Water Agency and Transparency Enhancement Review (WATER) Act

This bill would require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce to identify all ongoing or potential major water-supply and storage projects in California that fall under their duties under the Endangered Species Act or the National Environmental Policy Act. Each Secretary would name one federal official to coordinate their agency's compliance work on these projects. Within 30 days of the law taking effect, these officials would identify regulations that "unduly burden" the projects, note recent changes in state or federal law affecting them, and draft a plan to suspend, revise, or rescind such regulations. The bill defines "unduly burden" as unnecessarily obstructing, delaying, or adding significant costs to water permitting, delivery, or supply.

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Sponsors

• Adam Gray Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors