,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ecaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #e1        
#bjai,mr4 ,cox of ,california 7for      
himself1 ,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1  
,mr4 ,harder of ,california1 and ,mr4   
,grijalva7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to provide for the restoration 
of the original carrying capacity of    
canals impacted by land subsidence1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,move    
,water ,now ,act4  #b4 ,conveyance      
capacity correction project  7a7 ,in    
general ,there is authorized to be      
appropriated to the ,secretary of the   
,interior1 #bjj1jjj1jjj for fiscal years
 #bjbj through #bjbc1 in the aggregate1 
for the acceleration and completion of  
repairs to water conveyance facilities  
at transferred works in ,reclamation    
,states4  7b7 ,eligibility ,a project   
eligible for funding under this section 

is a project where-- 7#a7 repairs are   
major1 non-recurring maintenance of a   
mission critical asset2  7#b7 the       
,secretary determines that the project  
has lost #ej percent or more of its     
designed carrying capacity along some   
portion of the facility2 and  7#c7 the  
additional water made available for     
conveyance through the project would be 
used primarily for groundwater recharge 
to assist in meeting groundwater        
sustainability goals defined under      
,state law4  7c7 ,cost sharing  7#a7    
,federal share ,the ,federal share of   
the cost of carrying out an activity    
described in this section shall not be  
more than #ej percent4  7#b7            
,non-federal share ,the non-,federal    
share of the cost of carrying out an    
activity described in the section--     
7,a7 shall be not less than #ej percent2
 and  7,b7 may be provided in cash or   
in-kind4  7d7 ,restrictions ,funds      
authorized to be appropriated under this
 section may not be used to build new   

surface storage1 raise existing         
reservoirs1 or enlarge the carrying     
capacity of a canal beyond the project's
 capacity as previously constructed by  
the ,bureau of ,reclamation4  7e7       
,environmental compliance ,in carrying  
out projects under this section1 the    
,secretary of the ,interior shall comply
 with all applicable environmental laws1
 including--  7#a7 the ,national        
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi2   
7#b7 the ,endangered ,species ,act of   
#aigc2 and  7#c7 other applicable ,state
 law4  7f7 ,savings ,federal funds      
provided under this section shall be in 
addition to any and all ,federal funding
 authorized in statute for such purposes
 and shall be non-reimbursable4  #c4    
,funding parity for water management    
goals and restoration goals ,in addition
 to the funding authorized in section   
#ajjji of ,public ,law #aaa-aa1 there   
are authorized to be appropriated an    
additional #bjj1jjj1jjj 7at ,october    
#bjai price levels7 to implement the    

,restoration ,goal of the ,settlement   
described in section #ajjjd of ,public  
,law #aaa-aa4