To modify the project for flood control, Redbank and Fancher Creeks, California, to allow a non-Federal interest to establish conservation pools, and for other purposes.

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3022 To modify the project for flood control, Redbank and Fancher Creeks, Cali- fornia, to allow a non-Federal interest to establish conservation pools, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 7, 2021 Mr. COSTA (for himself, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. NUNES, and Mr. MCCLINTOCK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To modify the project for flood control, Redbank and Fancher Creeks, California, to allow a non-Federal inter- est to establish conservation pools, and for other pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. REDBANK AND FANCHER CREEKS, CALI- 3 FORNIA. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The project for flood control, 5 Redbank and Fancher Creeks, California, authorized by 6 section 401(a) of the Water Resources Development Act 7 of 1986 (100 Stat. 4112), is modified to authorize the Sec- 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:54 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3022.IH H3022 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3022 IH retary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 1 to allow a non-Federal interest to establish conservation 2 pools in the Big Dry Creek Reservoir and Fancher Creek 3 Reservoir. 4 (b) STUDY AND PLAN.— 5 (1) IN GENERAL.—A non-Federal interest that 6 intends to establish a conservation pool pursuant to 7 subsection (a) shall— 8 (A) perform any dam safety study that the 9 Secretary determines appropriate to determine 10 whether the establishment of such conservation 11 pool will affect the flood protections of the 12 project described in subsection (a) or be inju- 13 rious to the public; and 14 (B) submit to the Secretary a plan for the 15 establishment and engineering of such conserva- 16 tion pool that will not affect the flood protec- 17 tions of the project or be injurious to the pub- 18 lic. 19 (2) REVIEW.—The Secretary may accept and 20 expend funds provided by a non-Federal interest to 21 review any study, engineering, or plan submitted 22 under this Act to ensure that such study, engineer- 23 ing, or plan complies with Federal standards. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:54 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3022.IH H3022 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3022 IH (c) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share 1 of the costs to study and modify the project described in 2 subsection (a) to include conservation pools shall be 90 3 percent. 4 (d) AMENDMENT TO WATER CONTROL MANUAL.— 5 The Secretary is authorized to revise the water control 6 manual for the project for flood control, Redbank and 7 Fancher Creeks, California, as necessary to meet the re- 8 quirements of this section. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:54 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3022.IH H3022 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS