,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ffci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #aa1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,gray 7for himself and ,mr4   
,costa7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
codify certain sections of ,executive   
,order #adaha relating to emergency     
measures to provide water resources in  
,california and improve disaster        
response in certain areas4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,water ,agency and ,transparency        
,enhancement ,review 7,,water7 ,act4    
#b4 ,plans to address regulatory hurdles
 for major water-supply and storage     
projects  7a7 ,identification of major  
water-,supply and storage projects ,the 
,secretary of the ,interior and the     
,secretary of ,commerce shall identify  
all ongoing or potential major          
water-supply and storage projects       
7including surface and ground water     
storage projects1 aquifer recharge      

projects1 and ,state conveyance         
projects7 within the ,state of          
,california for which they have joint   
responsibility under section #g7;a7 of  
the ,endangered ,species ,act of #aigc  
7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aecf7;a77 or individual 
responsibilities under the ,national    
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq474  7b7     
,plans  7#a7 ,designation of compliance 
officials ,with respect to the projects 
identified under subsection 7a71 the    
,secretary of the ,interior and the     
,secretary of ,commerce shall each      
designate one ,federal official to      
coordinate each agency's respective     
compliance responsibilities under the   
,national ,environmental ,policy ,act of
 #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq47 and
 the ,endangered ,species ,act of #aigc 
7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aeca et seq474  7#b7    
,identification of regulatory hurdles   
,not later than #cj days after the date 
of enactment of this section1 each      
,federal official designated under      

paragraph 7#a7 shall--  7,a7 identify   
any regulatory hurdles that unduly      
burden each project identified under    
subsection 7a72  7,b7 identify any      
recent changes in applicable ,state or  
,federal law that may impact such       
projects from a regulatory perspective1 
including changes made by the ,fiscal   
,responsibility ,act of #bjbc 7,public  
,law #aah-e72 and  7,c7 develop a       
proposed plan1 for review by the        
,secretaries1 to appropriately suspend1 
revise1 or rescind any regulations or   
procedures that unduly burden such      
projects and are not necessary to       
protect the public interest or otherwise
 comply with the law4  7#c7             
,coordination ,in carrying out paragraph
 7#b71 each ,federal official designated
 under paragraph 7#a7 shall coordinate  
and share all appropriate information   
that will enable improved efficiencies4 
7c7 ,unduly burden defined ,in this     
section1 the term unduly burden means to
 unnecessarily obstruct1 delay1 curtail1

 impede1 or otherwise impose significant
 costs on the permitting1 utilization1  
transmission1 delivery1 or supply of    
water resources and water               
infrastructure4