,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egeb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #d1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,costa 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,cox
 of ,california1 and ,mr4 ,harder of    
,california7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to provide for restoration of  
the original carrying capacity of water 
conveyance facilities impacted by land  
subsidence1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,conveyance ,capacity ,correction  
,act4  #b4 ,conveyance capacity         
correction projects  7a7 ,in general    
,the ,secretary may provide funding to  
,states and joint powers authorities for
 the initiation1 acceleration1 and      
completion of repairs to--  7#a7 water  
conveyance facilities at transferred    
works located in a ,reclamation ,state2 
or  7#b7 water conveyance facilities    
that distribute irrigation water and    
untreated municipal water supplies from 

water storage facilities that are owned 
by the ,united ,states under the        
jurisdiction of the ,bureau of          
,reclamation and operated by a ,state   
entity4  7b7 ,eligibility ,a project    
eligible for funding under this section 
is a project where-- 7#a7 damage caused 
by land subsidence has resulted in the  
need to undertake non-recurring repairs 
on a conveyance facility that conveys   
water from an estuary to a joint powers 
authority or public water agency2  7#b7 
the ,secretary has determined that the  
conveyance facilities have lost #aj     
percent or more of their designed       
carrying capacity along some portion of 
the facility2 or  7#c7 restoring        
carrying capacity of a conveyance       
facility would assist in meeting        
groundwater sustainability goals defined
 under ,state law4  7c7 ,ineligible     
projects ,on-farm conveyance facilities 
and conveyance facilities that serve    
only one water district are not eligible
 for funding under this ,act4  7d7      

,priority ,the ,secretary shall give    
funding priority to projects that-- 7#a7
 are located in both--  7,a7 a ,state   
that has been identified by the ,united 
,states ,drought ,monitor as            
experiencing severe1 extreme1 or        
exceptional drought during some or all  
of at least #g calendar years during the
 #aj-year period ending immediately     
before such funds are made available2   
and  7,b7 an area that has been         
identified by the ,united ,states       
,drought ,monitor as experiencing       
exceptional drought during some or all  
of at least #d calendar years during the
 #aj-year period ending immediately     
before such funds are made available2   
7#b7 restore conveyance capacity lost as
 a result of subsidence2  7#c7 have     
commenced an appraisal or feasibility   
level analysis in consultation with the 
,bureau of ,reclamation or performed by 
a ,state2 or  7#d7 support water supply 
benefits1 including through groundwater 
recharge1 to disadvantaged communities4 

7e7 ,cost sharing  7#a7 ,federal share  
,the ,federal share of the cost of      
carrying out a project 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 a project described in the 
section-- 7,a7 shall be not less than   
#ej percent2 and  7,b7 may be provided  
in cash or in kind4  7f7 ,savings       
,federal funds provided under this      
section shall be--  7#a7 in addition to 
any and all ,federal funds authorized by
 statute for such purposes2 and  7#b7   
non-reimbursable4  #c4 ,authorization of
 appropriations ,there is authorized to 
be appropriated to the ,secretary       
#djj1jjj1jjj to carry out this ,act4    
#d4 ,definitions ,for the purposes of   
this ,act3  7#a7 ,reclamation facility  
,the term ,reclamation facility means   
each of the infrastructure assets that  
are owned by the ,bureau of ,reclamation
 at a ,reclamation project4  7#b7       
,reclamation ,state ,the term           

,reclamation ,state has the meaning     
given the term in section #djad7h7 of   
the ,water ,infrastructure ,improvements
 for the ,nation ,act 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4    
#cij;b note2 ,public ,law #aad-cbb74    
7#c7 ,secretary ,the term ,secretary    
means the ,secretary of the ,interior4  
7#d7 ,transferred works ,the term       
transferred works means a ,reclamation  
facility at which operations and        
maintenance of the facility is carried  
out by a non-,federal entity under the  
provisions of a formal operations and   
maintenance transfer contract or other  
legal agreement with the ,bureau of     
,reclamation4