(5) 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. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of California. 
(7) STATE WATER PROJECT.—The term ‘‘State 
Water Project’’ means the water project described 
by California Water Code section 11550 et seq., and 
operated by the California Department of Water Re-
sources. 
SEC. 103. 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, by approving, consistent with appli-
cable laws (including regulations)— 
(1) any project or operations to provide addi-
tional water supplies if there is any possible way 
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whatsoever that the Secretaries can do so unless the 
project or operations constitute a highly inefficient 
way of providing additional water supplies; and 
(2) any projects or operations as quickly as pos-
sible based on available information to address the 
emergency conditions. 
(b) MANDATE.—In carrying out subsection (a), the 
applicable agency heads described in that subsection shall, 
consistent with applicable laws (including regulations)— 
(1) authorize and implement actions to ensure 
that the Delta Cross Channel Gates shall remain 
open to the greatest extent possible, timed to maxi-
mize the peak flood tide period and provide water 
supply and water quality benefits for the duration of 
the State’s drought emergency declaration, con-
sistent with operational criteria and monitoring cri-
teria developed pursuant to the California State 
Water Resources Control Board’s Order Approving a 
Temporary Urgency Change in License and Permit 
Terms in Response to Drought Conditions, effective 
January 31, 2014, or a successor order; 
(2)(A) 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 
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Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), water quality, 
and water supply; and 
(B) after assessing the data described in sub-
paragraph (A), require the Director of the National 
Marine Fisheries Service to recommend revisions to 
operations of the Central Valley Project and the 
California State Water Project, including, if appro-
priate, the reasonable and prudent alternatives con-
tained in the biological opinion issued by the Na-
tional Marine Fisheries Service on June 4, 2009, 
that are likely to produce fishery, water quality, and 
water supply benefits; 
(3)(A) implement turbidity control strategies 
that allow for increased water deliveries while avoid-
ing jeopardy to adult delta smelt (Hypomesus 
transpacificus) due to entrainment at Central Valley 
Project and State Water Project pumping plants; 
and 
(B) manage reverse flow in Old and Middle Riv-
ers as prescribed by the biological opinion issued by 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and 
dated December 15, 2008, to minimize water supply 
reductions for the Central Valley Project and the 
State Water Project; 
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(4) adopt a 1:1 inflow to export ratio for the in-
creased flow of the San Joaquin River, as measured 
as a 3-day running average at Vernalis during the 
period from April 1 through May 31, resulting from 
voluntary transfers and exchanges of water supplies, 
among other purposes; 
(5) issue all necessary permit decisions under 
the authority of the Secretaries within 30 days of re-
ceiving a completed application by the State to place 
and use temporary barriers or operable gates in 
Delta channels to improve water quantity and qual-
ity for State Water Project and Central Valley 
Project South of Delta water contractors and other 
water users, which barriers or gates should provide 
benefits for species protection and in-Delta water 
user water quality and shall be designed such that 
formal consultations under section 7 of the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) would 
not be necessary; 
(6)(A) require the Director of the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service and the Commissioner of 
the Bureau of Reclamation to complete all require-
ments under the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 
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necessary to make final permit decisions on water 
transfer 
requests 
associated 
with 
voluntarily 
fallowing nonpermanent crops in the State, within 
30 days of receiving such a request; and 
(B) require the Director of the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service to allow any water transfer 
request associated with fallowing to maximize the 
quantity of water supplies available for nonhabitat 
uses as long as the fallowing and associated water 
transfer are in compliance with applicable Federal 
laws (including regulations); 
(7) allow North of Delta water service contrac-
tors with unused 2013 Central Valley Project con-
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; 
(8) maintain all rescheduled water supplies held 
in the San Luis Reservoir and Millerton Reservoir 
for all water users for delivery in the immediately 
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following contract water year unless precluded by 
reservoir storage capacity limitations; 
(9) 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 
groundwater resources and the purchase of 
water from willing sellers, which activities may 
be accomplished by using funding made avail-
able under section 104 or the Water Assistance 
Program or the WaterSMART program of the 
Department of the Interior; and 
(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; 
(10) make WaterSMART grant funding admin-
istered by the Bureau of Reclamation available for 
eligible projects within the State on a priority and 
expedited basis— 
(A) to provide emergency drinking and 
municipal water supplies to localities in a quan-
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tity necessary to meet minimum public health 
and safety needs; 
(B) to prevent the loss of permanent crops; 
(C) to minimize economic losses resulting 
from drought conditions; and 
(D) to provide innovative water conserva-
tion tools and technology for agriculture and 
urban water use that can have immediate water 
supply benefits; 
(11) implement offsite upstream projects in the 
Delta and upstream Sacramento River and San Joa-
quin basins, in coordination with the California De-
partment of Water Resources and the California De-
partment of Fish and Wildlife, that offset the effects 
on species listed as threatened or endangered under 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.) due to actions taken under this Act; 
(12) for reserved works only, authorize annual 
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 water contractor during each fis-
cal year the State emergency drought declaration is 
in force, to accrue without interest for a period of 
5 years and then to be repaid, notwithstanding sec-
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tion 106 of Public Law 99–546 (100 Stat. 3052), to 
the Federal Government over a period of not more 
than 10 years at the lesser of— 
(A) the project interest rate; and 
(B) the rate specified in section 106 of 
Public Law 99–546 (100 Stat. 3052); and 
(13) use all available scientific tools to identify 
and implement any changes to real-time operations 
of Bureau of Reclamation, State, and local water 
projects that could result in the availability of addi-
tional water supplies. 
(c) OTHER AGENCIES.—To the extent that a Federal 
agency other than agencies headed by the Secretaries has 
a role in approving projects described in subsections (a) 
and (b), the provisions of this section shall apply to those 
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 
final decisions relating to a Federal project or oper-
ation to provide additional water supplies or address 
emergency drought conditions pursuant to sub-
sections (a) and (b). 
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(2) REQUEST FOR RESOLUTION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Upon the request 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 In-
terior 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. 
(B) MEETING.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall convene a meeting requested under 
subparagraph (A) not later than 7 days after 
receiving the meeting request. 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—Upon receipt of a request 
for a meeting under this subsection, the Secretary of 
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. 
(4) DECISION.—Not later than 10 days after 
the date on which a meeting is requested under 
paragraph (2), the head of the relevant Federal 
agency shall issue a final decision on the project. 
(5) MEETING CONVENED BY SECRETARY.—The 
Secretary may convene a final project decision meet-
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ing under this subsection at any time, at the discre-
tion of the Secretary, regardless of whether a meet-
ing is requested under paragraph (2). 
SEC. 104. EMERGENCY FUNDING. 
(a) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Financial assistance may be 
made available under the Reclamation States Emer-
gency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2201 
et seq.), subtitle F of title IX of the Omnibus Public 
Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10361 et 
seq.) (commonly known as the ‘‘Secure Water Act of 
2009’’), and any other applicable Federal law (in-
cluding regulations), to be divided among each appli-
cable program at the discretion of the Secretary for 
the optimization and conservation of Reclamation 
Project water supplies to assist drought-plagued 
areas of the State and the West. 
(2) ADDITIONAL AVAILABILITY.—Financial as-
sistance may be made available under this section to 
organizations and entities, including tribal govern-
ments, that are engaged in collaborative processes to 
restore the environment while settling water rights 
claims that are part of an active water rights adju-
dication or a broader settlement of claims that are 
part of a basin-wide solution for restoration. 
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(b) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under sub-
section (a) shall include a range of projects, including— 
(1) the installation of pumps, temporary bar-
riers, or operable gates for water diversion and fish 
protection; 
(2) the installation of groundwater wells in 
wildlife refuges and other areas; 
(3) the purchase or assistance in the purchase 
of water from willing sellers; 
(4) conservation projects providing water supply 
benefits in the short-term; 
(5) exchanges with any water district willing to 
provide water to meet the emergency water needs of 
other water districts in return for the delivery of 
equivalent quantities of water later that year or in 
future years; 
(6) maintenance of cover crops to prevent pub-
lic health impacts from severe dust storms; 
(7) emergency pumping projects for critical 
health and safety purposes; 
(8) activities to reduce water demand consistent 
with a comprehensive program for environmental 
restoration and settlement of water rights claims; 
(9) the use of new or innovative water on-farm 
water conservation technologies or methods that may 
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assist in sustaining permanent crops in areas with 
severe water shortages; 
(10) technical assistance to improve existing ir-
rigation practices to provide water supply benefits in 
the short-term; and 
(11) any other assistance the Secretary deter-
mines to be necessary to increase available water 
supplies or mitigate drought impacts. 
(c) FUNDING.—There is appropriated, out of funds 
of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000 
to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Com-
merce to carry out this section. 
SEC. 105. 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, the 
head of each applicable Federal agency 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 (including successor regula-
tions) to develop alternative arrangements to comply with 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.) during the emergency. 
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SEC. 106. 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— 
(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 
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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. 107. DROUGHT PLANNING ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon the request of Central Val-
ley Project or Klamath Project contractors or other Rec-
lamation Project contractors in the State, the Secretary 
of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Rec-
lamation, shall provide water supply planning assistance 
in preparation for and in response to dry, critically dry, 
and below normal water year types to those Central Valley 
Project or Klamath Project contractors or other Reclama-
tion Project contractors making those requests, including 
contractors who possess contracts for refuge water sup-
plies or deliver refuge water supplies. 
(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; 
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(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) technical assistance regarding emergency 
provision of water supplies for critical health and 
safety purposes; 
(7) 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, and the Central 
Coast; and 
(8) any other assistance the Secretary deter-
mines to be necessary. 
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(A) 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 $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2014 to pro-
vide emergency community water assistance 
grants under section 306A of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1926a) to address impacts of drought; 
(B) the maximum amount of a grant pro-
vided under subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 
2014 shall be $1,000,000; and 
(C) for fiscal year 2014, a community 
whose population is less than 50,000 shall be 
eligible for a grant under this paragraph. 
(2) RECEIPT
AND
ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec-
retary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and 
shall use to carry out this subsection the funds 
transferred under paragraph (1), without further ap-
propriation. 
(e) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 
(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-
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