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HR 4862 114th Congress House Water Resources Development Aquatic ecology California Public contracts and procurement Water resources funding Water storage Water use and supply Wetlands Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Sustainable Water Supplies Act

Introduced: March 23, 2016 Introduced by: DeSaulnier, Mark Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 28, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Mar 23, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 23, 2016
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sustainable Water Supplies Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior: (1) in order to determine the feasibility of agreements for long-term use of existing or expanded non-federal storage and conveyance facilities to augment federal water supply, ecosystem, and operational flexibility benefits, to enter into cooperative agreements with non-federal entities to provide replacement water supplies for drought relief for Central Valley Project contractors, units of the National Wildlife Refuge System, state wildlife areas, and private wetland areas; and (2) complete a report (to be made available to the Chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System and Central Valley Project contractors) on the feasibility of such agreements within two years of this Act's enactment.

Such agreements must: (1) include the purchase of storage capacity in non-federal facilities from willing sellers; and (2) provide reimbursement for the temporary use of available capacity in existing above-ground, off-stream storage, and associated conveyance facilities owned by local water agencies.

What's happening now March 28, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.

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