US Congress House Bill 3964 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 17-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2014 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-02-10 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 306.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act - Title I: Central Valley Project Water Reliability - (Sec. 101) Amends the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) to include among the Act's purposes to: (1) ensure that water dedicated to fish and wildlife purposes is replaced and provided to Central Valley Project (CVP) water contractors by December 31, 2018, at the lowest cost reasonably achievable, and (2) facilitate and expedite water transfers in accordance with that Act. (Sec. 102) Redefines "anadromous fish" to: (1) include those native stocks of salmon (including steelhead) and sturgeon that, as of October 30, 1992, were present in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries and that ascend those rivers and their tributaries to reproduce after maturing in San Francisco Bay or the Pacific Ocean; and (2) exclude non-native striped bass and American shad. Defines "reasonable flows" as water flows capable of being maintained taking into account competing consumptive uses of water and economic, environmental, and social factors. (Sec. 103) Eliminates existing limitations on the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to enter into any new contracts for water supply from the CVP. Directs the Secretary to renew any existing long-term repayment or water service contract, upon request of the contractor, that provides for the delivery of water from the CVP for a period of 40 years (the current contractual term is 25 years). Requires new or renewed contracts to include a provision that requires the Secretary to charge only for water actually delivered. (Sec. 104) Directs the Secretary to take all necessary actions to facilitate and expedite CVP water transfers in accordance with CVPIA or any other provision of federal reclamation law and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Requires: (1) the contracting district from which the water is coming, the agency, or the Secretary to determine if a written water transfer proposal is complete within 45 days after the date of submission of such proposal; and (2) the district, agency, or Secretary to state with specificity what must be added or revised if such proposal is determined to be incomplete. Prohibits the Secretary from imposing mitigation or other requirements on a proposed transfer of water. Declares that: (1) the authority to make transfers or exchanges of, or banking or recharge arrangements using, CVP water that could have been conducted before October 30, 1992, is valid and such transfers, exchanges, or arrangements shall not be subject to, limited, or conditioned by this title; and (2) this title shall not supersede or revoke the authority to transfer, exchange, bank, or recharge CVP water that existed prior to such date. Requires: (1) measurement (currently, metering) of water use; and (2) the contracting district or agency, excluding districts serving multiple agencies with separate governing boards, to ensure that all contractor-owned water delivery systems within its boundaries measure surface water at the district or agency's facilities up to the point the surface water is commingled with other water supplies. Repeals provisions regarding water pricing reform. Requires all revenues received by the Secretary that exceed the cost-of-service to be covered to the CVP Restoration Fund. (Sec. 105) Grants the Secretary discretion to modify CVP operations to provide reasonable water flows of suitable quality, quantity, and timing to protect all life stages of anadromous fish. Provides that instream flow needs for CVP controlled streams and rivers shall be determined by the Secretary based on recommendations of the National Marine Fisheries Service (as well as recommendations of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service), after consultation with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) (currently, consultation is required with the California Department of Fish and Game). Provides that all CVP water used for purposes specified in CVPIA shall be credited to the quantity of CVP yield dedicated and managed under that Act by determining how the dedication and management of such water would affect the delivery capability of the CVP during the 1928 to 1934 drought period after fishery, water quality, and other flow and operational requirements imposed by terms and conditions existing in agreements pertaining to CVP under applicable law existing on October 30, 1992, have been met. Requires CVP water to be reused to fulfill the secretary's remaining contractual obligations to provide CVP water for agricultural or municipal and industrial purposes. States that: (1) if, by March 15th of any year, the quantity of CVP water forecasted to be made available to water service or repayment contractors in the Delta Division of CVP is below 75% of the total quantity made available under such contracts, the quantity of CVP yield dedicated and managed for that year shall be reduced by 25%; and (2) by pursuing activities described in this section, the Secretary shall be deemed to have met the mitigation, protection, restoration, and enhancement purposes of this title. (Sec. 106) Repeals a requirement that not less than 67% of all funds made available to the Restoration Fund under CVPIA be authorized to be appropriated to carry out habitat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of that Act. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring: (1) a donation or other payment to the Fund or environmental restoration or mitigation fees not otherwise provided by law as a condition to providing for storage or conveyance of non-CVP water or for the delivery of water pursuant to the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, or (2) a donation or other payment to the Fund for any water that is delivered with the sole intent of groundwater recharge. Requires annual payments to the Fund to be allocated so as not to exceed $4 per megawatt-hour for CVP power sold to power contractors (October 2015 price levels) after October 1, 2015. Requires the Secretary to: (1) reduce certain sums and payment ceilings for the Fund upon the completion of certain fish, wildlife, and habitat mitigation and restoration actions by no later than December 31, 2020; and (2) submit a plan for Fund expenditures, including a cost effectiveness analysis of each expenditure. Establishes a Restoration Fund Advisory Board to make recommendations to the Secretary regarding priorities and spending levels on projects and programs under CVPIA. (Sec. 107) Directs the Secretary to: (1) use the authority granted in the CVPIA in connection with requests to exchange, impound, store, carry, or deliver nonproject water using CVP facilities for any beneficial purpose; and (2) develop rates not to exceed the amount required to recover the reasonable costs incurred by the Secretary in connection with a beneficial purpose. Requires such rates to be charged to a party using CVP facilities for such purpose and to exclude any donation or other payment to the Fund. Requires the filing and adequacy of the Secretary's annual reports to Congress to be personally certified to specified committees by the Regional Director of the Mid-Pacific Region of the Bureau of Reclamation. Directs the Secretary, in order to minimize adverse effects on existing CVP water contractors resulting from water dedicated to fish and wildlife and to assist the state of California in meeting its future water needs, to submit to Congress on a priority basis by September 30, 2015, a least-cost plan to increase, as soon as possible but not later than September 30, 2018 (except for the construction of new facilities, which shall not be limited by that deadline), the CVP water by the amount dedicated and managed for fish and wildlife purposes and otherwise required to meet CVP purposes, including satisfying contractual obligations. Requires the plan to include: (1) recommendations on appropriate cost-sharing arrangements and authorizing legislation or other measures needed to implement the intent, purposes, and provisions of this section; and (2) a description of how the Secretary intends to use specified options. Directs the Secretary to implement the plan commencing on October 1, 2015, and to coordinate with the state of California in implementing measures for the long-term resolution of problems in the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary. Provides that if the plan fails to increase the annual delivery capability of CVP by 800,000 acre-feet by September 30, 2018, implementation of any non-mandatory action dedicating the 800,000 acre-feet for fish, wildlife, and habitat purposes shall be suspended until the plan achieves an increase in the annual delivery capability of CVP by such amount. Authorizes the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation to partner or enter into an agreement with local joint powers authorities formed pursuant to state law by irrigation districts and other local water districts and local governments within the applicable hydrologic region to advance water storage projects identified in the Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act. (Sec. 108) Requires the CVP and the California State Water Project (SWP) to be operated pursuant to the water quality standards and operational constraints described in the Principles for Agreement of the Bay-Delta Standards Between the state of California and the Federal Government, dated December 15, 1994 (Bay-Delta Accord of 1994), without regard to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) or any other law pertaining to the operation of the CVP and the SWP. Prohibits any federal department or the state of California from imposing on any water right obtained under state law, including a pre-1914 appropriative right, any condition that restricts the exercise of that water right in order to protect any species that is affected by CVP or SWP operations. Requires implementation of the Bay-Delta Accord to be in strict compliance with the water rights priority system and statutory protections for areas of origin. Prohibits any cost associated with implementation from being imposed on any CVP contractor or other person or entity unless incurred on a voluntary basis. Preempts California law regarding any restriction on the quantity or size of non-native fish that preys upon one or more native fish species that occupy the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries or the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers Delta that may be taken or harvested. (Sec. 109) Prohibits the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce from distinguishing between natural-spawned and hatchery-spawned or otherwise artificially propagated strains of a species in making any determination under ESA that relates to any anadromous fish species that are present in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers or their tributaries and that ascend those rivers and their tributaries to reproduce after maturing in the San Francisco Bay or the Pacific Ocean. (Sec. 110) Adds the Kettleman City Community Services District as an authorized service area of the CVP. Directs the Secretary to enter into a long-term contract for the delivery of up to 900 acre-feet of CVP water for municipal and industrial use. Authorizes the Secretary to temporarily reduce deliveries of the quantity of CVP water up to 25% of the total contractual amount whenever reductions due to hydrologic circumstances are imposed upon agricultural deliveries of CVP water. Makes any additional infrastructure or related costs the responsibility of the non-federal entity. (Sec. 111) Declares that: (1) filing a Notice of Determination or a Notice of Exemption for any project, including the issuance of a permit under state law, related to any project of the CVP or the delivery of water from it in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act shall be deemed to meet the requirements of NEPA for that project or permit; and (2) the Bureau of Reclamation shall not be required to cease or modify any major federal action or other activity related to any CVP project or water delivery from it, pending completion of judicial review of any determination under NEPA. (Sec. 112) Directs the Secretary to offer to the Oakdale Irrigation District, the South San Joaquin Irrigation District, and the Calaveras County Water District a contract enabling such districts to collectively impound and store a portion of their Stanislaus River water rights in the New Melones Reservoir in accordance with applicable terms of the Warren Act. (Sec. 114) Directs the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, in consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, to jointly develop and conduct a seven-year scientifically-based pilot non-native predator fish removal program to remove non-native striped bass, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, black bass, and other non-native predator fish from the Stanislaus River in California. Makes the Oakdale Irrigation District and the South San Joaquin Irrigation District responsible for the funding of such pilot program. Requires the Commissioner to post on the website of the Bureau of Reclamation a tabular summary of the raw data collected by the pilot program. (Sec. 115) Directs the Secretary, if the San Luis Reservoir does not fill by the last day of February, to permit any entity with an agricultural water service or repayment contract for the delivery of water from the Delta Division or the San Luis Unit to reschedule into the immediately following contract year (i.e., March 1 through the last day of February) any unused CVP water previously allocated for irrigation purposes. Title II: San Joaquin River Restoration - (Sec. 201) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to cease any action to implement the Stipulation of Settlement (Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. Kirk Rodgers, et al., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California) (the Settlement). (Sec. 202) Modifies the purpose of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act to be restoration of the San Joaquin River (currently, to authorize implementation of the Settlement). (Sec. 204) Amends such Act to eliminate references to the Settlement and to direct the Secretary, beginning on March 1, 2015, to modify Friant Dam operations to release restoration flows (defined as additional water released or bypassed from Friant Dam to ensure that the target flow entering Mendota Pool does not fall below 50 cubic feet per second) in every year except a critical water year (defined as when the total unimpaired runoff at Friant Dam is less than 400,000 acre-feet) in a manner that improves the fishery in the San Joaquin River between Friant Dam and Gravelly Ford. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement, in cooperation with the state of California, a reasonable plan to fully recirculate, recapture, reuse, exchange, or transfer all such restoration flows. Requires such plan to address any impact on ground water resources within the service area of the Friant Division, Hidden Unit, and Buchanan Unit of the CVP. Permits mitigation to include ground water banking and recharge projects. Directs the Secretary, prior to October 1, 2015, to: (1) identify the impacts associated with the release of such restoration flows; (2) identify measures necessary to mitigate impacts on adjacent and downstream water users, landowners, and agencies as a result of such restoration flows; and (3) implement all such mitigation measures identified before such restoration flows are commenced. Directs the Secretary to promulgate a rule establishing a claims process to address current and future claims, including ground water seepage, flooding, or levee instability damages caused by such restoration flows. Provides that all actions taken under this title shall be subordinate to the Secretary's use of CVP facilities to make CVP water available to its contractors, other than water released from the Friant Dam pursuant to this title. Preempts and supersedes any state law, regulation, or requirement that imposes more restrictive requirements or regulations on the activities authorized under this title. Directs the Secretary to phase in each project to implement this title in the following order: (1) identify project purpose and need, (2) identify mitigation measures, (3) conduct environmental review, and (4) complete implementation of the project and required mitigation measures. (Sec. 205) Deletes language that directs implementation of the Settlement and that authorizes the use of eminent domain to implement the Settlement. (Sec. 207) Declares that implementation of this title satisfies federal obligations under the California Fish and Game Code. (Sec. 208) Provides that nothing shall confer a private right of action or claim for relief to enforce provisions under section 204 of this Act, except for contractors within the Friant Division, Hidden Unit, or Buchanan Unit. (Sec. 211) Repeals provisions requiring the reintroduction of California Central Valley Spring Run Chinook salmon into the San Joaquin River. (Sec. 213) Eliminates certain additional funding for improvements and facilities in the Friant Division, CVP, California. Title III: Repayment Contracts and Acceleration of Repayment of Construction Costs - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon request of the contractor, to convert all existing long-term CVP contracts to contracts that require a contractor to pay the remaining balance of construction at a Treasury rate discount. Provides that: (1) in return, pricing and acreage limitations of federal reclamation law shall no longer apply to the contractors; and (2) any capital costs incurred after the date of conversion will be repaid either within five years, if the amount is less than $5 million, or as provided by applicable reclamation law, if the amount is $5 million or greater. Provides that this title shall not alter the repayment obligation of any other long-term water service or repayment contractor receiving water from CVP or shift any costs that would otherwise have been properly assignable to any contractors. Title IV: Bay-Delta Watershed Water Rights Preservation and Protection - (Sec. 401) Directs the Secretary of the Interior (notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, federal reclamation law, or ESA), in the operation of CVP, to: (1) strictly adhere to state water rights law governing water rights priorities by honoring water rights senior to those belonging to CVP, regardless of the source of priority; and (2) strictly adhere to and honor water rights and other priorities that are obtained or that exist under the California Water Code. Requires any action taken by the Secretary or the Secretary of Commerce to protect any species listed under ESA that affects the diversion of water or that involves the release of water from any CVP water storage facility to be applied in a manner that is consistent with water right priorities established by state law. (Sec. 402) Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce, in implementing ESA in the Bay-Delta and on the Sacramento River, to apply any limitations on the operation of CVP or to formulate any reasonable prudent alternative associated with CVP's operation in a manner that strictly adheres to and applies water rights priorities for project water and base supply provided for in the Sacramento River settlement contracts. (Sec. 403) Directs the Secretary, subject to the absolute priority of Sacramento River settlement contractors, to allocate water provided for irrigation purposes to existing CVP agricultural water service contractors within the Sacramento River Watershed in the following order: (1) not less than 100% of their contract quantities in a wet, above normal, or below normal year; (2) not less than 75% in a dry year; and (3) not less than 50% in a critically dry year. (Sec. 404) Directs the Secretary to ensure that there are no redirected adverse water supply or fiscal impacts to those within the Sacramento River or San Joaquin River watershed or to the SWP arising from the Secretary's operation of CVP to meet legal obligations imposed by or through any state or federal agency. Title V: Miscellaneous - (Sec. 501) Declares that: (1) coordinated operations between CVP and SWP, previously requested and consented to by the state of California and the federal government, require assertion of federal supremacy to protect existing water rights throughout the system; (2) these circumstances are unique to California; and (3) nothing in this Act shall serve as precedent in any other state. (Sec. 502) Declares that nothing in this Act shall affect the Proclamation of State of Emergency and the associated executive order issued on January 17, 2014, by the Governor of California or the authorities granted thereby. (Sec. 503) Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to: (1) decrease the length of a segment of the Lower Merced River in California designated as a wild and scenic river; and (2) revise provisions concerning the water surface level of Lake McClure in Mariposa County, California. Restores the boundary of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Project No. 2179 (New Exchequer Project) as it existed on February 15, 2013. (Sec. 504) Deems the Proclamation of State of Emergency and associated executive order issued by the Governor of California on January 17, 2014, as a request under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to determine that a fishery resource disaster exists for fisheries that originate in California.

Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act

Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]
Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]
Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R-CA]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]
Rep. Howard McKeon [R-CA]	Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]	Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]
Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]

2014-02-05 - House - On Passage (Y: 229 N: 191 NV: 11 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-05 - House - On Motion to Recommit with Instructions (Y: 191 N: 231 NV: 9 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2014-02-05 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 192 N: 231 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2014-02-05 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 193 N: 230 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2014-02-05 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 189 N: 231 NV: 11 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2014-02-05 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 194 N: 227 NV: 10 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2014-02-05 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 194 N: 226 NV: 11 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2014-02-05 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 193 N: 228 NV: 10 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2014-02-05 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 179 N: 239 NV: 13 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-10	Senate	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 306.
2014-02-06	Senate	Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
2014-02-05	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2014-02-05	House	On passage Passed by recorded vote: 229 - 191 (Roll no. 50).
2014-02-05	House	On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 191 - 231 (Roll no. 49).
2014-02-05	House	The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H1647)
2014-02-05	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Garamendi motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to add Title IX- Preserving Local Water Supplies and Protecting Tribal Sovereignty.
2014-02-05	House	Mr. Garamendi moved to recommit with instructions to Natural Resources. (consideration: CR H1646-1647; text: CR H1646)
2014-02-05	House	The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H1624-1631)
2014-02-05	House	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H1646)
2014-02-05	House	The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 3964.
2014-02-05	House	H.AMDT.550 On agreeing to the Peters (CA) amendment (A008) Failed by recorded vote: 192 - 231 (Roll no. 48).
2014-02-05	House	H.AMDT.549 On agreeing to the McNerney amendment (A007) Failed by recorded vote: 193 - 230 (Roll no. 47).
2014-02-05	House	H.AMDT.548 On agreeing to the Huffman amendment (A006) Failed by recorded vote: 189 - 231 (Roll no. 46).
2014-02-05	House	H.AMDT.546 On agreeing to the Capps amendment (A004) Failed by recorded vote: 194 - 227 (Roll no. 45).
2014-02-05	House	H.AMDT.545 On agreeing to the Bera amendment (A003) Failed by recorded vote: 194 - 226 (Roll no. 44).
2014-02-05	House	H.AMDT.544 On agreeing to the Matsui amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 193 - 228 (Roll no. 43).
2014-02-05	House	H.AMDT.543 On agreeing to the Napolitano amendment (A001) Failed by recorded vote: 179 - 239 (Roll no. 42).
2014-02-05	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Peters (CA) Part B amendment No. 8, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Peters (CA) demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
2014-02-05	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 472, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Peters (CA) Part B amendment No. 8.
2014-02-05	House	H.AMDT.550 Amendment (A008) offered by Mr. Peters (CA). (consideration: CR H1639-1641, H1645; text: CR H1639-1640)Amendment sought to stipulate that the bill cannot go into effect until the Secretary confirms that the act does not adversely affect any community's water supply or water budget.
2014-02-05	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the McNerney Part B amendment No. 7, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. McNerney demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
2014-02-05	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 472, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the McNerney Part B amendment No. 7.
2014-02-05	House	H.AMDT.549 Amendment (A007) offered by Mr. McNerney. (consideration: CR H1638-1639, H1644-1645; text: CR H1638)Amendment sought to prevent several provisions of the Act from taking effect until it is determined that it will not harm water quality or water availability for agricultural producers in California's Delta region (Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, and Yolo Counties).
2014-02-05	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Huffman Part B amendment No. 6, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Huffman demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
2014-02-05	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 472, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Huffman Part B amendment No. 6.
2014-02-05	House	H.AMDT.548 Amendment (A006) offered by Mr. Huffman. (consideration: CR H1637-1638, H1644; text: CR H1637)An amendment numbered 6 printed in Part B of House Report 113-340 to prevent provisions of the bill from taking effect until it has been determined that it will not interfere with the State of California's Delta and water management reform and funding Acts of 2009, including SB7x-1, SB7x-2, SB7x-6, and SB7x-7.
2014-02-05	House	H.AMDT.547 On agreeing to the DeFazio amendment (A005) Agreed to by voice vote.
2014-02-05	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 472, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the DeFazio Part B amendment No. 5.
2014-02-05	House	H.AMDT.547 Amendment (A005) offered by Mr. DeFazio. (consideration: CR H1636-1637; text: CR H1636)Amendment to establish the Governor of California's emergency drought declaration, issued January 17, 2014, as a formal request to the Secretary of Commerce to issue a determination, using her authority under Section 312 of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, that a fishery resource disaster has occurred for fisheries that originate in the State of California.
2014-02-05	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Capps Part B amendment No. 4, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Capps demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
2014-02-05	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 472, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Capps Part B amendment No. 4.
2014-02-05	House	H.AMDT.546 Amendment (A004) offered by Mrs. Capps. (consideration: CR H1635-1636, H1643-1644; text: CR H1635)Amendment sought to require GAO to conduct a study on the resiliency and adaptability of all Bureau of Reclamation projects and facilities to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the quality, quantity, or reliability of water resources.
2014-02-05	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Bera Part B amendment No. 3, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Bera demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
2014-02-05	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 472, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Bera Part B amendment No. 3.
2014-02-05	House	H.AMDT.545 Amendment (A003) offered by Mr. Bera. (consideration: CR H1634-1635, H1642-1643; text: CR H1634)Amendment sought to delay implementation of the act until it is determined that it will not have a negative impact on the quantity, quality, and safety of drinking water in the California Delta region.
2014-02-05	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Matsui Part B amendment No. 2, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Matsui demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
2014-02-05	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 472, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Matsui Part B amendment No. 2.
2014-02-05	House	H.AMDT.544 Amendment (A002) offered by Ms. Matsui. (consideration: CR H1632-1634, H1642; text: CR H1632)Amendment sought to change the language in the bill regarding the elimination of water for the delta environment and sought to preserve senior water rights in Northern California.
2014-02-05	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Napolitano Part B amendment No. 1, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Napolitano demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
2014-02-05	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 472, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Napolitano Part B amendment No. 1.
2014-02-05	House	H.AMDT.543 Amendment (A001) offered by Mrs. Napolitano. (consideration: CR H1631-1632, H1641-1642; text: CR H1631)Amendment sought to remove the subsidy for agricultural loans and to require that interest be repaid on the capital costs of a project.
2014-02-05	House	GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 3964.
2014-02-05	House	The Speaker designated the Honorable Ted Poe to act as Chairman of the Committee.
2014-02-05	House	House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 472 and Rule XVIII.
2014-02-05	House	The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2954 and H.R. 3964. The resolution provides one hour of general debate for each bill. In each instance, the resolution makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee Report 113-340. The resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
2014-02-05	House	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 472. (consideration: CR H1615-1648)
2014-02-05	House	Rule H. Res. 472 passed House.
2014-02-04	House	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 472 Reported to House. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2954 and H.R. 3964. The resolution provides one hour of general debate for each bill. In each instance, the resolution makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee Report 113-340. The resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
2014-01-29	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

HB934 (Related) 2013-05-17 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 47.
HB2554 (Related) 2013-07-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
HB2705 (Related) 2013-07-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
HR472 (Related) 2014-02-05 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3964/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3964/BILLS-113hr3964ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3964/BILLS-113hr3964eh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3964/BILLS-113hr3964pcs.pdf
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/201442
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/201443
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/201444
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/201445
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/201446
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/201447
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/201448
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/201449
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/201450