Sacramento river basin integrated Water Management Federal Leadership Committee

(a) Findings Congress finds that— (1) on October 23, 2024, the United States Bureau of Reclamation, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Land Management, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and the California Department of Water Resources entered into the Memorandum of Understanding Advancing Floodplain Forward in the Sacramento River Basin (in this section referred to as the Sacramento Floodplain MOU), to coordinate planning, design, implementation, monitoring, and information sharing of conservation projects in the Sacramento River Basin; (2) the Sacramento Floodplain MOU contemplates Federal-State coordination at a scale that requires standing interagency leadership distinct from project-by-project coordination; and (3) a Federal leadership committee dedicated to the Sacramento River Basin is necessary to give effect to the Sacramento Floodplain MOU and to accelerate implementation of habitat restoration and water-supply reliability projects in the Basin. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Committee The term Committee means the Sacramento River Basin Integrated Water Management Federal Leadership Committee established under subsection (c). (2) Covered project The term covered project means a habitat restoration, floodplain reactivation, hatchery modernization, fish passage, fish screening, water infrastructure, groundwater recharge, working-lands habitat partnership, or fishery monitoring project located in the Sacramento River Basin that supports the recovery of native anadromous fish, improves water-supply reliability, or enhances ecosystem resilience. (3) Sacramento Floodplain MOU The term Sacramento Floodplain MOU means the Memorandum of Understanding Advancing Floodplain Forward in the Sacramento River Basin, dated October 23, 2024, or any successor instrument. (c) Establishment Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a committee, to be known as the Sacramento River Basin Integrated Water Management Federal Leadership Committee, to provide assistance to eligible entities and Federal agencies in advancing covered projects. (d) Chairperson The Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science shall serve as the chairperson of the Committee and shall coordinate the activities of, and communication among, members of the Committee. (e) Membership The Committee shall include representatives of each of the Federal signatories to the Sacramento Floodplain MOU, and such other Federal agency representatives as the chairperson determines appropriate, including representatives of— (1) the Bureau of Reclamation; (2) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; (3) the National Marine Fisheries Service; (4) the Corps of Engineers; (5) the Bureau of Land Management; (6) the Natural Resources Conservation Service; (7) the Environmental Protection Agency; and (8) the United States Geological Survey. (f) State and Tribal participation The chairperson may invite representatives of the State of California, affected Indian Tribes, and other non-Federal entities to participate in the activities of the Committee as the chairperson determines appropriate. (g) Duties The Committee shall— (1) facilitate interagency coordination with respect to covered projects, including by identifying and resolving regulatory, jurisdictional, and procedural obstacles to project implementation; (2) identify opportunities for Federal agencies to align existing programs, authorities, and funding streams in support of covered projects; (3) support implementation of the Sacramento Floodplain MOU and any successor instrument; (4) coordinate Federal agency activities with the NMFS Recovery Plan for Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook, the Winter-Run Chinook Salmon Reintroduction Priority Action Plan, and other applicable recovery and restoration plans for native anadromous fish in the Sacramento River Basin; (5) recommend to Congress priorities for Federal investment in covered projects; and (6) submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate an annual report describing the activities of the Committee and the status of covered projects. (h) Administrative support The Secretary shall provide such staff, facilities, and other administrative support as may be necessary to carry out the activities of the Committee. (i) Termination The Committee shall terminate on the date that is 15 years after the date of enactment of this Act, unless extended by an Act of Congress.