,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #i1 #bjae  
,mr4 ,huffman 7for himself1 ,mr4        
,garamendi1 ,ms4 ,matsui1 ,ms4 ,speier1 
,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,cartwright1 ,mr4    
,lowenthal1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4     
,thompson of ,california1 ,mr4 ,bera1   
,ms4 ,lofgren1 and ,mr4 ,mc,nerney7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to supplement the ,secretary of
 the ,army's existing authorities to    
review the operations of reservoirs4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,fixing ,operations of          
,reservoirs to ,encompass ,climatic and 
,atmospheric ,science ,trends ,act or   
the ,,forecast ,act4  #b4 ,review of    
reservoir operations  7a7 ,in general   
,not later than #a year after a request 
of a non-,federal sponsor of a          
reservoir1 the ,secretary of the ,army1 
in consultation with the ,administrator 

of the ,national ,oceanic and           
,atmospheric ,administration 7,,noaa71  
shall review its operation1 including   
the water control manual and rule       
curves1 using improved weather forecasts
 and run-off forecasting methods1       
including the ,advanced ,hydrologic     
,prediction ,system of the ,national    
,weather ,service and the               
,hydrometeorology ,testbed program of   
,,noaa4  7b7 ,description of benefits   
,in conducting the review under         
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall    
determine if a change in operations1    
including the use of improved weather   
forecasts and run-off forecasting       
methods1 will improve one or more of the
 core functions of the ,army ,corps of  
,engineers1 including--  7#a7 reducing  
risks to human life1 public safety1 and 
property2  7#b7 reducing the need for   
future disaster relief2  7#c7 improving 
local water storage capability and      
reliability in coordination with the    
non-,federal sponsor and other water    

users2  7#d7 restoring1 protecting1 or  
mitigating the impacts of a water       
resources development project on the    
environment2 or  7#e7 improving fish    
species habitat or population within the
 boundaries and downstream of a water   
resources project4  7c7 ,results        
reported ,not later than #ij days after 
completion of the review under this     
section1 the ,secretary shall submit a  
report to ,congress regarding the       
results of such review4  7d7 ,manual    
update ,as expeditiously as practicable 
and not later than #c years after       
submission of the report under          
subsection 7c71 and pursuant to the     
procedures required under existing      
authorities1 if the ,secretary          
determines from the results of the      
review that using improved weather and  
run-off forecasting methods improves one
 or more core functions of the ,army    
,corps of ,engineers at a reservoir1 the
 ,secretary shall incorporate such      
changes in its operation and update the 

water control manual4