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45 



1 (1) by striking out "Interior and Insular Affairs 



2 and Merchant Marine and Fisheries" and inserting 



3 in Ueu thereof "Resources"; and 



4 (2) in the second sentence, by inserting before 



5 the period at the end the following: ", including (but 



6 not limited to) progress on the plan required by sub- 



7 section (j)". 



8 (b) Project Yield Increase and Judicial De- 



9 CREES. — Subsections (j) and (k) of section 3408 of the 



10 Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4730) 



1 1 are amended to read as follows: 



12 "(j) Project Yield Increase. — In order to mini- 



13 mize adverse effects upon existing Central Valley Project 



14 water contractors resulting from the water reserved for 



15 fish and wildlife under this title, and to assist the State 



16 of California in meeting its future water needs, the Sec- 



17 retary shall, on a priority basis, not later than two years 



1 8 after the date of enactment of the Central Valley Project 



19 Reform Act of 1995, develop and submit to Congress, a 



20 least-cost plan to increase, as soon as possible but not 



21 later than ten years after the date of enactment of this 



22 title, the yield of the Central Valley Project by the amount 



23 reserved and managed for fish and wildlife purposes under 



24 this title and otherwise required to meet the purposes of 



25 the Central Valley Project including, without limitation, 



•HR 1906 IH 



