element of a program or 
project on the interim deauthorization list 
developed under subsection (c) that is not 
included on the final deauthorization list; 
and 
(ii) describes the reasons why the pro-
gram, project, or separable element is not 
included. 
(4) SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESS; 
PUBLICA-
TION.—Not later than 120 days after the date on 
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which the public comment period under subsection 
(c)(3) expires, the Secretary shall— 
(A) submit the final deauthorization list 
and the appendix to the final deauthorization 
list to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(B) publish the final deauthorization list 
and the appendix to the final deauthorization 
list in the Federal Register. 
(e) DEAUTHORIZATION; CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
after the date that is 180 days after the date of sub-
mission of the final deauthorization report under 
subsection (d), a program, project, or separable ele-
ment of a program or project identified in the report 
is deauthorized, unless Congress passes a joint reso-
lution disapproving the final deauthorization report 
prior to the end of that period. 
(2) NON-FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTIONS.—A pro-
gram, project, or separable element of a program or 
project identified in the final deauthorization report 
under subsection (d) shall not be deauthorized under 
this subsection if, before the expiration of the 180- 
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day period referred to in paragraph (1), the non- 
Federal interest of the program, project, or sepa-
rable element of the project provides sufficient funds 
to complete the program, project, or separable ele-
ment of the project. 
(f) TREATMENT OF PROJECT MODIFICATIONS.—For 
purposes of this section, if an authorized water resources 
development program, project, or separable element of the 
program or project has been modified by an Act of Con-
gress, the date of authorization of the program, project, 
or separable element shall be deemed to be the date of 
the most recent modification. 
(g) EXEMPTION.—This subsection shall not apply to 
any project that would yield more than 200,000 acre-feet 
of water per year on average. 
Æ 
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