Central Valley Project Reform Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3691
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2005-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Administrative fees
Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture and Food
Anadromous fishes
Animals
Arizona
California
Canals
Central Valley Reclamation Project (California)
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Dams
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Estuaries
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Habitat conservation
Hydroelectric power
Income tax
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Planning
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Riparian ecology
Rivers
Salmon
Sediment control
Taxation
Water allocation (Policy)
Water conservation
Water quality
Water storage
Water supply
Water use
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: 
Central Valley Project Reform Act of 2005 - Amends the Central Valley Project Improvement Act to include among its purposes to ensure that water dedicated to fish and wildlife is replaced and provided to Central Valley Project (CVP) water contractors by 2012 at the lowest cost reasonably achievable. Directs that contracts entered into or renewed include a provision requiring the Secretary of the Interior to charge only for water actually delivered.
 
 Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress annually a proposed plan for Restoration Fund expenditures that describes why such expenditures produce the optimum benefit. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with for profit private organizations for additional storage and delivery of water. 
 
Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a least-cost plan to increase the yield of the CVP by the amount dedicated and managed for fish and wildlife purposes and otherwise required to meet CVP purposes, including contractual obligations.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation on the number of taxpayers who included an amount in gross income by reason of receiving an illegal federal irrigation subsidy. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, to construct new offstream regulatory storage near the All-American Canal in California and to remove sediment behind Laguna Dam, Arizona.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House