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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4126
To support the California-Federal (CALFED) Bay-Delta Program in develop-
ing, funding, and implementing a balanced, long-term solution to the
problems of ecosystem quality, water quality, water supply and reliability,
and system vulnerability affecting the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-
San Joaquin Delta Watershed (the Bay-Delta) in California.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 19, 1996
Mr. BAKER
of California (for himself, Mr. FAZIO
of California, Mr.
RADANOVICH, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. RIGGS, Mr. MATSUI, Mrs.
SEASTRAND, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. DREIER, Mr. FILNER, Mr.
KIM, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. CALVERT, Ms. HARMAN, Mr.
BILBRAY, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. STARK, Mr. PACKARD, Ms.
PELOSI, 
Mr. 
MCKEON, 
Ms. 
ESHOO, 
Mr. 
HORN, 
Mr. 
DIXON,
Mr. THOMAS, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. COX of California, Mr. CONDIT, Mr.
ROHRABACHER, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. DELLUMS,
Mr. HERGER, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. WATERS, Mr.
BERMAN, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. MARTINEZ, and Ms. MILLENDER-MCDON-
ALD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee
on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To support the California-Federal (CALFED) Bay-Delta
Program in developing, funding, and implementing a bal-
anced, long-term solution to the problems of ecosystem
quality, water quality, water supply and reliability, and
system vulnerability affecting the San Francisco Bay/
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Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed (the Bay-
Delta) in California.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. Short Title.
The Act may be cited as the ‘‘California Bay-Delta
Environmental Enhancement and Water Security Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM FUNDING.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For each
of the fiscal years 1998, 1999, and 2000, there are author-
ized to be appropriated an additional $143,300,000 for
both (1) the initial Federal share of the cost of developing
and implementing that portion of an ecosystem protection
plan for the Bay-Delta, referred to as ‘‘the Category III
program’’ emanating out of the document entitled ‘‘Prin-
ciples for Agreement on Bay-Delta Standards Between the
State of California and the Federal Government’’, dated
December 15, 1994, and, (2) the initial Federal share of
the cost of developing and implementing the ecosystem
restoration elements of the long-term CALFED Bay-Delta
Program, pursuant to the cost sharing agreement required
by section 78684.10 of California Senate Bill 900, Chap-
ter 135, Statutes of 1996, signed by the Governor of Cali-
fornia on July 11, 1996. Funds appropriated pursuant to
this section shall remain available until expended and shall
be administered in accordance with procedures established
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tion of program costs among beneficiary groups that the
CALFED Bay-Delta programs shall develop.
(d) To the extent not otherwise authorized, those
agencies and departments that are currently or subse-
quently become participants in the CALFED Bay-Delta
Program are hereby authorized to undertake the activities
and programs for which Federal cost sharing is provided
by this section. The United States shall immediately initi-
ate coordinated consultations and negotiations with the
State of California to expeditiously execute the cost-shar-
ing agreement required by section 78684.10 of California
Senate Bill 900, Chapter 135, Statutes of 1996, signed
by the Governor of California on July 11, 1996. Such ac-
tivities shall include, but not be limited to, planning, de-
sign, technical assistance and construction for ecosystem
restoration programs and projects.
SEC. 3. BUDGET CROSSCUT.
The Office of Management and Budget is directed to
submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations, as part of the President’s Fiscal Year 1998
Budget, an interagency budget crosscut that displays Fed-
eral spending for fiscal years 1993 through 1998 on eco-
system restoration and other purposes in the Bay-Delta
region, separately showing funding provided previously or
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requested under both pre-existing authorities and new au-
thorities granted by this Act.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Section 2 of this Act shall take effect on the date
of passage of California State Proposition 204.
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