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CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out activities authorized by the Calfed
Bay Delta Authorization Act, consistent with plans to be
approved by the Secretary of the Interior, $37,000,000, to
remain available until expended, of which such amounts as
may be necessary to carry out such activities may be trans-
ferred to appropriate accounts of other participating Fed-
eral agencies to carry out authorized purposes: Provided,
That funds appropriated herein may be used for the Federal
share of the costs of CALFED Program management: Pro-
vided further, That the use of any funds provided to the
California Bay-Delta Authority for program-wide manage-
ment and oversight activities shall be subject to the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That
CALFED implementation shall be carried out in a bal-
anced manner with clear performance measures dem-
onstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals and
objectives of the Program.
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and
related functions in the office of the Commissioner, the Den-
ver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau of
Reclamation, 
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended,
$57,917,000, to be derived from the Reclamation Fund and
be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377: Provided,
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That no part of any other appropriation in this Act shall
be available for activities or functions budgeted as policy
and administration expenses.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall
be available for purchase of not to exceed 14 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 11 are for replacement only.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to determine
the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for
the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary of
the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which
shall conform to the water quality standards of the State
of California as approved by the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental
effect of the San Luis drainage waters.
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro-
gram and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage
Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the Interior
as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully
repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program-Alternative Re-
payment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP-Alternative Repayment
Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repayment Report,
Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and San Joaquin
Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, prepared by
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the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation.
Any future obligations of funds by the United States relat-
ing to, or providing for, drainage service or drainage stud-
ies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by
San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such service or studies pur-
suant to Federal reclamation law.
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act may be used to
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to purchase or
lease water in the Middle Rio Grande or the Carlsbad
Projects in New Mexico unless said purchase or lease is in
compliance with the purchase requirements of section 202
of Public Law 106–60.
SEC. 203. Funds under this title for Drought Emer-
gency Assistance shall be made available primarily for leas-
ing of water for specified drought related purposes from
willing lessors, in compliance with existing State laws and
administered under State water priority allocation. Such
leases may be entered into with an option to purchase: Pro-
vided, That such purchase is approved by the State in
which the purchase takes place and the purchase does not
cause economic harm within the State in which the pur-
chase is made.
SEC. 204. The Secretary of the Interior, acting through
the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, hereafter
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is authorized to enter into grants, cooperative agreements,
and other agreements with irrigation or water districts and
States to fund up to 50 percent of the cost of planning,
designing, and constructing improvements that will con-
serve water, increase water use efficiency, or enhance water
management through measurement or automation, at exist-
ing water supply projects within the States identified in
the Act of June 17, 1902, as amended, and supplemented:
Provided, That when such improvements are to federally
owned facilities, such funds may be provided in advance
on a non-reimbursable basis to an entity operating affected
transferred works or may be deemed non-reimbursable for
non-transferred works: Provided further, That the calcula-
tion of the non-Federal contribution shall provide for con-
sideration of the value of any in-kind contributions, but
shall not include funds received from other Federal agencies:
Provided further, That the cost of operating and maintain-
ing such improvements shall be the responsibility of the
non-Federal entity: Provided further, That this section shall
not supercede any existing project-specific funding author-
ity: Provided further, That the Secretary is also hereafter
authorized to enter into grants or cooperative agreements
with universities or non-profit research institutions to fund
water use efficiency research.
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SEC. 205. RIO GRANDE COLLABORATIVE WATER OP-
ERATIONS TEAM. The Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation,
and the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Army
Corps of Engineers, shall jointly lead and may enter into
agreements with other Federal, State, and non-Federal enti-
ties with water rights in the Rio Grande Basin to form
a Collaborative Water Operations Team in order to cooper-
ate on water management and riparian actions in order
to optimize the supply of water throughout the basin and
meet other Federal obligations. The Rio Grande Collabo-
rative Water Operations Team shall undertake to develop
a master plan for the Rio Grande River and its tributaries
within the State of New Mexico that integrates all Federal
actions and where possible considers all non-Federal actions
for water management including improvement of agri-
culture efficiency, environmental restoration and manage-
ment, ecological improvements and management, scientific
investigations, flood control, recreation development and
similar water and land management efforts.
SEC. 206. WATER DESALINATION ACT. Section 8 of
Public Law 104–298 (The Water Desalination Act of 1996)
(110 Stat. 3624) as amended by section 210 of Public Law
108–7 (117 Stat. 146) and by section 6015 of Public Law
109–13 is amended by—