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H.R. 4126 104th Congress House

California Bay-Delta Environmental Enhancement and Water Security Act

Official title: To support the California-Federal (CALFED) Bay-Delta Program in developing, funding and implementing a balanced, long-term solution to the problems of ecosyste… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To support the California-Federal (CALFED) Bay-Delta Program in developing, funding and implementing a balanced, long-term solution to the problems of ecosystem quality, water quality, water supply and reliability, and system vulnerability affecting the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed (the Bay-Delta) in California.

Introduced: September 19, 1996 See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection AuthorizationCaliforniaCentral Valley Reclamation Project (California)Congress
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Became law
Oct 3, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Sep 30, 1996
For Further Action See H.R.3610.
Sep 28, 1996
For Further Action See H.R.4236.
Sep 28, 1996
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H12030)
Sep 19, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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.
Sep 19, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 3, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

California Bay-Delta Environmental Enhancement and Water Security Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1998 through 2000 for the initial Federal share of the cost of developing and implementing: (1) a specified portion of an ecosystem protection plan for the San Francisco Bay Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed (Bay-Delta) in California; and (2) the ecosystem restoration elements of the long-term California-Federal Bay-Delta Program. Requires such appropriated funds to be administered in accordance with procedures established by such Program until the Congress authorizes an entity recommended by the Program to carry out this Act.

Requires funds authorized to be appropriated to agencies that are currently or that subsequently become Program participants to be in addition to the baseline funding levels established in this Act for currently authorized projects and programs under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act and other currently authorized Federal programs for the purpose of Bay-Delta ecosystem protection and restoration.

Authorizes agencies and departments that are or that become participants in the Program to undertake the activities and programs for which Federal cost sharing is provided by this Act. Requires the United States to immediately initiate coordinated consultations and negotiations with California to expeditiously execute a specified cost-sharing agreement signed by its Governor on July 11, 1996.

Directs the Office of Management and Budget to submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, as part of the President's FY 1998 Budget, an interagency budget crosscut that displays Federal spending for FY 1993 through 1998 on ecosystem restoration and other purposes in the Bay-Delta Region, separately showing funding provided previously or requested under pre-existing authorities and new authorities granted by this Act.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4126: California Bay-Delta Environmental Enhancement and Water Security Act. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-4126/
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