To provide long-term water supply and regulatory reliability to drought-stricken California, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide long-term water supply and regulatory reliability to drought-stricken California, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Finance.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HCFCE3CB35833411BBD2A68013DD5E436: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Working to Advance Tangible and Effective Reforms for California Act or the WATER for California Act.
- Section H77EFFA4B307C4409B311095411861D6C: 2. Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
- Section HC5A5ACE799964839A045E35D1A99A462: 3. Definitions In this Act, the following definitions apply: The term CVP means the Central Valley Project. The term CVP contractor means any public water...
- Section H5E82FBAC650D4002B3D165CD8B76ACBF: 101. Operation of the CVP and SWP The CVP and the SWP shall be operated, and reporting shall be done, in accordance with the Preferred Alternative and FWS...
- Section H847335B7F94F4D20BF0FC9D69D558952: 102. Operations and reviews In carrying out section 101(a), the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce shall implement their statutory...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide long-term water supply and regulatory reliability to drought-stricken California, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Government Operations, Finance
Primary Purpose
This bill, To provide long-term water supply and regulatory reliability to drought-stricken California, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedAdditional sponsor: Mr. Fong
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …
Mr. Valadao (for himself, Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Duarte, …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
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