ure is with respect to the taxpayer’s principal resi-
dence.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF WATER CONSERVATION OR 
EFFICIENCY MEASURE AND STORM WATER MANAGE-
MENT
MEASURE.—Section 136(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘ENERGY CONSERVATION 
MEASURE’’ in the heading thereof and inserting 
‘‘DEFINITIONS’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘IN
GENERAL’’ in the 
heading of paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘EN-
ERGY CONSERVATION MEASURE’’; and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (5) and by inserting after paragraph 
(1) the following: 
‘‘(2) WATER
CONSERVATION
OR
EFFICIENCY 
MEASURE.—For purposes of this section, the term 
‘water conservation or efficiency measure’ means any 
evaluation of water use, or any installation or modi-
fication of property, the primary purpose of which is 
to reduce consumption of water or to improve the 
management of water demand with respect to one or 
more dwelling units. 
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‘‘(3) STORM WATER MANAGEMENT MEASURE.— 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘storm water 
management measure’ means any installation or 
modification of property primarily designed to re-
duce or manage amounts of storm water with re-
spect to one or more dwelling units. 
‘‘(4) WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT MEASURE.— 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘wastewater 
management measure’ means any installation or 
modification of property primarily designed to man-
age wastewater (including septic tanks and cess-
pools) with respect to one or more dwelling units.’’. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 136(c)(5) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (as redesignated by 
paragraph (1)(C)) is amended by striking subpara-
graph (B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC UTILITY.—The term ‘public 
utility’ means a person engaged in the sale of 
electricity, natural gas, or water to residential, 
commercial, or industrial customers for use by 
such customers. 
‘‘(C) STORM
WATER
MANAGEMENT
PRO-
VIDER.—The term ‘storm water management 
provider’ means a person engaged in the provi-
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sion of storm water management measures to 
the public. 
‘‘(D) PERSON.—For purposes of subpara-
graphs (B) and (C), the term ‘person’ includes 
the Federal Government, a State or local gov-
ernment or any political subdivision thereof, or 
any instrumentality of any of the foregoing.’’. 
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) The heading for section 136 of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘AND WATER’’ after 
‘‘ENERGY’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘PROVIDED BY PUB-
LIC UTILITIES’’. 
(B) The item relating to section 136 in the 
table of sections of part III of subchapter B of 
chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and water’’ after 
‘‘Energy’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘provided by public 
utilities’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to amounts received after Decem-
ber 31, 2018. 
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(d) NO INFERENCE.—Nothing in this Act or the 
amendments made by this Act shall be construed to create 
any inference with respect to the proper tax treatment of 
any subsidy received directly or indirectly from a public 
utility, a storm water management provider, or a State 
or local government for any water conservation measure 
or storm water management measure before January 1, 
2022. 
SEC. 203. X-PRIZE FOR WATER TECHNOLOGY BREAK-
THROUGHS. 
(a) WATER TECHNOLOGY AWARD PROGRAM ESTAB-
LISHED.—The Secretary, working through the Bureau of 
Reclamation, shall establish a program to award prizes to 
eligible persons described in subsection (b) for achieve-
ment in one or more of the following applications of water 
technology: 
(1) Demonstration of wastewater and industrial 
process water purification for reuse or desalination 
of brackish water or seawater with significantly less 
energy than current municipally and commercially 
adopted technologies. 
(2) Demonstration of portable or modular de-
salination units that can process 1 to 5,000,000 gal-
lons per day that could be deployed for temporary 
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emergency uses in coastal communities or commu-
nities with brackish groundwater supplies. 
(3) Demonstration of significant advantages 
over current municipally and commercially adopted 
reverse osmosis technologies as determined by the 
board established under subsection (c). 
(4) Demonstration of significant improvements 
in the recovery of residual or waste energy from the 
desalination process. 
(5) Reducing open water evaporation. 
(b) ELIGIBLE PERSON.—An eligible person described 
in this subsection is— 
(1) an individual who is— 
(A) a citizen or legal resident of the 
United States; or 
(B) a member of a group that includes 
citizens or legal residents of the United States; 
(2) an entity that is incorporated and maintains 
its primary place of business in the United States; 
or 
(3) a public water agency. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF BOARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
a board to administer the program established under 
subsection (a). 
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(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The board shall be com-
posed of not less than 15 and not more than 21 
members appointed by the Secretary, of whom not 
less than 2 shall— 
(A) be a representative of the interests of 
public water districts or other public organiza-
tions with water delivery authority; 
(B) be a representative of the interests of 
academic organizations with expertise in the 
field of water technology, including desalination 
or water reuse; 
(C) be representative of a non-profit con-
servation organization; 
(D) have expertise in administering award 
competitions; and 
(E) be a representative of the Bureau of 
Reclamation of the Department of the Interior 
with expertise in the deployment of desalination 
or water reuse. 
(d) AWARDS.—Subject to the availability of appro-
priations, the board established under subsection (c) may 
make awards under the program established under sub-
section (a) as follows: 
(1) FINANCIAL PRIZE.—The board may hold a 
financial award competition and award a financial 
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award in an amount determined before the com-
mencement of the competition to the first competitor 
to meet such criteria as the board shall establish. 
(2) RECOGNITION PRIZE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The board may recog-
nize an eligible person for superlative achieve-
ment in 1 or more applications described in 
subsection (a). 
(B) NO FINANCIAL REMUNERATION.—An 
award under this paragraph shall not include 
any financial remuneration. 
(e) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) 
CONTRACTING.—The 
board 
established 
under subsection (c) may contract with a private or-
ganization to administer a financial award competi-
tion described in subsection (d)(1). 
(2) SOLICITATION OF FUNDS.—A member of 
the board or any administering organization with 
which the board has a contract under paragraph (1) 
may solicit gifts from private and public entities to 
be used for a financial award under subsection 
(d)(1). 
(3) LIMITATION
ON
PARTICIPATION
OF
DO-
NORS.—The board may allow a donor who is a pri-
vate person described in paragraph (2) to participate 
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in the determination of criteria for an award under 
subsection (d), but such donor may not solely deter-
mine the criteria for such award. 
(4) NO ADVANTAGE FOR DONATION.—A donor 
who is a private person described in paragraph (3) 
shall not be entitled to any special consideration or 
advantage with respect to participation in a financial 
award competition under subsection (d)(1). 
(f) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.—The Federal Gov-
ernment may not acquire an intellectual property right in 
any product or idea by virtue of the submission of such 
product or idea in any competition under subsection 
(d)(1). 
(g) LIABILITY.—The board established under sub-
section (c) may require a competitor in a financial award 
competition under subsection (d)(1) to waive liability 
against the Federal Government for injuries and damages 
that result from participation in such competition. 
(h) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each year, the board estab-
lished under subsection (c) shall submit to the relevant 
committees of Congress a report on the program estab-
lished under subsection (a). 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated sums for the program established 
under subsection (a) as follows: 
(A) For administration of prize competi-
tions under subsection (d), $750,000 for each 
fiscal year through fiscal year 2026. 
(B) For the awarding of a financial prize 
award under subsection (d)(1), in addition to 
any amounts received under subsection (e)(2), 
$5,000,000 for each fiscal year through fiscal 
year 2026. 
(2) 
AVAILABILITY.—Amounts 
appropriated 
under paragraph (1) shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
(j) WATER TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary, acting through the Bu-
reau of Reclamation, shall establish a program, pursuant 
to the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act (Public Law 102–575, title XVI), the 
Water Desalination Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–298), 
and other applicable laws, to promote the expanded use 
of technology for improving availability and resiliency of 
water supplies and power deliveries, which shall include— 
(1) investments to enable expanded and acceler-
ated deployment of desalination technology; and 
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(2) investments to enable expanded and acceler-
ated use of recycled water. 
(k) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each fis-
cal year through fiscal year 2026 for the Secretary to 
carry out the purposes and provisions of subsection (j). 
SEC. 204. STUDY EXAMINING SEDIMENT TRANSPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
make appropriate arrangements with the National Acad-
emies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (referred to 
in this section as the ‘‘National Academies’’) under which 
the National Academies shall conduct a study that— 
(1) examines existing science and management 
guidance related to methods for managing sediment 
transport from dam removal; 
(2) includes case studies where diverse inter-
ests, including hydroelectric, agricultural, conserva-
tion, and industry stakeholders work jointly with 
Tribal, State, and Federal government agencies to 
implement collaborative projects requiring sediment 
transport; and 
(3) identifies future research opportunities, re-
quirements, and recommendations related to the 
science and management guidance examined under 
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paragraph (1), including research opportunities, re-
quirements, and recommendations related to mod-
eling and quantifying sediment flows. 
(b) REPORT.—In entering into an arrangement under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall request that the Na-
tional Academies transmit to the Secretary and to Con-
gress a report not later than 36 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act that— 
(1) includes the results of the study and rel-
evant interpretations of the results; 
(2) provides recommendations for applying 
science in management and mitigation decisions re-
lating to dam removal; and 
(3) provides recommendations for improving fu-
ture research on the beneficial and adverse environ-
mental impacts of sediment transport from dam re-
moval and appropriate actions to mitigate such im-
pacts. 
SEC. 205. FEDERAL PRIORITY STREAMGAGES. 
(a) FEDERAL PRIORITY STREAMGAGES.—The Sec-
retary shall make every reasonable effort to make oper-
ational all streamgages identified as Federal Priority 
Streamgages by the United States Geological Survey not 
later than 10 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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(b) COLLABORATION WITH STATES.—The Secretary 
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, seek to leverage 
Federal investments in Federal Priority Streamgages 
through collaborative partnerships with States and local 
agencies that invest non-Federal funds to maintain and 
enhance gage networks to improve both environmental 
quality and water supply reliability. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $45,000,000 to carry 
out this section for each fiscal year through fiscal year 
2026. 
SEC. 206. STUDY EXAMINING CLIMATE VULNERABILITIES 
AT FEDERAL DAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
make appropriate arrangements with the National Acad-
emies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (referred to 
in this section as the ‘‘National Academies’’) under which 
the National Academies shall conduct an independent 
study to— 
(1) examine the projected impact of climate 
change on the safety of Bureau of Reclamation 
dams; and 
(2) evaluate and list the Bureau of Reclamation 
dams that are most vulnerable to climate change re-
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lated safety risks based on an assessment of climate 
change related impacts on— 
(A) the frequency of heavy precipitation 
events; and 
(B) other factors that influence the mag-
nitude and severity of flooding events including 
snow cover and snowmelt, vegetation, and soil 
moisture. 
(b) REPORT.—In entering into an arrangement under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall request that the Na-
tional Academies— 
(1) transmit to the Secretary and to the rel-
evant committees of Congress a report not later 
than 24 months after the date of the enactment of 
this Act that includes the results of the study; and 
(2) consider any previous studies or evaluations 
conducted or completed by the Bureau of Reclama-
tion or local water agencies on climate change im-
pacts to dams, facilities, and watersheds as a ref-
erence and source of information during the develop-
ment of the independent study. 
SEC. 207. INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION. 
The Secretary is directed to include as a priority for 
grants authorized under section 9504 of the Omnibus 
Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364), 
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the Water Conservation Field Services Program, and 
other water conservation grant programs, as appropriate, 
that help foster the adoption of technologies that can— 
(1) identify losses from water conveyance facili-
ties in a non-destructive manner that— 
(A) does not disrupt the conveyance of 
water supplies; and 
(B) provides comprehensive data on pipe-
line integrity, including leak and gas pocket de-
tection, for all pipeline materials; 
(2) provide real-time monitoring of weather pat-
terns and reservoir operations to improve flexibility, 
protect natural resources, increase resiliency, main-
tain temperature control, and ensure water supply 
reliability; 
(3) provide real-time data acquisition and anal-
ysis to improve predictive aquifer management, in-
cluding the improvement of recharge, storage, and 
stormwater management capabilities; 
(4) implement the use of real time sensors and 
forecast data to improve the management of other 
water infrastructure assets, including the identifica-
tion and prevention of impairments from inad-
equately 
treated 
agricultural 
or 
municipal 
wastewaters or stormwater; or 
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(5) improve water use efficiency and conserva-
tion, including through behavioral water efficiency, 
supervisory control and data acquisition systems, or 
other system modernizations. 
SEC. 208. FORECAST-INFORMED WATER CONTROL MANUAL 
UPDATES. 
Not less than $10,000,000 annually shall be used by 
the Army Corps of Engineers out of appropriated Oper-
ations and Maintenance funds to prepare for and process 
Water Control Manual Updates for forecast-informed 
water operations projects prioritizing regions impacted by 
Atmospheric Rivers and where improved forecast skill can 
improve water operations. Funds shall also be used to 
operationalize a forecast-informed water operations com-
patible component of the Corps Water Management Sys-
tem to process ensemble and synthetic forecasts to ensure 
continuous implementation of improvements in forecast 
skill for water operations. 
TITLE III—ECOSYSTEM PROTEC-
TION AND RESTORATION 
SEC. 301. WATERBIRD HABITAT CREATION PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF HABITAT CREATION PRO-
GRAM.—The Secretary shall establish a program to 
incentivize farmers to keep fields flooded during appro-
priate time periods for the purposes of waterbird habitat 
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creation and maintenance, including waterfowl and 
shorebird habitat creation and maintenance, provided 
that— 
(1) such incentives may not exceed $3,500,000 
annually, either directly or through credits against 
other contractual payment obligations; 
(2) the holder of a water contract receiving pay-
ments under this section pass such payments 
through to farmers participating in the program, 
less reasonable contractor costs, if any; and 
(3) the Secretary determines that habitat cre-
ation activities receiving financial support under this 
section will create new habitat that is not likely to 
be created without the financial incentives provided 
under this section. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $3,500,000 
for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2026 to carry out 
this section, to remain available until expended. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than October 1, 2022, and 
every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report summarizing the environmental per-
formance of activities that are receiving, or have received, 
assistance under the program authorized by this section. 
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SEC. 302. COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE FUND-
ING OF WATERSHED HEALTH PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and in accordance with 
this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the heads 
of relevant agencies, shall establish a competitive grant 
program to award grants to an eligible entity for habitat 
restoration projects that improve watershed health in a 
Reclamation State and accomplish one or more of the fol-
lowing benefits: 
(1) Ecosystem benefits. 
(2) Restoration of native species beyond exist-
ing or planned measures necessary to meet State or 
Federal laws for species recovery. 
(3) Protection against invasive species. 
(4) Restoration of aspects of the natural eco-
system. 
(5) Enhancement of commercial and rec-
reational fishing. 
(6) Enhancement of river-based recreation such 
as kayaking, canoeing, and rafting. 
(7) Mitigate against the impacts of climate 
change to fish and wildlife habitats. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In awarding a grant under 
subsection (a), the Secretary— 
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(A) shall give priority to a project that 
achieves more than one of the benefits listed in 
subsection (a); and 
(B) may not provide a grant for a project 
that is for the purpose of meeting existing envi-
ronmental mitigation or compliance obligations 
under State or Federal law. 
(2) COMPLIANCE.—A project awarded a grant 
under subsection (a) shall comply with all applicable 
Federal and State laws. 
(c) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a State, Indian 
Tribe, nonprofit conservation organization operating in a 
Reclamation State, irrigation district, water district, or 
other organization with water or power delivery authority. 
(d) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—Before the establish-
ment of the program under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall— 
(1) provide notice of and, for a period of not 
less than 90 days, an opportunity for public com-
ment on, any draft or proposed version of the pro-
gram requirements in accordance with this section; 
and 
(2) consider public comments received in devel-
oping the final program requirements. 
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(e) REPORT.—Not later than October 1, 2023, and 
every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report summarizing the environmental per-
formance of activities that are receiving, or have received, 
assistance under the program authorized by this section. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$150,000,000 for each fiscal year through fiscal year 
2026, to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 303. SUPPORT FOR REFUGE WATER DELIVERIES. 
(a) REPORT ON HISTORIC REFUGE WATER DELIV-
ERIES.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the rel-
evant committees of Congress and make publicly available 
a report that describes the following: 
(1) Compliance with section 3406(d)(1) and 
section 3406(d)(2) of the Central Valley Project Im-
provement Act (title XXXIV of Public Law 102– 
575) in each of years 1992 through 2018, including 
an indication of the amount of water identified as 
the Level 2 amount and incremental Level 4 amount 
for each wetland area. 
(2) The difference between the mandated quan-
tity of water to be delivered to each wetland habitat 
area described in section 3406(d)(2) and the actual 
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quantity of water delivered since October 30, 1992, 
including a listing of every year in which the full de-
livery of water to wetland habitat areas was achieved 
in accordance with Level 4 of the ‘‘Dependable 
Water Supply Needs’’ table, described in section 
3406(d)(2) of the Central Valley Project Improve-
ment Act (title XXXIV of Public Law 102–575). 
(3) Which of the authorities granted to the Sec-
retary under Public Law 102–575 to achieve the full 
Level 4 deliveries of water to wetland habitat areas 
was employed in achieving the increment of water 
delivery above the Level 2 amount for each wetland 
habitat area, including whether water conservation, 
conjunctive use, water purchases, water leases, dona-
tions, water banking, or other authorized activities 
have been used and the extent to which such au-
thorities have been used. 
(4) An assessment of the degree to which the 
elimination of water transaction fees for the dona-
tion of water rights to wildlife refuges would help 
advance the goals of the Central Valley Project Im-
provement Act (title XXXIV of Public Law 102– 
575). 
(b) PRIORITY CONSTRUCTION LIST.—The Secretary 
shall establish, through a public process and in consulta-
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tion with the Interagency Refuge Water Management 
Team, a priority list for the completion of the conveyance 
construction projects at the wildlife habitat areas de-
scribed in section 3406(d)(2) of the Central Valley Project 
Improvement Act (title XXXIV of Public Law 102–575), 
including the Mendota Wildlife Area, Pixley National 
Wildlife Refuge and Sutter National Wildlife Refuge. 
(c) ECOLOGICAL MONITORING
AND EVALUATION 
PROGRAM.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
shall design and implement an ecological monitoring and 
evaluation program, for all Central Valley wildlife refuges, 
that produces an annual report based on existing and 
newly collected information, including— 
(1) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
Animal Health Lab disease reports; 
(2) mid-winter waterfowl inventories; 
(3) nesting and brood surveys; 
(4) additional data collected regularly by the 
refuges, such as herptile distribution and abundance; 
(5) a new coordinated systemwide monitoring 
effort for at least one key migrant species and two 
resident species listed as threatened and endangered 
pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
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(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (including one warm-blood-
ed and one cold-blooded), that identifies population 
numbers and survival rates for the 3 previous years; 
and 
(6) an estimate of the bioenergetic food produc-
tion benefits to migrant waterfowl, consistent with 
the methodology used by the Central Valley Joint 
Venture, to compliment and inform the Central Val-
ley Joint Venture implementation plan. 
(d) ADEQUATE STAFFING FOR REFUGE WATER DE-
LIVERY OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall ensure that 
adequate staffing is provided to advance the refuge water 
supply delivery objectives under the Central Valley Project 
Improvement Act (title XXXIV of Public Law 102–575). 
(e) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated $25,000,000 to carry out subsections (a) through 
(d), which shall remain available until expended. 
(f) EFFECT ON OTHER FUNDS.—Amounts author-
ized under this section shall be in addition to amounts col-
lected or appropriated under the Central Valley Project 
Improvement Act (title XXXIV of Public Law 102–575). 
SEC. 304. DROUGHT PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS FOR 
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FISHERIES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FISHERIES.—The 
term ‘‘critically important fisheries’’ means— 
(A) commercially and recreationally impor-
tant fisheries located within the Reclamation 
States; 
(B) fisheries containing fish species that 
are listed as threatened or endangered pursuant 
to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) within the Reclamation 
States; or 
(C) fisheries used by Indian Tribes within 
the Reclamation States for ceremonial, subsist-
ence, or commercial purposes. 
(2) QUALIFIED
TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT.—The 
term ‘‘qualified Tribal Government’’ means any gov-
ernment of an Indian Tribe that the Secretary deter-
mines— 
(A) is involved in fishery management and 
recovery activities including under the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.); or 
(B) has the management and organiza-
tional capability to maximize the benefits of as-
sistance provided under this section. 
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(b) DROUGHT PLAN FOR CRITICALLY IMPORTANT 
FISHERIES.—Not later than January 1, 2022, and every 
three years thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
shall, in consultation with the National Marine Fisheries 
Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Army Corps of 
Engineers, State fish and wildlife agencies, and affected 
Indian Tribes, prepare a plan to sustain the survival of 
critically important fisheries within the Reclamation 
States during future periods of extended drought. The 
plan shall focus on actions that can aid the survival of 
critically important fisheries during the driest years. In 
preparing such plan, the Director shall consider— 
(1) habitat restoration efforts designed to pro-
vide drought refugia and increased fisheries resil-
ience during droughts; 
(2) relocating the release location and timing of 
hatchery fish to avoid predation and temperature 
impacts; 
(3) barging of hatchery release fish to improve 
survival and reduce straying; 
(4) coordination with water users, the Bureau 
of Reclamation, State fish and wildlife agencies, and 
interested public water agencies regarding voluntary 
water transfers, including through groundwater sub-
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stitution activities, to determine if water releases can 
be collaboratively managed in a way that provides 
additional benefits for critically important fisheries 
without negatively impacting wildlife habitat; 
(5) hatchery management modifications, such 
as expanding hatchery production of fish during the 
driest years, if appropriate for a particular river 
basin; 
(6) hatchery retrofit projects, such as the in-
stallation and operation of filtration equipment and 
chillers, to reduce disease outbreaks, egg mortality 
and other impacts of droughts and high water tem-
peratures; 
(7) increasing rescue operations of upstream 
migrating fish; 
(8) improving temperature modeling and related 
forecasted information to predict water management 
impacts to the habitat of critically important fish-
eries with a higher degree of accuracy than current 
models; 
(9) testing the potential for parentage-based 
tagging and other genetic testing technologies to im-
prove the management of hatcheries; 
(10) programs to reduce predation losses at ar-
tificially created predation hot spots; and 
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(11) retrofitting existing water facilities to pro-
vide improved temperature conditions for fish. 
(c) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Director of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall provide for a public 
comment period of not less than 90 days before finalizing 
a plan under subsection (a). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISH 
RECOVERY EFFORTS.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated $25,000,000 for the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service for fiscal year 2022 for fish, stream, and 
hatchery activities related to fish recovery efforts, includ-
ing work with the National Marine Fisheries Service, the 
Bureau of Reclamation, the Army Corps of Engineers, 
State fish and wildlife agencies, or a qualified Tribal Gov-
ernment. 
(e) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section is intended to 
expand, diminish, or affect any obligation under Federal 
or State environmental law. 
SEC. 305. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE FISHERIES RESTORA-
TION AND IRRIGATION MITIGATION ACT OF 
2000. 
Section 10(a) of the Fisheries Restoration and Irriga-
tion Mitigation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 777 note; Public 
Law 106–502) is amended by striking ‘‘$15 million 
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