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Title V — Miscellaneous

H.R. 3964 · 113th Congress · Feb 6, 2014 · Lineage

V Miscellaneous

Sec. 501 Precedent

Congress finds and declares that—
(1)
coordinated operations between the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project, previously requested and consented to by the State of California and the Federal Government, require assertion of Federal supremacy to protect existing water rights throughout the system; and
(2)
these circumstances are unique to California.

Sec. 502 No effect on Proclamation of State of Emergency

Nothing in this Act shall affect in any way the Proclamation of State of Emergency and associated Executive Order issued by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. on January 17, 2014, or the authorities granted thereby, including without limitation the authority of the California State Water Resources Control Board to modify any standards or operational constraints adopted to implement the “Principles for on the Bay-Delta Standards Between the State of California and the Federal Government”, dated December 15, 1994, so as to make additional irrigation and municipal and industrial water supplies available in the Central Valley Project and State Water Project service areas during the state of emergency.

Sec. 503 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

(a)
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act— Section 3(a)(62)(B)(i) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(62)(B)(i)) is amended—
(1)
by striking “the normal maximum” the first place that it appears and all that follows through “April, 1990.” and inserting the following: “the boundary of FERC Project No. 2179 as it existed on February 15, 2013, consisting of a point approximately 2,480 feet downstream of the confluence with the North Fork of the Merced River, consisting of approximately 7.4 miles.”; and
(2)
by striking “the normal maximum operating pool water surface level of Lake McClure” the second place that it appears and inserting “the boundary of FERC Project No. 2179 as it existed on February 15, 2013, consisting of a point approximately 2,480 feet downstream of the confluence with the North Fork of the Merced River”.
(b)
Exchequer Project— Section 3 of Public Law 102–432 is amended by striking “Act” and all that follows through the period and inserting “Act.”.

Sec. 504 Fisheries disaster declaration

The Proclamation of State Emergency and associated Executive order issued by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. on January 17, 2014, shall be considered a request by the Governor for purposes of section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a) to determine that a fishery resource disaster exists for fisheries that originate in the State of California.