To extend the authorities under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act of 2016 providing operational flexibility, drought relief, and other benefits to the State of California.

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1563 To extend the authorities under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act of 2016 providing operational flexibility, drought relief, and other benefits to the State of California. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 3, 2021 Mr. GARCIA of California (for himself, Mr. MCCARTHY, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. ISSA, Mrs. KIM of California, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. NUNES, Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mrs. STEEL, and Mr. VALADAO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Re- sources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech- nology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- tion of the committee concerned A BILL To extend the authorities under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act of 2016 providing oper- ational flexibility, drought relief, and other benefits to the State of California. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:44 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1563.IH H1563 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1563 IH SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY. 1 (a) Subtitle J of the Water Infrastructure Improve- 2 ments for the Nation Act (Public Law 114–322) is amend- 3 ed— 4 (1) in section 4007 (43 U.S.C. 390(b) note)— 5 (A) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘January 6 1, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2028’’; 7 (B) in subsection (h)(1), by striking the 8 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 9 (C) by redesignating subsection (h)(2) as 10 (h)(3); and 11 (D) by adding after subsection (h)(1) the 12 following: 13 ‘‘(2) There is authorized to be appropriated 14 $134,000,000 for each fiscal years 2022 through 15 2028.’’; 16 (2) in section 4011(e)(2), by inserting ‘‘projects 17 found feasible under the provisions of section 4007,’’ 18 after ‘‘construction of water storage’’; and 19 (3) in section 4013 (43 U.S.C. 390(b) note)— 20 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the 21 date that is 5 years after the date of its enact- 22 ment’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2028’’; and 23 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘10 24 years after the date of its enactment’’ and in- 25 serting ‘‘on December 31, 2033’’. 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:44 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1563.IH H1563 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1563 IH (b) Section 4(a)(1)(F) of the Water Desalination Act 1 of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 10301 note; Public Law 104–298), 2 as amended by section 4009(a) of the WIIN Act (Public 3 Law 114–322), is further amended by striking 4 ‘‘$30,000,000 of funding is authorized to remain available 5 until expended; and’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,000,000 is au- 6 thorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2022 7 through 2028.’’. 8 (c) Section 1602 of the Reclamation Wastewater and 9 Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (title XVI of Public 10 Law 102–575; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.), as amended by 11 section 4009(c) of the WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322), 12 is further amended in subsection (g) by striking 13 ‘‘$50,000,000 to remain available until expended’’ and in- 14 serting ‘‘$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 15 through 2028’’. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:44 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1563.IH H1563 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS