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Calendar No. 332 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1837 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 1, 2012 
Received 
MARCH 2, 2012 
Read the first time 
MARCH 5, 2012 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To address certain water-related concerns on the San 
Joaquin River, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT WATER RELIABILITY 
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Sec. 101. Amendment to purposes. 
Sec. 102. Amendment to definition. 
Sec. 103. Contracts. 
Sec. 104. Water transfers, improved water management, and conservation. 
Sec. 105. Fish, wildlife, and habitat restoration. 
Sec. 106. Restoration fund. 
Sec. 107. Additional authorities. 
Sec. 108. Bay-Delta Accord. 
Sec. 109. Natural and artificially spawned species. 
Sec. 110. Authorized service area. 
Sec. 111. Regulatory streamlining. 
TITLE II—SAN JOAQUIN RIVER RESTORATION 
Sec. 201. Repeal of the San Joaquin River settlement. 
Sec. 202. Purpose. 
Sec. 203. Definitions. 
Sec. 204. Implementation of restoration. 
Sec. 205. Disposal of property; title to facilities. 
Sec. 206. Compliance with applicable law. 
Sec. 207. Compliance with Central Valley Project Improvement Act. 
Sec. 208. No private right of action. 
Sec. 209. Implementation. 
Sec. 210. Repayment contracts and acceleration of repayment of construction 
costs. 
Sec. 211. Repeal. 
Sec. 212. Water supply mitigation. 
Sec. 213. Additional Authorities. 
TITLE III—REPAYMENT CONTRACTS AND ACCELERATION OF 
REPAYMENT OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS 
Sec. 301. Repayment contracts and acceleration of repayment of construction 
costs. 
TITLE IV—BAY-DELTA WATERSHED WATER RIGHTS 
PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION 
Sec. 401. Water rights and area-of-origin protections. 
Sec. 402. Sacramento River settlement contracts. 
Sec. 403. Sacramento River Watershed Water Service Contractors. 
Sec. 404. No redirected adverse impacts. 
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 501. Precedent. 
TITLE I—CENTRAL VALLEY 
PROJECT WATER RELIABILITY 
SEC. 101. AMENDMENT TO PURPOSES. 
Section 3402 of the Central Valley Project Improve-
ment Act (106 Stat. 4706) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (f), by striking the period at 
the end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) to ensure that water dedicated to fish and wild-
life purposes by this title is replaced and provided to Cen-
tral Valley Project water contractors by December 31, 
2016, at the lowest cost reasonably achievable; and 
‘‘(h) to facilitate and expedite water transfers in ac-
cordance with this Act.’’. 
SEC. 102. AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION. 
Section 3403 of the Central Valley Project Improve-
ment Act (106 Stat. 4707) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) the term ‘anadromous fish’ means those native 
stocks of salmon (including steelhead) and sturgeon that, 
as of October 30, 1992, were present in the Sacramento 
and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries and ascend 
those rivers and their tributaries to reproduce after matur-
ing in San Francisco Bay or the Pacific Ocean;’’; 
(2) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘and,’’ 
(3) in subsection (m), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(n) the term ‘reasonable flows’ means water flows 
capable of being maintained taking into account com-
peting consumptive uses of water and economic, environ-
mental, and social factors.’’. 
SEC. 103. CONTRACTS. 
Section 3404 of the Central Valley Project Improve-
ment Act (106 Stat. 4708) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘LIMITATION 
ON
CONTRACTING
AND
CONTRACT
REFORM’’ 
and inserting ‘‘CONTRACTS’’; and 
(2) by striking the language of the section and 
by adding: 
‘‘(a) RENEWAL
OF EXISTING LONG-TERM CON-
TRACTS.—Upon request of the contractor, the Secretary 
shall renew any existing long-term repayment or water 
service contract that provides for the delivery of water 
from the Central Valley Project for a period of 40 years. 
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION OF CONTRACTS.—Except as 
expressly provided by this Act, any existing long-term re-
payment or water service contract for the delivery of water 
from the Central Valley Project shall be administered pur-
suant to the Act of July 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 483). 
‘‘(c) DELIVERY CHARGE.—Beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act, a contract entered into or re-
newed pursuant to this section shall include a provision 
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