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That funds available for expenditure for the Departmental Irriga-
tion Drainage Program may be expended by the Bureau of Reclama-
tion for site remediation on a non-reimbursable basis: Provided 
further, That funds provided for the Friant-Kern and Madera Canals 
improvements may be expended on a non-reimbursable basis: Pro-
vided further, That $2,952,000 of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be deposited in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration 
Fund established by section 110 of title I of appendix D of Public 
Law 106–554. 
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, and habitat 
restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the Central 
Valley Project Improvement Act, $59,122,000, to be derived from 
such sums as may be collected in the Central Valley Project Restora-
tion Fund pursuant to sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), 3405(f), and 
3406(c)(1) of Public Law 102–575, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Bureau of Reclamation is directed 
to assess and collect the full amount of the additional mitigation 
and restoration payments authorized by section 3407(d) of Public 
Law 102–575: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able under this heading may be used for the acquisition or leasing 
of water for in-stream purposes if the water is already committed 
to in-stream purposes by a court adopted decree or order. 
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Water Supply, 
Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, consistent with 
plans to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, $40,098,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which such amounts as 
may be necessary to carry out such activities may be transferred 
to appropriate accounts of other participating Federal agencies to 
carry out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appropriated 
herein may be used for the Federal share of the costs of CALFED 
Program management: Provided further, That the use of any funds 
provided to the California Bay-Delta Authority for program-wide 
management and oversight activities shall be subject to the approval 
of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That CALFED 
implementation shall be carried out in a balanced manner with 
clear performance measures demonstrating concurrent progress in 
achieving the goals and objectives of the Program. 
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and related 
functions in the office of the Commissioner, the Denver office, 
and offices in the five regions of the Bureau of Reclamation, to 
remain available until expended, $58,811,000, to be derived from 
the Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 
U.S.C. 377: Provided, That no part of any other appropriation 
in this Act shall be available for activities or functions budgeted 
as policy and administration expenses: Provided further, That, of
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the funds provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be trans-
ferred to ‘‘Water and Related Resources’’ upon the expiration of 
the 60-day period following the date of enactment of this Act if, 
during such period, the Secretary of the Interior has not submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate the Bureau of Reclamation’s five-year budget 
plan. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available 
for purchase of not to exceed 14 passenger motor vehicles, which 
are for replacement only. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to determine the final 
point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit 
until development by the Secretary of the Interior and the State 
of California of a plan, which shall conform to the water quality 
standards of the State of California as approved by the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any 
detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program 
and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program shall 
be classified by the Secretary of the Interior as reimbursable or 
nonreimbursable and collected until fully repaid pursuant to the 
‘‘Cleanup Program-Alternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP- 
Alternative Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled 
‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and San 
Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, prepared by 
the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. Any future 
obligations of funds by the United States relating to, or providing 
for, drainage service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit 
shall be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such 
service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries 
and expenses of personnel to purchase or lease water in the Middle 
Rio Grande or the Carlsbad Projects in New Mexico unless said 
purchase or lease is in compliance with the purchase requirements 
of section 202 of Public Law 106–60. 
SEC. 203. Funds under this title for Drought Emergency Assist-
ance shall be made available primarily for leasing of water for 
specified drought related purposes from willing lessors, in compli-
ance with existing State laws and administered under State water 
priority allocation. 
SEC. 204. The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, is authorized to enter 
into grants, cooperative agreements, and other agreements with 
irrigation or water districts and States to fund up to 50 percent 
of the cost of planning, designing, and constructing improvements 
that will conserve water, increase water use efficiency, or enhance 
water management through measurement or automation, at 
existing water supply projects within the States identified in the 
Act of June 17, 1902, as amended, and supplemented: Provided, 
That when such improvements are to federally owned facilities,
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such funds may be provided in advance on a non-reimbursable 
basis to an entity operating affected transferred works or may 
be deemed non-reimbursable for non-transferred works: Provided 
further, That the calculation of the non-Federal contribution shall 
provide for consideration of the value of any in-kind contributions, 
but shall not include funds received from other Federal agencies: 
Provided further, That the cost of operating and maintaining such 
improvements shall be the responsibility of the non-Federal entity: 
Provided further, That this section shall not supercede any existing 
project-specific funding authority: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary is also authorized to enter into grants or cooperative agree-
ments with universities or non-profit research institutions to fund 
water use efficiency research. 
SEC. 205. (a) Section 209 of the Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–137; 117 Stat. 1850) 
is repealed. 
(b) The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section 
as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall establish an Executive Committee of the 
Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Executive Committee’’) consistent 
with the bylaws of the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species 
Collaborative Program adopted on October 2, 2006. 
(c) In compliance with applicable Federal and State laws, the 
Secretary (acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation), in 
collaboration with the Executive Committee, may enter into any 
grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, interagency agreements, 
or other agreements that the Secretary determines to be necessary 
to comply with the 2003 Biological Opinion described in section 
205(b) of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 
2005 (Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 2949) as amended by section 
121(b) of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 
2006 (Public Law 109–103; 119 Stat. 2256) or in furtherance of 
the objectives set forth in the collaborative program long-term plan. 
(d)(1) The acquisition of water under subsection (c) and any 
administrative costs associated with carrying out subsection (c) 
shall be at full Federal expense. 
(2) Not more than 15 percent of amounts appropriated to carry 
out subsection (c) shall be made available for the payment of 
administrative expenses associated with carrying out that sub-
section. 
(e)(1) The non-Federal share of activities carried out under 
subsection (c) (other than an activity or a cost described in sub-
section (d)(1)) shall be 25 percent. The non-Federal cost share 
shall be determined on a programmatic, rather than a project- 
by-project basis. 
(2) The non-Federal share required under paragraph (1) may 
be in the form of in-kind contributions, the value of which shall 
be determined by the Secretary in consultation with the executive 
committee. 
(f) Nothing in this section modifies or expands the discretion 
of the Secretary with respect to operating reservoir facilities under 
the jurisdiction of the Secretary in the Rio Grande Valley, New 
Mexico. 
SEC. 206. In furtherance of section 529 of Public Law 106– 
541, the Secretary of the Interior shall continue to participate 
in implementation of the Project at Las Vegas Wash and Lake 
Mead in accordance with the Plan, and may provide grants to
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the Southern Nevada Water Authority to carry out the implementa-
tion of the Project at Las Vegas Wash and Lake Mead in accordance 
with the Plan: Provided, That issuance of any such grants shall 
not modify the cost sharing requirements provided in section 529(b) 
of Public Law 106–541. 
SEC. 207. In carrying out section 2507 of Public Law 107– 
171, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner 
of Reclamation, shall use $2,000,000 to provide grants, to be divided 
equally, to the State of Nevada and the State of California to 
implement the Truckee River Settlement Act, Public Law 101– 
618. 
SEC. 208. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
amounts made available under section 2507 of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (43 U.S.C. 2211 note; Public 
Law 107–171), the Secretary of the Interior— 
(1) acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall 
use— 
(A) subject to subsection (b), $3,000,000 for activities 
necessary to convey to the State of Nevada the land known 
as the ‘‘Carson Lake and Pasture’’, as authorized by section 
206(e) of the Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights 
Settlement Act (Public Law 101–618: 104 Stat. 3311); 
(B) $10,000,000 for the removal of the Numana Dam 
and other obsolete irrigation structures located on the Pyr-
amid Lake Paiute Reservation for the benefit of the Pyr-
amid Lake Paiute Tribe because of their status as Indians; 
(C) in consultation with the Corps of Engineers, as 
applicable, $5,000,000 to study and prepare plans for the 
development and construction of a pipeline to convey water 
from Dixie Valley to Churchill County, Nevada; 
(D) $10,000,000 for— 
(i) design and construction of the Derby Dam fish 
screen to allow passage of fish, including the cui-ui 
and Lahontan cutthroat trout; and 
(ii) any improvements to Derby Dam necessary 
to make the fish screen operable; 
(E) $6,000,000 for the acquisition of not more than 
4 small hydroelectric power plants from the Sierra Pacific 
Power Company to improve water allocation and fish pas-
sage in the Truckee River; and 
(F) $6,000,000 for Lower Truckee River restoration 
projects identified by the cities of Reno and Sparks, Nevada, 
and Washoe County, Nevada; 
(2) shall allocate $9,000,000 to a nonprofit conservation 
organization, acting in consultation with the Truckee Meadows 
Water Authority, for— 
(A) the acquisition of land surrounding Independence 
Lake; and 
(B) protection of the native fishery and water quality 
of Independence Lake; 
(3) shall allocate $1,000,000 to the Summit Lake Paiute 
Tribe to plan and complete restoration efforts at the Summit 
Lake in Northern Washoe County, Nevada, for the benefit 
of the Tribe because of their status as Indians; 
(4) shall allocate $3,000,000 to the Newlands Project Water 
Rights Fund for a Federal-State-Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe 
program, to be administered by an entity identified by the