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1 reduce the annual mitigation and restoration 



2 payment ceiling established under this sub- 



3 section to $15,000,000 (October 1992 price lev- 



4 els) on a three-year rolling average basis. The 



5 amount of the mitigation and restoration pay- 



6 ment made by Central Valley Project water and 



7 power users, taking into account all funds col- 



8 leeted under this title, shall, to the greatest de- 



9 gree practicable, be assessed in the same pro- 



10 portion, measured over a ten-year rolling aver- 



11 age, as water and power users' respective allo- 



12 cations for repayment of the Central Valley 



13 Project.". 



14 (e) Funding to Non-Federal Entities. — Section 



15 3407(e) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act 



16 (106 Stat. 4728) is amended to read as follows: 



17 "(e) Funding to Non-Federal Entities. — 



18 "(1) Except as provided by paragraph (2), if 



19 the Secretary determines that the State of California 



20 or an agency or subdivision thereof, an Indian tribe, 



21 or a nonprofit entity concerned with restoration, pro- 



22 tection, or enhancement of fish, wildlife, habitat, or 



23 environmental values is able to assist in implement- 



24 ing any action authorized by this title in an efficient, 



25 timely, and cost-effective manner, the Secretary is 



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