service from the SWP. I CVP AND SWP OPERATIONS 101. Operation of the CVP and SWP (a) Congressional direction regarding CVP and SWP operations The CVP and the SWP shall be operated in accordance with the Preferred Alternative and FWS Biological Opinion and NOAA Biological Opinion. (b) Application of laws and regulations to others Operation of the CVP and SWP shall proceed pursuant to subsection (a) except to the extent changes to operations are undertaken pursuant to one or more agreements, which are voluntarily entered into, approved, and implemented by CVP contractors, for operations of the CVP, and SWP contractors, for operations of the SWP, with all applicable Federal departments and the State of California, including any agency or board of the State of California. (c) Costs No cost, including water supply, financial, mitigation-related, or otherwise, associated with the implementation of any agreement under subsection (b) shall be imposed by any Federal department or agency or the State of California, including any agency or board of the State of California, directly or indirectly on any CVP contractor, SWP contractor, or any other person or entity, unless such costs are incurred on a voluntary basis. (d) Endangered Species Act Notwithstanding subsection (b), implementation of subsection (a) shall not conflict with the FWS Biological Opinion and the NOAA Biological Opinion. (e) Native species protection The State of California shall not impose any bag, catch, or size restriction or limit on the take or harvest of striped bass or any species of black bass, including largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and spotted bass, that occupy the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers Delta or its tributaries. 102. Operations and reviews In carrying out section 101(a), the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce shall implement their statutory authorities in a manner that improves water supply reliability and enables the CVP and SWP to provide the maximum quantity of water supplies practicable to CVP agricultural,