,i  #aae? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4
 ,r4 #fghb  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(          
,,repres5tatives  ,septemb] #ab1        
#bjah,mr4 ,de,saulnier 7= himself & ,mr4
 ,mc,nerney7 introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2   
:i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,natural
 ,res\rces  ,a ,,bill  ,to det]m9e !    
feasibility ( additional agreem5ts =    
long-t]m use ( exi/+ or exp&$ non-,f$]al
 /orage & conveyance facilities to      
augm5t ,f$]al wat] supply1 ecosy/em1 &  
op]ational flexibility b5efits 9 c]ta9  
areas1 & = o!r purposes4  #a4 ,%ort     
title ,?is ,act may be cit$ z !         
,su/a9able ,wat] ,supplies ,act4  #b4   
,pilot program  7a7 ,9 g5]al ,9 ord] to 
det]m9e ! feasibility ( agreem5ts =     
long-t]m use ( exi/+ or exp&$ non-,f$]al
 /orage & associat$ conveyance          
facilities to augm5t ,f$]al wat] supply1
 ecosy/em1 & op]ational flexibility     
b5efits1 n lat] ?an #f mon?s aft] ! date
 ( ! enactm5t ( ?is ,act1 ! ,secret>y ( 
! ,int]ior %all ent] into coop]ative    
agreem5ts ) non-,f$]al entities to      

provide wat] supplies = ,c5tral ,valley 
,project contractors1 units ( !         
,national ,wildlife ,refuge ,sy/em1     
,/ate wildlife areas1 & private wetl&   
areas4 ,agreem5ts "u ?is section %all-- 
7#a7 include ! pur*ase ( /orage capacity
 9 non-,f$]al facilities f will+ sell]s2
 &  7#b7 provide reimbursem5t = !       
tempor>y use ( available capacity 9     
exi/+ above-gr\nd1 (f-/ream /orage1 &   
associat$ conveyance facilities own$ by 
local wat] ag5cies4  7b7 ,treatm5t (    
wat] deliv]y wat] z reimbursable exp5se 
,! co/ ( deliv]+ wat] to any ,c5tral    
,valley ,project contractor t is n a    
wildlife refuge %all be consid]$ a      
reimbursable exp5se4  #c4 ,report ,n    
lat] ?an #b ye>s aft] ! date ( !        
enactm5t ( ?is ,act1 ! ,secret>y ( !    
,int]ior %all complete a report on !    
feasibility ( ! agreem5ts describ$ 9    
section #b = long-t]m use ( exi/+ or    
exp&$ non-,f$]al /orage & conveyance    
facilities to augm5t ,f$]al wat] supply1
 ecosy/em1 & op]ational flexibility     

b5efits4 ,! report %all be made         
available to ! ,*ief ( ! ,national      
,wildlife ,refuge ,sy/em & ,c5tral      
,valley ,project contractors4