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Union Calendar No. 527 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4166 
[Report No. 113–696] 
To transfer recreational management authority for Lake Berryessa in the 
State of California from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Bureau 
of Land Management, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2014 
Mr. THOMPSON of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources 
DECEMBER 22, 2014 
Additional sponsors: Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. 
CROWLEY, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. HOYER, Mr. 
SCHOCK, Mr. HIMES, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. DEFA-
ZIO, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. PETERS of California, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 
Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, 
Mrs. NEGRETE MCLEOD, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. KEATING, Mr. SWALWELL 
of California, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, 
Ms. MATSUI, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. 
GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. ESTY, Ms. ESTY, Mr. BOUSTANY, 
Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. ISRAEL, 
Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. FARR, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. CONNOLLY, 
Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
PERLMUTTER, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. 
CASTRO of Texas, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Ms. 
KUSTER, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. 
CARNEY, Mr. BARROW of Georgia, Mr. ENYART, Mr. NEAL, Mr. 
CUELLAR, Mr. COOPER, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. FRANKEL of Flor-
ida, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
RANGEL, Ms. HAHN, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. 
GERLACH, Mr. BARBER, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. TONKO, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. 
GARCIA, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. OWENS, Mr. VELA, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. WAX-
MAN, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. BROUN
of Georgia, Mr. JONES, Mr. 
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GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. SES-
SIONS, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. NUNES, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. 
CONYERS, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. RAHALL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
O’ROURKE, Mr. COSTA, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. PETERS of Michigan, Mr. 
DEUTCH, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. CHU, Mr. TIBERI, 
Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. LATTA, Ms. FUDGE, Mrs. MCCARTHY of 
New York, Mr. COOK, Mr. MORAN, Mr. KIND, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. 
BUCHANAN, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. GARY G. MILLER 
of California, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. SCHIFF, Mrs. CAPPS, Mrs. DAVIS of 
California, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. WATERS, Ms. 
CLARK of Massachusetts, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. KING of 
New York, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. HUNTER, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. 
VARGAS, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. 
WESTMORELAND, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. HECK of Washington, 
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. BARLETTA, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of Cali-
fornia, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. 
TERRY, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. 
RUIZ, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HOLT, Ms. BASS, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 
LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. WOLF, Ms. 
DELBENE, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. PRICE of 
North Carolina, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. POLIS, 
Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. BERA 
of California, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. WELCH, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. SE-
WELL of Alabama, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 
CLAY, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. WALZ, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of 
New Mexico, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. SIRES, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. CAS-
TOR of Florida, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mr. 
PASTOR of Arizona, Ms. TITUS, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MCINTYRE, 
Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY 
of New York, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. POCAN, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. POE 
of Texas, Mr. COLE, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. DENT, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. 
MEEHAN, Mr. HANNA, Mr. COHEN, and Mr. LAMALFA 
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DECEMBER 22, 2014 
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] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 6, 2014] 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Lake Berryessa Recreation Enhancement Act of 2014’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings; purposes. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction. 
Sec. 5. Management of Recreation Area. 
Sec. 6. Continued authorities of Commissioner of Reclamation. 
Sec. 7. Existing authorizations. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the Monticello Dam— 
(A) was authorized by the Reclamation 
Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187); 
(B) resulted in the formation of Lake 
Berryessa; and 
(C) is operated by the Bureau of Reclama-
tion; 
(2) Lake Berryessa— 
(A) covers approximately 28,915 acres of 
surface water and land; 
(B) has 165 miles of shoreline; 
(C) has a 2,000 acre wildlife area on the 
east side; 
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(D) is located less than 100 miles from both 
Sacramento, California and San Francisco, 
California; and 
(E) has become an important regional 
recreation destination; and 
(3) the recreational use at Lake Berryessa gen-
erates tourism that is important to local economies. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to provide diverse, high quality recreational 
facilities and services on the water and land sur-
rounding Lake Berryessa; 
(2) to conserve the natural, scenic, scientific, his-
toric, economic, recreational, and other resource val-
ues contributing to the public use and enjoyment of 
that land and water; 
(3) to promote cooperation between the Federal 
Government and private entities to manage that ex-
ceptional resource; 
(4) to authorize the Secretary to manage certain 
resources under the Bureau of Land Management; 
and 
(5) to transfer administrative jurisdiction over 
certain Federal land for management as a unit of the 
Bureau of Land Management. 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DAM.—The term ‘‘Dam’’ means— 
(A) the Monticello Dam; and 
(B) any facility relating to the Monticello 
Dam. 
(2) RECREATION AREA.—The term ‘‘Recreation 
Area’’ means the Lake Berryessa Recreation Area des-
ignated by section 4(a). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of California. 
SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
there is established the Lake Berryessa Recreational Area, 
the boundaries of which are described in subsection (c). In 
administering the Recreation Area, the Secretary shall 
not— 
(1) diminish the levels of day-use occupancy, 
short-term occupancy and annual occupancy as set 
forth in the recreational use plan adopted by the Bu-
reau of Reclamation on June 2, 2006, for the Recre-
ation Area; 
(2) diminish motorized boating or alter the 
‘‘Water Surface Zoning and Restrictions’’ developed 
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under Action 17 of the 1993 Recreation Area Manage-
ment Plan Record of Decision and continued in the 
recreational use plan adopted by the Bureau of Rec-
lamation on June 2, 2006, for the Recreation Area; 
(3) close trails or limit recreational hiking and 
equine access to trails on lands in the Recreation 
Area; and 
(4) negatively impact hunting, fishing, shooting 
sports, or trapping on the lands and waters within 
the boundaries of the Recreation Area. 
(b) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION.— 
Administrative jurisdiction over the Federal land described 
in subsection (c), including any improvements thereon, is 
transferred from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Bureau 
of Land Management for administration of the Recreation 
Area. 
(c) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred to in 
subsection (a) is the approximately 30,221 acres of land ad-
ministered by the Bureau of Reclamation that is underlying 
or adjacent to Lake Berryessa and identified as ‘‘Lake 
Berryessa Reclamation Lands Solono Project’’ on the map 
dated September 15, 2014. 
SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT OF RECREATION AREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the authority of the Sec-
retary under section 6, the Secretary shall manage the 
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Recreation Area in accordance with sections 601 through 
604 of Public Law 93–493. 
(b) APPLICABLE
LAW.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, the Secretary shall administer the Recreation Area 
in accordance with laws (including regulations) applicable 
to units of the public lands of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment. 
(c) WATERS.—Nothing in this Act— 
(1) affects the use or allocation, in existence on 
the date of the enactment of this Act, of any water, 
water right, or interest in water; 
(2) affects any vested absolute or decreed condi-
tional water right in existence on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, including any water right held 
by the United States; 
(3) affects any interstate water compact in exist-
ence on the date of the enactment of this Act; 
(4) authorizes or imposes any new reserved Fed-
eral water rights; 
(5) relinquishes or reduces any water rights re-
served or appropriated by the United States in the 
State on or before the date of the enactment of this 
Act; 
(6) impairs the ability of the Bureau of Rec-
lamation and its managing partners to operate, 
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