Savings clauses; rules of construction

(a) WIIN Act section 4012 Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, modifies, supersedes, or otherwise alters the protections and limitations set forth in section 4012 of the WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 1882). (b) Central valley project improvement act Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, modifies, supersedes, or otherwise alters— (1) any obligation of the Secretary under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (title XXXIV of Public Law 102–575; 106 Stat. 4706); or (2) the obligation of the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, to make water available to managed wetlands and wildlife refuges under section 3406(d) of that Act (106 Stat. 4722). (c) Settlement and exchange contractor rights Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, modifies or amends— (1) the rights and obligations of the United States and the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors under their settlement contracts with the United States; (2) the rights and obligations under the Purchase Contract between Miller and Lux and the United States and the Second Amended Exchange Contract between the United States, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, and Central California Irrigation District, San Luis Canal Company, Firebaugh Canal Water District, and Columbia Canal Company; or (3) the priority of the Friant Division of the Central Valley Project over other Central Valley Project divisions. (d) State Water Law Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, preempts or modifies any obligation of the United States or any other person to act in conformance with applicable State law, including applicable State water law. (e) Tribal trust and treaty rights Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, modifies, supersedes, or otherwise affects— (1) the trust responsibility of the United States to Indian Tribes; (2) any treaty right of any Indian Tribe; (3) any reserved water right of any Indian Tribe; or (4) any right or obligation under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), including any right or obligation under title V of that Act (25 U.S.C. 5381 et seq.). (f) Endangered Species Act Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, modifies the applicability of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to any Federal action. (g) Biological opinions Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, modifies, supersedes, or otherwise alters any requirement of any biological opinion issued under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) governing the coordinated long-term operation of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project, or any successor biological opinion. (h) Reclamation fund repayment obligations Nothing in section 7 of this Act, including the authority to retain amounts derived from eligible temporary transfers under that section, modifies, supersedes, or otherwise alters the underlying repayment obligations of any transferor under any contract with the United States or under any other provision of law, except as expressly provided in section 7. (i) Severability If any provision of this Act, or the application of any provision of this Act to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, and the remainder of this Act, shall not be affected.