AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE.

SEC. 602. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE. The Secretary of the Interior (in this title referred to as the “Secretary”), acting within existing budgetary authority, may provide financial assistance to the Colusa Basin Drainage District, California (in this title referred to as the “District”), for use by the District or by local agencies acting pursuant to section 413 114 STAT. 2824of the State of California statute known as the Colusa Basin Drainage Act (California Stats. 1987, ch. 1399) as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act (in this title referred to as the “State statute”), for planning, design, environmental compliance, and construction required in carrying out eligible projects in the Colusa Basin Watershed to— (1) (A) reduce the risk of damage to urban and agricultural areas from flooding or the discharge of drainage water or tail water; (B) assist in groundwater recharge efforts to alleviate overdraft and land subsidence; or (C) construct, restore, or preserve wetland and riparian habitat; and (2) capture, as an incidental purpose of any of the purposes referred to in paragraph (1), surface or stormwater for conservation, conjunctive use, and increased water supplies.