,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #beed  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bg1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,denham introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
increase water storage availability at  
the ,new ,melones ,reservoir to provide 
additional water for areas served below 
the reservoir1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,warren ,act contract  7a7 ,in      
general ,not later than #cj days after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,interior shall       
develop and offer to the ,oakdale       
,irrigation ,district and the ,south    
,san ,joaquin ,irrigation ,district     
7hereafter in this section referred to  
as the districts7 a contract enabling   
the districts to collectively impound   
and store up to #ajj1jjj acre-feet of   
their superior ,stanislaus ,river water 
rights in the ,new ,melones ,reservoir  
in accordance with the terms and        
conditions of sections #a through #c of 

the ,act of ,february #ba1 #aiaa 7#dc   
,u4,s4,c4 #ebc-ebe2 commonly known as   
the ,warren ,act74  7b7 ,terms and      
conditions ,the terms and conditions of 
any contract entered into under         
subsection 7a7 shall--  7#a7 be for a   
term of not less than #aj years2 and    
7#b7 expressly provide that--  7,a7 the 
districts may use any water impounded   
and stored in the ,new ,melones         
,reservoir for any legal purpose under  
,california law1 including use within   
the boundaries of either district1      
transfer to and reasonable and          
beneficial use by a person or entity not
 located within the boundaries of either
 district1 and for instream use in the  
,stanislaus ,river1 the ,san ,joaquin   
,river1 or the ,sacramento-,san ,joaquin
 ,river ,delta2 and  7,b7 any water     
impounded and stored by either district 
shall not be released or withdrawn if   
the storage level of the ,new ,melones  
,reservoir is below #a1jjj1jjj          
acre-feet1 but in such event the        

impounded and stored water shall be     
retained in the ,new ,melones ,reservoir
 for use by the districts in the        
following year1 subject to the same     
#a1jjj1jjj acre-foot minimum storage    
requirement1 and without additional     
payment being required4  7c7            
,conservation account ,any water        
impounded and stored in the ,new        
,melones ,reservoir by either district  
under the contract shall not be         
considered or accounted as water placed 
in the districts' conservation account1 
as that account is defined and explained
 in the ,august #cj1 #aihh ,stipulation 
and ,agreement entered into by and      
between the ,bureau of ,reclamation and 
the districts4