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1 "(d) Central Valley Refuges and Wildlife 



2 Habitat Areas. — (1) In support of the objectives of the 



3 Central Valley Habitat Joint Venture and in furtherance 



4 of the purposes of this title, the Secretary shall provide, 



5 either directly or through contractual agreements with 



6 other appropriate parties, firm water supplies of suitable 



7 quality to maintain and improve wetland habitat areas on 



8 units of the National Wildlife Refuge System in the 



9 Central Valley of California; on the Gray Lodge, Los 



10 Banos, Volta, North Grasslands, and Mendota state wild- 



11 life management areas; and on the Grasslands Resources 



12 Conservation District in the Central Valley of California. 



13 "(2) Upon enactment of this title and subject to para- 



14 graph (8) of this subsection, the quantity and delivery 



15 schedules of water measured at the boundaries of each 



16 wetland habitat area described in this paragraph shall be 



17 in accordance with level 2 of the 'Dependable Water Sup- 



18 ply Needs' table for those habitat areas as set forth in 



19 the Refuge Water Supply Report and two-thirds of the 



20 water supply needed for full habitat development for those 



21 habitat areas identified in the San Joaquin Basin Action 



22 Plan/Kesterson Mitigation Action Plan Report prepared 



23 by the Bureau of Reclamation. Such water shall be pro- 



24 vided through long-term contractual agreements with ap- 



25 propriate parties and shall be supplemented by the incre- 



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