; and (H) reduce local flooding. (4) The Sites Project has been shown to provide approximately 500,000 acre-feet of additional annualized yield that, when integrated into the operations of the State and Federal reservoirs upstream of the Bay-Delta, can improve the system-wide operational efficiency for both water supply reliability and the environment. (5) Healthy wetlands and wildlife refuges are of vital importance to wildlife in California and require a reliable supply of water. Additional surface water storage can help meet water supply goals under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (title XXXIV of Public Law 102–575 ). (6) It is in the interests of the United States for the Federal Government to work with the Sites Project Authority, which has been established under the laws of the State of California as an independent joint exercise of powers authority to, among other things, study, promote, develop, design, finance, acquire, construct, manage, and operate Sites Reservoir and related facilities to advance the Sites Project in the most expeditious and cost-effective manner possible. (7) On July 24, 2018, the California Water Commission voted to award $816,000,000 to the Sites Project under Proposition 1 (Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014), showing a strong commitment from the State of California to advance the project. (8) As of the date of the introduction of this Act, the Sites Project Authority had the following public agencies serving on its 11-member governing board: Colusa County Water District, Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, Placer County Water District/City of Roseville, Reclamation District 108, Sacramento County Water Agency/City of Sacramento, the Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority, Westside Water District, the County of Colusa, and the County of Glenn. In addition, other agencies from the Sacramento Valley and agencies from the Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley, and southern California are actively participating to advance the Sites Project. 3. Definitions In this