I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5217 
To provide for western water security, reliability, modernization, and 
abundance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2019 
Mr. MCCLINTOCK (for himself, Mr. MCCARTHY, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. 
CALVERT, Mr. NUNES, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. FULCHER, Mr. COOK, Mr. 
LAMALFA, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. GOSAR, and Mr. TIPTON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be sub-
sequently 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 for western water security, reliability, 
modernization, and abundance, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Optimization 
for the West Act’’ or the ‘‘WOW Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 
Sec. 1001. WIIN Act amendments. 
TITLE II—SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY WATER 
RELIABILITY ACT 
Subtitle A—Central Valley Project Water Reliability 
Sec. 2001. Amendment to purposes. 
Sec. 2002. Amendment to definition. 
Sec. 2003. Contracts. 
Sec. 2004. Water transfers, improved water management, and conservation. 
Sec. 2005. Fish, wildlife, and habitat restoration. 
Sec. 2006. Restoration fund. 
Sec. 2007. Additional authorities. 
Sec. 2008. Amendments to Central Valley Project authorizations. 
Sec. 2009. Regulatory streamlining. 
Subtitle B—San Joaquin River Restoration 
Sec. 2101. Repeal of the San Joaquin River Settlement. 
Sec. 2102. Purpose. 
Sec. 2103. Definitions. 
Sec. 2104. Implementation of restoration. 
Sec. 2105. Disposal of property; title to facilities. 
Sec. 2106. Compliance with applicable law. 
Sec. 2107. Compliance with Central Valley Project Improvement Act. 
Sec. 2108. No private right of action. 
Sec. 2109. Implementation. 
Sec. 2110. Repayment contracts and acceleration of repayment of construction 
costs. 
Sec. 2111. Repeal. 
Sec. 2112. Water supply mitigation. 
Sec. 2113. Additional authorities. 
Sec. 2114. Protections. 
TITLE III—REPURPOSING ASSETS TO INCREASE LONG-TERM 
WATER AVAILABILITY AND YIELD ACT 
Sec. 3001. Treatment of certain funds dedicated for high-speed rail develop-
ment in the State of California. 
Sec. 3002. Nitrate contamination reduction grants. 
Sec. 3003. New well construction grants. 
TITLE IV—HETCH HETCHY DAM 
Sec. 4001. Hetch Hetchy rental fee update. 
TITLE V—BUREAU OF RECLAMATION AND BUREAU OF INDIAN 
AFFAIRS WATER PROJECT STREAMLINING ACT 
Sec. 5001. Definitions. 
Sec. 5002. Acceleration of studies. 
Sec. 5003. Expedited completion of reports. 
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Sec. 5004. Project acceleration. 
Sec. 5005. Annual report to Congress. 
Sec. 5006. Applicability of the WIIN Act. 
TITLE VI—WATER SUPPLY PERMITTING COORDINATION ACT 
Sec. 6001. Definitions. 
Sec. 6002. Establishment of lead agency and cooperating agencies. 
Sec. 6003. Bureau responsibilities. 
Sec. 6004. Cooperating agency responsibilities. 
Sec. 6005. Funding to process permits. 
TITLE VII—FEDERALLY INTEGRATED SPECIES HEALTH ACT 
Sec. 7001. Transfer of functions with respect to anadromous species and 
catadromous species. 
Sec. 7002. Miscellaneous provisions. 
Sec. 7003. Definitions. 
TITLE VIII—AQUIFER RECHARGE FLEXIBILITY PILOT PROGRAM 
Sec. 8001. Definitions. 
Sec. 8002. Use of Bureau facilities. 
Sec. 8003. Aquifer recharge on eligible land. 
Sec. 8004. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 8005. Conveyance for aquifer recharge purposes. 
Sec. 8006. Report. 
Sec. 8007. Effect. 
Sec. 8008. Exemption. 
TITLE IX—BIG SAND WASH PROJECT TITLE TRANSFER ACT 
Sec. 9001. Definitions. 
Sec. 9002. Conveyance of facilities and land. 
Sec. 9003. Relationship to Uinta Basin Replacement Project. 
Sec. 9004. Report. 
TITLE X—KENNEWICK IRRIGATION DISTRICT TITLE TRANSFER 
ACT 
Sec. 10001. Definitions. 
Sec. 10002. Agreement, conveyance, report. 
Sec. 10003. Liability. 
Sec. 10004. Benefits. 
Sec. 10005. Compliance with other laws. 
Sec. 10006. Payment. 
Sec. 10007. Miscellaneous. 
Sec. 10008. Limitations. 
TITLE XI—WATER RIGHTS PROTECTION ACT 
Sec. 11001. Definitions. 
Sec. 11002. Treatment of water rights. 
Sec. 11003. Policy development. 
Sec. 11004. Effect. 
TITLE XII—COULEE DAM REDESIGNATION 
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Sec. 12001. Redesignation of facility. 
Sec. 12002. References. 
TITLE XIII—NUTRIA ERADICATION AND CONTROL ACT 
REAUTHORIZATION 
Sec. 13001. Nutria eradication. 
Sec. 13002. Deauthorizations. 
TITLE I—WATER 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
SEC. 1001. WIIN ACT AMENDMENTS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—The 
WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322) is amended— 
(1) in section 4007 (43 U.S.C. 390(b) note)— 
(A) in subsection (h)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘$335,000,000 of fund-
ing in section 4011(e) is authorized’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$134,000,000 is authorized’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘to remain available 
until expended’’ and inserting ‘‘to be ap-
propriated for each of fiscal years 2021 
through 2025 to carry out this section’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (h)(2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Congress.’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Congress; and’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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