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SEC. 402. WATER TECHNOLOGY AWARD PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary of En-
ergy shall, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the 
Interior, working through the Bureau of Reclamation, es-
tablish a program to award prizes to eligible persons de-
scribed in subsection (b) for achievement in 1 or more of 
the following applications of water technology: 
(1) Demonstration of desalination of brackish 
or sea water with significantly less energy than com-
mercially available reverse osmosis technology. 
(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 
emergency uses in coastal communities or commu-
nities with brackish ground water supplies. 
(3) Demonstration of significant advantages 
over commercially available reverse osmosis tech-
nology as determined by the board established under 
subsection (c). 
(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 
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(B) a member of a group that includes 
citizens or legal residents of the United States; 
or 
(2) an entity that is incorporated and maintains 
its primary place of business in the United States. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF BOARD.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall establish a board to administer the program es-
tablished under subsection (a). 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The board shall be com-
posed of not less than 15 and not more than 21 
members appointed by the President, of whom— 
(A) not less than 1 shall— 
(i) be a representative of the interests 
of academic, business, and nonprofit orga-
nizations; and 
(ii) have expertise in— 
(I) the field of water technology, 
including desalination; or 
(II) administering award com-
petitions; and 
(B) not less than 1 shall be from each of— 
(i) the Department of Energy; 
(ii) the Environmental Protection 
Agency; 
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(iii) the Bureau of Reclamation of the 
Department of the Interior; and 
(iv) the National Science Foundation. 
(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 
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. 
(C) NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVA-
TION
MEDAL
RECOMMENDATIONS.—For each 
eligible person recognized under this paragraph, 
the board shall recommend to the Secretary of 
Commerce that the Secretary recommend to the 
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President under section 16(b) of the Stevenson- 
Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 
U.S.C. 3711) that the President award the Na-
tional Technology and Innovation Medal estab-
lished under section 16(a) of such Act to such 
eligible person. 
(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 
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) 
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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 Congress a re-
port on the program established under subsection (a). 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(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. 
(B) For the awarding of a financial prize 
award under subsection (d)(1), in addition to 
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any amounts received under subsection (e)(2), 
$2,000,000 for each fiscal year. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pur-
suant to the authorization of appropriations under 
paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended. 
Subtitle B—Drought Planning As-
sistance 
Through 
NRCS 
and 
Reclamation 
SEC. 411. DROUGHT PLANNING ASSISTANCE THROUGH 
NRCS AND RECLAMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture, act-
ing through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
in collaboration with the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Bureau of Reclamation, shall, upon request, 
provide assistance to water or power delivery authorities, 
including water districts and irrigation districts, that are 
authorized under subtitle F of title IX of the Omnibus 
Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10362 
et seq.) to receive financial assistance from the Bureau 
of Reclamation, for the purposes of increasing water use 
efficiency and providing on-farm assistance to address 
water quantity and water quality conservation practices. 
(b) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) hydrological forecasting; 
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(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; 
(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) installation of districtwide or on-farm water 
efficiency and conservation technologies, including 
behavioral water efficiency, system modernizations 
(including leak repair and supervisory control and 
data acquisition systems), and other technologies 
that have been proven to provide improvements in 
water use efficiency through verification by a third 
party; 
(7) technical assistance regarding emergency 
provision of water supplies for critical health and 
safety purposes; and 
(8) 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-
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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. 
Subtitle C—Drought Preparedness 
for Fisheries 
SEC. 421. DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS FOR FISHERIES. 
(a) SALMON DROUGHT PLAN.—Not later than Janu-
ary 1, 2016, 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, and the California Department 
of Fish and Wildlife, prepare a California salmon drought 
plan. The plan shall investigate options to protect salmon 
populations originating in the State of California, con-
tribute to the recovery of populations listed under the En-
dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 
and contribute to the goals of the Central Valley Project 
Improvement Act (Public Law 102–575). The plan shall 
focus on actions that can aid salmon populations during 
the driest years. Strategies investigated shall include— 
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(1) relocating the release location and timing of 
hatchery fish to avoid predation and temperature 
impacts; 
(2) barging of hatchery release fish to improve 
survival and reduce straying; 
(3) coordinating with water users, the Bureau 
of Reclamation, and the California Department of 
Water Resources regarding voluntary water trans-
fers, to determine if water released upstream to 
meet the needs of downstream or South-of-Delta 
water users can be managed in a way that provides 
additional benefits for salmon; 
(4) hatchery management modifications, such 
as expanding hatchery production of listed fish dur-
ing the driest years, if appropriate; 
(5) increasing rescue operations of upstream 
migrating fish; and 
(6) improving temperature modeling and related 
forecasted information to predict water management 
impacts to salmon and salmon habitat with a higher 
degree of accuracy than current models. 
(b) COORDINATION WITH FISHERIES AGENCIES.—In 
preparing the plan under subsection (a), the Director shall 
coordinate with the National Marine Fisheries Service and 
relevant State agencies. 
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(c) APPROPRIATION.—There is hereby appropriated 
for fiscal year 2014, out of any funds in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, a total amount of $3,000,000, to 
remain available until the end of the period during which 
the State’s emergency drought designation is in effect, for 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for urgent 
fish, stream, and hatchery activities related to extreme 
drought conditions, including work with the National Ma-
rine Fisheries Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, the 
Army Corps of Engineers, the California Department of 
Fish and Wildlife, or a qualified tribal government. 
(d) QUALIFIED
TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT
DEFINI-
TION.—For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘quali-
fied tribal government’’ means any government of an In-
dian tribe that the Secretary of the Interior determines— 
(1) is involved in salmon management and re-
covery activities including under the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and 
(2) has the management and organizational ca-
pability to maximize the benefits of assistance pro-
vided under this section. 
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Subtitle D—National Emergency 
Planning Response 
SEC. 431. NATIONAL EMERGENCY PLANNING RESPONSE. 
(a) CATASTROPHIC DROUGHT PLAN.—Not later than 
120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
President shall update the National Response Plan and 
the National Disaster Recovery Framework to include a 
plan for catastrophic drought that calls on the capabilities 
of all applicable Federal agencies and departments, includ-
ing the pre-positioning of Federal resources to provide 
emergency clean water supplies. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this sec-
tion— 
(1) the term ‘‘National Response Plan’’ means 
the National Response Plan or any successor plan 
prepared under section 504(a)(6) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 314(a)(6)); and 
(2) the term ‘‘National Disaster Recovery 
Framework’’ means the National Disaster Recovery 
Framework or any successor document prepared 
under section 682 of the Post-Katrina Emergency 
Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 771). 
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