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is amended by inserting after the word ‘‘before’’, the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, on and after’’. 
SEC. 114. The flood control project for West Sac-
ramento, California, authorized by section 101(4), Water 
Resources Development Act, 1992, Public Law 102–580; 
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1999, 
Public Law 105–245, is modified to authorize the Secretary 
of Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct 
the project at a total cost of $53,040,000 with an estimated 
first Federal cost of $38,355,000 and an estimated non-Fed-
eral first cost of $14,685,000. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 115. The amount of $2,100,000 made available 
in division C, of Public Law 111–8, under the heading 
‘‘Mississippi River and Tributaries’’ for site restoration of 
the St. Johns Bayou-New Madrid Floodway, Missouri, 
project less any funds needed for contract termination, are 
hereby rescinded and $2,100,000 is appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘Mississippi River and Tributaries’’ for the Mis-
sissippi Channel Improvement, Arkansas, Illinois, Ken-
tucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee con-
struction project. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 116. The amount of $1,800,000 made available 
in division C, of Public Law 111–8, under the heading
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‘‘Construction, General’’ for site restoration of the St. Johns 
Bayou-New Madrid Floodway, Missouri, project less any 
funds needed for contract termination, and are hereby re-
scinded and $1,800,000 is appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Construction, General’’ for section 206 (Public Law 104– 
303), Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, as amended. 
PROJECT FOR PERMANENT PUMPS AND CLOSURE 
STRUCTURES, LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN, LOUISIANA 
SEC. 117. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘project’’ means the 
project for permanent pumps and closure structures 
at or near the lakefront at Lake Pontchartrain and 
modifications to the 17th Street, Orleans Avenue, and 
London Avenue canals in and near the city of New 
Orleans that is— 
(A) authorized by the matter under the 
heading ‘‘GENERAL PROJECTS’’ in section 204 of 
the Flood Control Act of 1965 (Public Law 89– 
298; 79 Stat. 1077); and 
(B) modified by— 
(i) the matter under the heading 
‘‘FLOOD
CONTROL
AND
COASTAL
EMER-
GENCIES
(INCLUDING
RESCISSION
OF 
FUNDS)’’ under the heading ‘‘CORPS OF EN-
GINEERS—CIVIL’’ under the heading ‘‘DE-
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PARTMENT OF THE ARMY’’ under the 
heading 
‘‘DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DE-
FENSE—CIVIL’’ of chapter 3 of title II of 
the Emergency Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act for Defense, the Global War on 
Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 
(Public Law 109–234; 120 Stat. 454); 
(ii) section 7012(a)(2) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 2007 (Public 
Law 110–114; 121 Stat. 1279); and 
(iii) the matter under the heading 
‘‘FLOOD
CONTROL
AND
COASTAL
EMER-
GENCIES’’ under the heading ‘‘CORPS
OF 
ENGINEERS—CIVIL’’ under the heading 
‘‘DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY’’ under 
the heading ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE—CIVIL’’ of chapter 3 of title III of 
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 
(Public Law 110–252; 122 Stat. 2349). 
(2) PUMPING
STATION
REPORT.—The term 
‘‘pumping station report’’ means the report— 
(A) prepared by the Secretary that contains 
the results of the investigation required under 
section 4303 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Vet-
erans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Ac-
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countability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public 
Law 110–28; 121 Stat. 154); and 
(B) dated August 30, 2007. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 
of Engineers. 
(b) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In implementing the project, 
not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall complete a study of the 
residual risks associated with the options identified as 
‘‘Option 1’’, ‘‘Option 2’’, and ‘‘Option 2a’’, as de-
scribed in the pumping station report. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the study 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall identify 
which option described in that paragraph— 
(A) is most technically advantageous; 
(B) is most effective from an operational 
perspective in providing the greatest long-term 
reliability in reducing the risk of flooding to the 
New Orleans area; 
(C) is most advantageous considering the 
engineering challenges and construction complex-
ities of each option; and 
(D) is most cost-effective.
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(3) INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL PEER REVIEW.— 
(A) DUTY OF SECRETARY.—In accordance 
with Section 2034 of the Water Resource Devel-
opment Act of 2007, the Chief shall carry out an 
independent external peer review of— 
(i) the results of the study under para-
graph (1); and 
(ii) each cost estimate completed for 
each option described in paragraph (1). 
(B) REPORT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of completion of the 
independent external peer review under sub-
paragraph (A), in accordance with clause 
(ii), the Secretary shall submit a report 
to— 
(I) the Committee on Environ-
ment and Public Works of the Senate; 
(II) the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate; 
(III) the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(IV) the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives.
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(ii) CONTENTS.—The report described 
in clause (i) shall contain— 
(I) the results of the study de-
scribed in paragraph (1); 
(II) a description of the findings 
of the independent external peer review 
carried out under subparagraph (A); 
and 
(III) a written response for any 
recommendations 
adopted 
or 
not 
adopted from the peer review. 
(4) SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.—The 
Secretary shall suspend each activity of the Secretary 
that would result in the design and construction of 
any pumping station covered by the pumping station 
report unless the activity is consistent with each op-
tion described in paragraph (1). 
(5) FEASIBILITY REPORT.—Within 18 months of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 
the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a re-
port that contains a feasibility level of analysis (in-
cluding a cost estimate) for the project, as modified 
under this subsection.
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(6) FUNDING.—In carrying out this subsection, 
the Secretary shall use amounts made available to 
modify the 17th Street, Orleans Avenue, and London 
Avenue drainage canals and install pumps and clo-
sure structures at or near the lakefront in the first 
proviso in the matter under the heading ‘‘FLOOD CON-
TROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES (INCLUDING RE-
SCISSION OF FUNDS)’’ under the heading ‘‘CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS—CIVIL’’ under the heading ‘‘DEPART-
MENT OF THE ARMY’’ under the heading ‘‘DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL’’ of chapter 3 
of title II of the Emergency Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and 
Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109–234; 120 
Stat. 454). 
TEN MILE CREEK WATER PRESERVE AREA 
SEC. 118. Section 528(b)(3)(C)(ii) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3769; 121 Stat. 
1270) is amended— 
(1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘subclause (II)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subclauses (II) and (III)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(III) TEN
MILE
CREEK
WATER 
PRESERVE
AREA.—The Federal share 
of the cost of the Ten Mile Creek Water
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Preserve Area may exceed $25,000,000 
by an amount equal to not more than 
$3,500,000, which shall be used to pay 
the Federal share of the cost of— 
‘‘(aa) the completion of a 
post authorization change report; 
and 
‘‘(bb) the maintenance of the 
Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve 
Area in caretaker status through 
fiscal year 2013.’’. 
SEC. 119. As soon as practicable after the date of en-
actment of this Act, from funds made available before the 
date of enactment of this Act for the Tampa Harbor Big 
Bend Channel project, the Secretary of the Army may reim-
burse the non-Federal sponsor of the Tampa Harbor Big 
Bend Channel project for the Federal share of the dredging 
work carried out for the project. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 
Utah Project Completion Act, $40,300,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $1,500,000 shall be deposited
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into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 
Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and 
Conservation Commission. In addition, for necessary ex-
penses incurred in carrying out related responsibilities of 
the Secretary of the Interior, $1,704,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. For fiscal year 2010, the Commission 
may use an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for adminis-
trative expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to exe-
cute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation: 
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For management, development, and restoration of 
water and related natural resources and for related activi-
ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita-
tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 
fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri-
cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 
agreements with, State and local governments, federally rec-
ognized Indian tribes, and others, $993,125,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $53,240,000 shall be 
available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin 
Fund and $17,936,000 shall be available for transfer to the 
Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which
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such amounts as may be necessary may be advanced to the 
Colorado River Dam Fund; of which not more than 
$500,000 is for high priority projects which shall be carried 
out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as authorized by 16 
U.S.C. 1706: Provided, That such transfers may be in-
creased or decreased within the overall appropriation under 
this heading: Provided further, That of the total appro-
priated, the amount for program activities that can be fi-
nanced by the Reclamation Fund or the Bureau of Rec-
lamation special fee account established by 16 U.S.C. 460l– 
6a(i) shall be derived from that Fund or account: Provided 
further, That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395 are 
available until expended for the purposes for which contrib-
uted: Provided further, That funds advanced under 43 
U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account and are avail-
able until expended for the same purposes as the sums ap-
propriated under this heading: Provided further, That 
funds available for expenditure for the Departmental Irri-
gation Drainage Program may be expended by the Bureau 
of Reclamation for site remediation on a nonreimbursable 
basis. 
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat 
restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the 
Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $35,358,000, to be
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derived from such sums as may be collected in the Central 
Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 
3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Bu-
reau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the full 
amount of the additional mitigation and restoration pay-
ments 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 al-
ready committed to in-stream purposes by a court adopted 
decree or order. 
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS 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, $41,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, 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 appro-
priated 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
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Authority for program-wide management and oversight ac-
tivities shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of 
the Interior: Provided further, That CALFED implementa-
tion 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 
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, 
$61,200,000, 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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 
be available for purchase of not to exceed seven passenger 
motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II 
of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided 
by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities 
funded in title II of this Act for Water and Related Re-
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sources that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2010, shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) initiates or creates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
by this Act, unless prior approval is received from the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate; 
(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or 
activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate; 
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following lim-
its, unless prior approval is received from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: 
(A) 15 percent for any program, project or 
activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or
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(B) $300,000 for any program, project or 
activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 
(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either the 
Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilita-
tion category or the Resources Management and De-
velopment category to any program, project, or activ-
ity in the other category, unless prior approval is re-
ceived from the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate; or 
(7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 
obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 
$5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled con-
tractor claims, increased contractor earnings due to 
accelerated rates of operations, and real estate defi-
ciency judgments, unless prior approval is received 
from the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 
of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 
Rehabilitation category. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘transfer’’ 
means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 
project, or activity.
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(d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 
on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 
all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, ac-
tivities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report 
shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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 Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental 
effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro-
gram 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 Re-
payment 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
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the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. 
Any future obligations of funds by the United States relat-
ing to, or providing for, drainage service or drainage stud-
ies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by 
San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such service or studies pur-
suant to Federal reclamation law. 
SEC. 203. 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. 204. Funds under this title for Drought Emer-
gency Assistance shall be made available primarily for leas-
ing of water for specified drought related purposes from 
willing lessors, in compliance with existing State laws and 
administered under State water priority allocation. 
SEC. 205. Section 9 of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural 
Water System Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–382; 114 Stat. 
1457) is amended by striking ‘‘over a period of 10 fiscal 
years’’ each place it appears in subsections (a)(1) and (b) 
and inserting ‘‘through fiscal year 2015’’.
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SEC. 206. Section 208(a) of the Energy and Water De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–103; 
119 Stat. 2268), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (i) through (iv) 
of subparagraph (B) as subclauses (I) through 
(IV), respectively, and indenting the subclauses 
appropriately; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and 
indenting the clauses appropriately; 
(C) by striking ‘‘(a)(1) Using’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(a) ACTION BY SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(1) PROVISION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Using’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i) 
(as so redesignated), by inserting ‘‘or the 
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’’ 
after ‘‘University of Nevada’’; 
(ii) in clause (i) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘, Nevada; and’’ and inserting 
a semicolon;
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(iii) in clause (ii)(IV) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) to design and implement con-
servation and stewardship measures to ad-
dress impacts from activities carried out— 
‘‘(I) under clause (i); and 
‘‘(II) in conjunction with willing 
landowners.’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUN-
DATION.— 
‘‘(i) DATE
OF
PROVISION.—The Sec-
retary shall provide funds to the National 
Fish and Wildlife Foundation pursuant to 
subparagraph (A) in an advance payment 
of the available amount— 
‘‘(I) on the date of enactment of 
the Energy and Water Development 
and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2010; or 
‘‘(II) as soon as practicable after 
that date of enactment. 
‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—
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‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in subclause (II), the funds pro-
vided under clause (i) shall be subject 
to the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation Establishment Act (16 
U.S.C. 3701 et seq.), in accordance 
with section 10(b)(1) of that Act (16 
U.S.C. 3709(b)(1)). 
‘‘(II) EXCEPTIONS.—Sections 4(e) 
and 10(b)(2) of the National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act 
(16 U.S.C. 3703(e), 3709(b)(2)), and 
the provision of subsection (c)(2) of sec-
tion 4 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3703) re-
lating to subsection (e) of that section, 
shall not apply to the funds provided 
under clause (i).’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘beneficial to—’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(i), the University of Nevada 
or the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 
shall make acquisitions that the University or
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the Foundation determines to be the most bene-
ficial to—’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘paragraph (1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(1)(A)(ii)’’. 
SEC. 207. Section 2507(b) of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (43 U.S.C. 2211 note; Public 
Law 107–171) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) for efforts consistent with researching, sup-
porting, and conserving fish, wildlife, plant, and 
habitat resources in the Walker River Basin.’’. 
SEC. 208. (a) Of the 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, acting through the Commis-
sioner of Reclamation, shall— 
(1) 
provide, 
in 
accordance 
with 
section 
208(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–103; 119 
Stat. 2268), and subject to subsection (b), $66,200,000
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to establish the Walker Basin Restoration Program 
for the primary purpose of restoring and maintaining 
Walker Lake, a natural desert terminal lake in the 
State of Nevada, consistent with protection of the eco-
logical health of the Walker River and the riparian 
and watershed resources of the West, East, and Main 
Walker Rivers; and 
(2) allocate— 
(A) acting through a nonprofit conservation 
organization that is acting in consultation with 
the 
Truckee 
Meadows 
Water 
Authority, 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for— 
(i) the acquisition of land surrounding 
Independence Lake; and 
(ii) protection of the native fishery and 
water quality of Independence Lake, as de-
termined by the nonprofit conservation or-
ganization; 
(B) $5,000,000 to provide grants of equal 
amounts to the State of Nevada, the State of 
California, the Truckee Meadows Water Author-
ity, the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, and the 
Federal Watermaster of the Truckee River to im-
plement 
the 
Truckee-Carson-Pyramid 
Lake
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Water Rights Settlement Act (Public Law 101– 
618; 104 Stat. 3289); 
(C) $1,500,000, to be divided equally by the 
city of Fernley, Nevada, and the Pyramid Lake 
Paiute Tribe, for joint planning and develop-
ment activities for water, wastewater, and sewer 
facilities; and 
(D) $1,000,000 to the United States Geo-
logical Survey to design and implement, in con-
sultation and cooperation with other Federal de-
partments and agencies, State and tribal govern-
ments, and other water management and con-
servation organizations, a water monitoring pro-
gram for the Walker River Basin. 
(b)(1) The amount made available under subsection 
(a)(1) shall be— 
(A) used, consistent with the primary purpose 
set forth in subsection (a)(1), to support efforts to pre-
serve Walker Lake while protecting agricultural, envi-
ronmental, and habitat interests in the Walker River 
Basin; and 
(B) allocated as follows: 
(i) $25,000,000 to the Walker River Irriga-
tion District, acting in accordance with an
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agreement between that District and the Na-
tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation— 
(I) to administer and manage a 3-year 
water leasing demonstration program in the 
Walker River Basin to increase Walker 
Lake inflows; and 
(II) for use in obtaining information 
regarding the establishment, budget, and 
scope of a longer-term leasing program. 
(ii) $25,000,000 to advance the acquisition 
of water and related interests from willing sellers 
authorized by section 208(a)(1)(A)(i) of the En-
ergy and Water Development Appropriations 
Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–103; 119 Stat. 
2268). 
(iii) $1,000,000 for activities relating to the 
exercise of acquired option agreements and im-
plementation of the water leasing demonstration 
program, including but not limited to the pur-
suit of change applications, approvals, and 
agreements pertaining to the exercise of water 
rights and leases acquired under the program. 
(iv) $10,000,000 for associated conservation 
and stewardship activities, including water con-
servation and management, watershed planning,
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be provided to the affected Federally-recognized Indian 
tribes, as defined in the NWPA, solely for expenditures, 
other than salaries and expenses of tribal employees, to con-
duct appropriate activities and participate in licensing ac-
tivities under section 118(b) of the NWPA: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 65 and 75 
of title 31, United States Code, the Department shall have 
no monitoring, auditing or other oversight rights or respon-
sibilities over amounts provided to affected units of local 
government: Provided further, That the funds for the State 
of Nevada shall be made available solely to the Office of 
the Attorney General by direct payment and to units of 
local government by direct payment: Provided further, That 
4.57 percent of the funds made available in this Act for 
nuclear waste disposal and defense nuclear waste disposal 
activities shall be provided to Nye County, Nevada, as pay-
ment equal to taxes under section 116(c)(3) of the NWPA: 
Provided further, That within 90 days of the completion 
of each Federal fiscal year, the Office of the Attorney Gen-
eral of the State of Nevada, each affected Federally-recog-
nized Indian tribe, and each of the affected units of local 
government shall provide certification to the Department of 
Energy that all funds expended from such payments have 
been expended for activities authorized by the NWPA and 
this Act: Provided further, That failure to provide such cer-