I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4239 
To provide drought assistance to the State of California and other affected 
western States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 13, 2014 
Mr. HUFFMAN
(for himself, Mr. GEORGE
MILLER
of California, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mrs. NAPOLI-
TANO, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FARR, Ms. 
SPEIER, Mr. BERA of California, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 
PETERS of California, Mr. SWALWELL of California, and Mr. CART-
WRIGHT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, Agriculture, Energy and 
Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide drought assistance to the State of California 
and other affected western States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) As established in the Proclamation of a 
State of Emergency issued by the Governor of the 
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State of California on January 17, 2014, California 
is experiencing record dry conditions. Extremely dry 
conditions have persisted since 2012, 2014 is pro-
jected to become the driest year on record, and such 
dry conditions are likely to persist beyond this year 
and more regularly into the future. 
(2) The water supplies of the State of Cali-
fornia are at record-low levels, as indicated by a 
statewide average snowpack of 12 percent of the 
normal average for winter as of February 1, 2014. 
(3) The 2014 drought constitutes a serious 
emergency posing immediate and severe risks to 
human life and safety and to the environment 
throughout northern, central, and southern Cali-
fornia. 
(4) Federal law and implementing regulations 
directly authorize expedited decisionmaking proce-
dures and environmental and public review proce-
dures to enable timely and appropriate implementa-
tion of actions to respond to this type and severity 
of emergency. 
(5) The emergency requires an immediate and 
credible response that respects State, local, and trib-
al law. That the policies that respond to the drought 
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should not pit region against region, or stakeholders 
against one another. 
(6) It is the policy of the United States to re-
spect California’s coequal goals, established by the 
Delta Reform Act of 2009, of providing a more reli-
able water supply for California and protecting, re-
storing, and enhancing the Delta ecosystem. These 
coequal goals shall be achieved in a manner that 
protects and enhances the unique cultural, rec-
reational, natural resource, and agricultural values 
of the Delta as an evolving place. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CENTRAL
VALLEY
PROJECT.—The term 
‘‘Central Valley Project’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 3403 of the Central Valley Project 
Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4707). 
(2) KLAMATH PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Klamath 
Project’’ means the Bureau of Reclamation project 
in the States of California and Oregon— 
(A) as authorized under the Act of June 
17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093); and 
(B) as described in— 
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(i) title II of the Oregon Resource 
Conservation Act of 1996 (Public Law 
104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–532); and 
(ii) the Klamath Basin Water Supply 
Enhancement Act of 2000 (Public Law 
106–498; 114 Stat. 2221). 
(3) RECLAMATION PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Rec-
lamation Project’’ means a project constructed pur-
suant to the authorities of the reclamation laws and 
whose facilities are wholly or partially located in the 
State. 
(4) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 
means— 
(A) the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency; 
(B) the Secretary of Commerce; and 
(C) the Secretary of the Interior. 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of California, and any other State where the Gov-
ernor declares a State of drought emergency in cal-
endar year 2014. 
(6) STATE WATER PROJECT.—The term ‘‘State 
Water Project’’ means the water project described 
by California Water Code section 11550 et seq., and 
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operated by the California Department of Water Re-
sources. 
SEC. 3. EMERGENCY PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In response to the declaration of 
a state of drought emergency by the Governor of the 
State, the Secretaries shall provide the maximum quantity 
of water supplies possible to Central Valley Project and 
Klamath Project agricultural, municipal and industrial, 
and refuge service and repayment contractors, State 
Water Project contractors, and any other locality or mu-
nicipality in the State consistent with existing law, includ-
ing among other things applicable laws and regulations, 
water quality standards, biological opinions, and court or-
ders. 
(b) MANDATE.—In carrying out subsection (a), the 
applicable agency heads described in that subsection shall, 
consistent with existing law, including among other things 
applicable laws and regulations, water quality standards, 
biological opinions, and court orders— 
(1) authorize and implement actions to provide 
for real time operations of the Delta Cross Channel 
Gates, with operations determined by the California 
State Water Resources Control Board, National Ma-
rine Fisheries Service, and California Department of 
Fish and Wildlife to provide water supply, water 
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quality, and ecosystem benefits for the duration of 
the State’s drought emergency declaration; 
(2) collect data associated with the operation of 
the Delta Cross Channel Gates described in para-
graph (1) and its impact on species listed as threat-
ened or endangered under the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), water quality, 
and water supply; 
(3) implement turbidity monitoring and control 
strategies that may allow for increased water deliv-
eries while avoiding potential jeopardy to adult delta 
smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) due to entrain-
ment at Central Valley Project and State Water 
Project pumping plants; 
(4) implement the San Joaquin River inflow to 
export ratio called for in the biological opinion 
issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service on 
June 4, 2009, including the drought provisions of 
that biological opinion. If inflows from the San Joa-
quin River as measured at Vernalis fall below the 
level that would permit exports to meet public health 
and safety needs, exports may exceed the ratio, con-
sistent with the biological opinion; 
(5) allow North of Delta water service contrac-
tors with unused 2013 Central Valley Project con-
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tract supplies to take delivery of those unused sup-
plies through April 15, 2014, if— 
(A) the contractor requests the extension; 
and 
(B) the requesting contractor certifies 
that, without the extension, the contractor 
would have insufficient supplies to adequately 
meet water delivery obligations; 
(6) maintain all rescheduled water supplies held 
in the San Luis Reservoir and Millerton Reservoir 
for all water users for delivery in the immediately 
following contract water year unless precluded by 
reservoir storage capacity limitations; 
(7) to the maximum extent possible based on 
the availability of water and without causing land 
subsidence— 
(A) meet the contract water supply needs 
of Central Valley Project refuges through the 
improvement or installation of wells to use 
ground water resources of suitable water qual-
ity, which activities may be accomplished by 
using funding made available under section 4 of 
this Act or the Water Assistance Program of 
the WaterSMART program of the Department 
of the Interior; 
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(B) make a quantity of Central Valley 
Project surface water obtained from the meas-
ures implemented under subparagraph (A) 
available to Central Valley Project contractors; 
and 
(C) to assist in meeting incremental Level 
4 needs of CVP refuges, purchase water from 
willing sellers using funding made available 
under section 4 of this Act or the Water Assist-
ance Program or the WaterSMART program of 
the Department of the Interior; 
(8) make WaterSMART grant funding adminis-
tered by the Bureau of Reclamation available for eli-
gible projects within the State on a priority and ex-
pedited basis— 
(A) to provide emergency drinking and 
municipal water supplies to localities in a quan-
tity necessary to meet public health and safety 
needs; 
(B) to reduce water demand on irrigated 
lands; 
(C) to minimize economic losses resulting 
from drought conditions; and 
(D) to provide innovative water conserva-
tion tools and technology for agriculture and 
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urban water use that can have immediate water 
supply benefits; 
(9) require the Commissioner of Reclamation, 
in conjunction with the chief of the Natural Re-
sources Conservation Service, to identify projects in 
the State that do not need Federal or State permit-
ting which can maximize water use efficiencies, 
prioritized by the cost effectiveness of the efficiencies 
gained, to inform the funding provided under sub-
section (3)(b)(10); 
(10) for reserve works only, authorize any an-
nual operation and maintenance deficits owed to the 
Federal Government and incurred due to delivery of 
contract water supplies to a Central Valley Project 
or Klamath Project agricultural or municipal water 
service contractor during each fiscal year the State 
emergency drought declaration is in force, to be re-
paid to the Federal Government over a period of not 
less than 3 years at the project interest rate, not-
withstanding section 106 of Public Law 99–546 
(100 Stat. 3052); 
(11) issue proposed rules to update stormwater 
regulations for urban (municipal) and suburban run-
off sources, including strong green infrastructure- 
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based requirements for retention of stormwater run-
off; 
(12) approve petitions requesting the EPA to 
use its residual designation authority to require com-
mercial, industrial, and institutional land uses to 
control runoff that contributes pollution to rivers, 
lakes, and beaches; 
(13) issue guidance on use of rainwater cap-
ture, including technical guidance on treatment 
needs and options for different end uses, to better 
promote use of rainwater capture and on-site reuse; 
and 
(14) implement authorized proposals to upgrade 
or replace hydropower turbines that improve cold 
water fish habitat at Central Valley Project facili-
ties. 
(c) OTHER AGENCIES.—To the extent that they have 
any role in approving projects to increase water supply 
projects under subsections (a) and (b), the provisions of 
this section shall apply to all other Federal agencies. 
(d) ACCELERATED PROJECT DECISION AND ELE-
VATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Upon the request of the 
State, the heads of Federal agencies shall use the 
expedited procedures under this subsection to make 
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final decisions relating to a Federal project to pro-
vide additional water supplies pursuant to sub-
sections (a) and (b), consistent with existing law, in-
cluding among other things applicable laws and reg-
ulations, water quality standards, biological opinions, 
court orders, and section 7 of this Act. 
(2) REQUEST FOR RESOLUTION.—Upon the re-
quest of the State, the head of an agency referred 
to in subsection (a) or the head of another Federal 
agency responsible for carrying out a review of a 
project, as applicable, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall convene a final project decision meeting with 
the heads of all relevant Federal agencies to decide 
whether to approve a project to provide emergency 
water supplies. 
(3) DECISION.— 
(A) The Secretary of the Interior shall 
hold a meeting requested under this subsection 
within 7 days of receiving the meeting request; 
and 
(B) the head of the relevant Federal agen-
cy shall issue a final decision on the project 
within 10 days of the meeting request. 
(4) NOTIFICATION.—Upon receipt of a request 
for a meeting under this subsection, the Secretary of 
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the Interior shall notify the heads of all relevant 
Federal agencies of the request, including the 
project to be reviewed and the date for the meeting. 
(5) CONVENTION
BY
SECRETARY.—The Sec-
retary may convene a final project decision meeting 
under this subsection at any time, at the discretion 
of the Secretary, regardless of whether a meeting is 
requested under paragraph (2). 
(e) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 
under this section expires on the date on which the Gov-
ernor of the State suspends the state of drought emer-
gency declaration or the end of 2016, whichever is earlier. 
SEC. 4. EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—There is hereby appropriated 
for fiscal year 2014, out of any money in the Treasury 
not 
otherwise 
appropriated, 
a 
total 
amount 
of 
$255,000,000, to remain available until the end of the pe-
riod during which the State’s emergency drought designa-
tion is in effect, to be allocated among the following pur-
poses: 
(1) For ‘‘Department of the Interior—Bureau 
of Reclamation—Water and Related Resources’’ for 
eligible projects within the State, on a priority and 
expedited basis, that— 
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(A) create drought-tolerant water supplies 
by implementing water reclamation and reuse 
projects authorized under title XVI of Public 
Law 102–575; and 
(B) optimize and conserve water supplies 
through the WaterSMART program, includ-
ing— 
(i) by replacing water consuming 
products or functions with waterless de-
vices or technologies that perform the same 
function; and 
(ii) by installing districtwide or on- 
farm water efficiency and conservation 
technologies, including behavioral water ef-
ficiency, system modernizations including 
leak repair and SCADA systems, and other 
technologies that have been proven to pro-
vide improvements in water use efficiency 
through the verification of a third party; 
and 
(iii) water efficiency projects for man-
aged wetlands to improve water conveyance 
infrastructure, level ponds to reduce the 
amount of water required to flood them, or 
install water recirculation systems. 
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(2) For assistance under the Reclamation 
States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 
U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) and any other applicable Fed-
eral law (including regulations) for the optimization 
and conservation of water supplies to assist drought- 
plagued areas of the West. Such assistance may in-
clude— 
(A) the installation of ground water wells 
as requested by the managers of wildlife ref-
uges; 
(B) the purchase or assistance in the pur-
chase of water from willing sellers; 
(C) conservation projects providing water 
supply benefits in the short term and reducing 
demand in the long term; 
(D) exchanges with any water districts 
willing to provide water to meet other districts’ 
emergency water needs in return for the future 
delivery of equivalent amounts of water in the 
same year or in future years; 
(E) maintenance of cover crops to prevent 
public health impacts from severe dust storms; 
(F) emergency pumping projects for crit-
ical health and safety purposes; 
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(G) the use of new or innovative water on- 
farm conservation technologies or methods that 
may assist in sustaining permanent crops in 
areas with severe water shortages; 
(H) technical assistance to improve exist-
ing irrigation practices to provide water supply 
benefits; and 
(I) activities to mitigate the impacts of the 
drought and this Act on threatened and endan-
gered fish and wildlife. 
(3) For ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Rural 
Utilities Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal 
Program Account’’, not less than $5,000,000 for the 
cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants for 
the rural water, wastewater, and waste disposal pro-
grams authorized by sections 306 and 310B or de-
scribed in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act within the State. 
(4) For ‘‘Environmental Protection Agency— 
State and Tribal Assistance Grants’’— 
(A) not less than $30,000,000 for capital-
ization grants for the Clean Water State Re-
volving Funds under title VI of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et 
seq.) within the State; and 
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(B) not less than $15,000,000 for capital-
ization grants for the Drinking Water State Re-
volving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12) with-
in the State. 
(5) For ‘‘Department of Justice—Drug En-
forcement 
Administration’’, 
not 
less 
than 
$3,000,000 for the Domestic Cannabis Eradication 
and Suppression Program to assist State or local 
law enforcement agencies in the suppression of can-
nabis operations that are conducted on public lands 
or that intentionally trespass on the property of an-
other that also divert, redirect, obstruct, drain, or 
impound water supply. 
(6) For ‘‘Land and Water Conservation Fund’’, 
not less than $50,000,000 shall be provided to the 
Department of the Interior and U.S. Forest Service 
for the implementation of projects under the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 in 
drought-affected States that reduce fire risk, im-
prove water quality or downstream water quantity, 
or expand ground water recharge capacity. 
(b) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The amount under 
this section is designated by Congress as being for emer-
gency requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
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the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)). 
SEC. 5. DROUGHT PLANNING ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture, act-
ing through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
shall provide water supply planning assistance in prepara-
tion for and in response to dry, critically dry, and below 
normal water year types to any water agency in the State 
who has requested it. 
(b) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) hydrological forecasting; 
(2) assessment of water supply sources under 
different water year classification types; 
(3) identification of alternative water supply 
sources; 
(4) guidance on potential water transfer part-
ners; 
(5) technical assistance regarding Federal and 
State permits and contracts under the Act of Feb-
ruary 21, 1911 (36 Stat. 925, chapter 141) (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Warren Act’’); 
(6) installation of districtwide or on-farm water 
efficiency and conservation technologies, including 
behavioral water efficiency, system modernizations 
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including leak repair and SCADA systems, and 
other technologies that have been proven to provide 
improvements in water use efficiency through the 
verification of a third party; 
(7) technical assistance regarding emergency 
provision of water supplies for critical health and 
safety purposes; and 
(8) activities carried out in conjunction with the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
the National Integrated Drought Information Sys-
tem, and the State partners of the National Inte-
grated Drought Information System under the Na-
tional Integrated Drought Information System Act 
of 2006 (15 U.S.C. 313d)— 
(A) to collect and integrate key indicators 
of drought severity and impacts; and 
(B) to produce and communicate timely 
monitoring and forecast information to local 
and regional communities, including the San 
Joaquin Valley, the Delta, the Central Coast, 
the Klamath River Basin, and the Trinity River 
Basin. 
SEC. 6. FISHERIES DISASTER DECLARATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce shall 
treat the Proclamation of a State Emergency and associ-
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ated Executive order issued by the Governor of California 
on January 17, 2014, as a request for the Secretary to 
determine under sections 312(a) and 315 of the Magnu-
son-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1861a(a) and 1864) that there is a commercial 
fisheries failure and catastrophic regional fishery disaster, 
respectively, for fisheries that originate in the State of 
California. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that if the drought conditions continue as pro-
jected and negatively impact the fisheries originating in 
the State of California, and the communities and indus-
tries that depend on them, then the Secretary— 
(1) should look favorably upon such request; 
and 
(2) should immediately propose regulations to 
provide disaster assistance, funds, and other assist-
ance under, and otherwise implement, such sections 
with respect to such request, to ensure timely relief 
for impacted parties. 
SEC. 7. EMERGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS. 
To minimize the time spent carrying out environ-
mental reviews and to deliver water quickly that is needed 
to address emergency drought conditions in the State, if 
necessary, the head of each applicable Federal agency 
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shall, in carrying out this Act, consult with the Council 
on Environmental Quality in accordance with section 
1506.11 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (includ-
ing successor regulations) to develop alternative arrange-
ments to comply with the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) during the emer-
gency. 
SEC. 8. STATE REVOLVING FUNDS. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, in allocating amounts for each of the fiscal years 
during which the State’s emergency drought declaration 
is in force to State water pollution control revolving funds 
established under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) and the State drink-
ing water treatment revolving loan funds established 
under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–12), shall, for those projects that are eligible 
to receive assistance under section 603 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383) or section 
1452(a)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–12(a)(2)), respectively, that the State determines 
will provide additional water supplies most expeditiously 
to areas that are at risk of having an inadequate supply 
of water for public health and safety purposes or to im-
prove resiliency to drought— 
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(1) require the State to review and prioritize 
funding for such projects; 
(2) issue a determination of waivers within 30 
days of the conclusion of the informal public com-
ment period pursuant to section 436(c) of title IV of 
division G of Public Law 113–76; and 
(3) authorize, at the request of the State, 40- 
year 
financing 
for 
assistance 
under 
section 
603(d)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(2)) or section 1452(f)(2) of 
the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j– 
12(f)(2)). 
SEC. 9. FORECASTED. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Fixing Operations of Reservoirs to Encompass Climatic 
and Atmospheric Science Trends for Emergency Droughts 
Act’’ or the ‘‘FORECASTED Act’’. 
(b) REVIEW OF RESERVOIR OPERATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as specified in sub-
section (c), not later than 1 year after a request of 
a non-Federal sponsor of a reservoir, the Secretary 
of the Army, in consultation with the Administrator 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration (NOAA), shall review its operation, including 
the water control manual and rule curves, using im-
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proved weather forecasts and run-off forecasting 
methods, including the Advanced Hydrologic Pre-
diction System of the National Weather Service and 
the Hydrometeorology Testbed program of NOAA. 
(2) DESCRIPTION
OF
BENEFITS.—In con-
ducting the review under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall determine if a change in operations, in-
cluding the use of improved weather forecasts and 
run-off forecasting methods, will improve one or 
more of the core functions of the Army Corps of En-
gineers, including— 
(A) reducing risks to human life, public 
safety, and property; 
(B) reducing the need for future disaster 
relief; 
(C) improving local water storage capa-
bility and reliability in coordination with the 
non-Federal sponsor and other water users; 
(D) restoring, protecting, or mitigating the 
impacts of a water resources development 
project on the environment; or 
(E) improving fish species habitat or popu-
lation within the boundaries and downstream of 
a water resources project. 
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(3) RESULTS REPORTED.—Not later than 90 
days after completion of the review under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress 
regarding the results of such review. 
(4) MANUAL
UPDATE.—As expeditiously as 
practicable and not later than 3 years after submis-
sion of the report under subsection (c), and pursu-
ant to the procedures required under existing au-
thorities, if the Secretary determines from the re-
sults of the review that using improved weather and 
run-off forecasting methods improves one or more 
core functions of the Army Corps of Engineers at a 
reservoir, the Secretary shall incorporate such 
changes in its operation and update the water con-
trol manual. 
(c) EMERGENCY PROJECTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the declaration by the 
Governor of a State declaring a drought emergency, 
the Secretary of the Army in implementing this Act 
shall use no more than 90 days in complying with 
all provisions of this Act, including subsection (b)(1) 
and subsection (b)(4), and shall make use of the 
emergency provisions of the Council on Environ-
mental Quality guidelines under part 1506.11 of 
title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations in com-
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plying with the National Environmental Policy Act 
to minimize time spent in environmental reviews to 
the greatest extent possible in order to deliver water 
quickly that is necessary to address emergency 
drought conditions. 
(2) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—Authority 
under this subsection shall terminate on the date on 
which the Governor of the State referred to in sub-
section (a) suspends the drought emergency declara-
tion. 
SEC. 10. COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW REGARDING 
GROUND WATER MONITORING AND AGRICUL-
TURAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING. 
(a) GROUND WATER MONITORING.—None of the 
funds made available in this Act to any water program 
within the State of California may be made available to 
an entity if such entity is not in compliance with the provi-
sions of the State of California’s Statewide Groundwater 
Elevation Monitoring program authorized by SBX7–6, en-
acted in November 2009. 
(b) AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN-
NING.—None of the funds made available in this Act to 
any water program within the State of California may be 
made available to any Central Valley Project irrigation 
contractor if such entity does not meet agricultural water 
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management planning requirements established by SBX7– 
7, enacted in November 2009. 
SEC. 11. EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL AGRICULTURE DIS-
ASTER APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, as soon as practicable after the 
date of enactment of this Act, out of any funds in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as 
the ‘‘Secretary’’) for the emergency conservation 
program established under title IV of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) 
and the emergency watershed protection program es-
tablished under section 403 of the Agricultural 
Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) $100,000,000, 
to remain available until the end of the period dur-
ing which the State’s emergency drought designation 
is in effect, to be divided among each applicable pro-
gram as the Secretary determines to be appro-
priate— 
(A) to provide to agricultural producers 
and other eligible entities affected by the 2014 
drought assistance upon declaration of a nat-
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