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Union Calendar No. 254
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3077
[Report No. 106–435]
To amend the Act that authorized construction of the San Luis unit of
the Central Valley Project, California, to facilitate water transfers in
the Central Valley Project.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 14, 1999
Mr. DOOLEY of California (for himself, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. CONDIT, and
Mr. THOMAS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
NOVEMBER 2, 1999
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
A BILL
To amend the Act that authorized construction of the San
Luis unit of the Central Valley Project, California, to
facilitate water transfers in the Central Valley Project.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF
SAN
LUIS
UNIT
FACILITIES
FOR
WATER
TRANSFERS
IN
THE
CENTRAL
VALLEY
PROJECT.
(a) ELIMINATION OF STATUTORY RESTRICTIONS.—
Public Law 86–488 (74 Stat. 156) is amended—
(1) in section 2 by striking ‘‘and the use of the
additional capacity for water service shall be limited
to service outside of the Federal San Luis unit serv-
ice area’’; and
(2) in section 3 by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon at the end of paragraph (h), by striking the
semicolon at the end of paragraph (i) and inserting
a period, and by striking paragraph (j).
(b) AMENDMENT OF EXISTING AGREEMENTS.—The
Secretary of the Interior—
(1) shall seek to amend each agreement entered
into by the United States and the State of California
under section 2 of Public Law 88–488 before the
date of the enactment of this Act, as necessary to
delete from such agreement any restriction on water
service for lands in the Federal San Luis unit serv-
ice area; and
(2) pending such amendment, shall not enforce
any such restriction.
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF
SAN 
LUIS 
UNIT 
FACILITIES 
FOR 
WATER
TRANSFERS 
IN 
THE 
CENTRAL 
VALLEY
PROJECT.
(a) ELIMINATION
OF STATUTORY RESTRICTIONS.—
Public Law 86–488 (74 Stat. 156) is amended—
(1) in section 2 by striking ‘‘and the use of the
additional capacity for water service shall be limited
to service outside of the Federal San Luis unit service
area’’; and
(2) in section 3 by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon at the end of paragraph (h), by striking the
semicolon at the end of paragraph (i) and inserting
a period, and by striking paragraph (j).
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR DELIVERY INSIDE FEDERAL
SERVICE AREA.—Such Act is further amended—
(1) in section 2 by inserting ‘‘(subject to section
9)’’ after ‘‘a perpetual right to the use of such addi-
tional capacity’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 9. The State of California may not, under sec-
tion 2, use additional capacity to deliver water inside the
Federal San Luis unit service area unless—
‘‘(1) such delivery is managed so as to ensure
that—
‘‘(A) agricultural drainage discharges aris-
ing from use of the delivered water—
‘‘(i) comply with any waste discharge
requirements issued for such discharges; or
‘‘(ii) if there are no such waste dis-
charge requirements, do not cause water
quality conditions in the San Joaquin
River and the Sacramento-San Joaquin
Delta and San Francisco Bay to be de-
graded or otherwise adversely affected; and
‘‘(B) use of the delivered water for irriga-
tion does not frustrate or interfere with efforts by
the United States and the State of California to
manage agricultural subsurface drainage dis-
charges from the San Luis unit; and
‘‘(2) such delivery is consistent with those provi-
sions of operating agreements between the Secretary
and the Department of Water Resources of the State
of California that are consistent with this Act.’’.
(c) AMENDMENT
OF EXISTING AGREEMENTS.—The
Secretary of the Interior—
(1) shall seek to amend each agreement entered
into by the United States and the State of California
under section 2 of Public Law 88–488 before the date
of the enactment of this Act, as necessary to delete
from such agreement restrictions on use of additional
capacity for water service for land in the Federal San
Luis unit service area that are not consistent with the
amendments made by this Act; and
(2) pending such amendment, shall not enforce
any such restriction.
Union Calendar No. 254
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3077
[Report No. 106–435]
A BILL
To amend the Act that authorized construction of
the San Luis unit of the Central Valley Project,
California, to facilitate water transfers in the
Central Valley Project.
NOVEMBER 2, 1999
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed