Emergency Measures To Provide Water Resources in California and Improve Disaster Response in Certain Areas
Directs federal agencies to take emergency measures to increase water deliveries in California, including redirecting water from environmental protections to agricultural and municipal use. Issued in the context of the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.
Section by Section
What each section does, and how they differ.
Directs federal agencies to provide water resources to Southern California and override state policies unduly burdening water delivery infrastructure.
Secretaries of Defense, Interior, and others must ensure adequate water in Southern California and override state activities unduly burdening water delivery, including operation of Central Valley Project.
OMB and agency secretaries shall review California policies for sound disaster prevention and report on noncompliance with federal grant terms and conditions.
HUD and FEMA must expedite housing relief for wildfire survivors; Defense, Homeland Security, and EPA must develop plan to expedite debris removal within 5 days.
Agencies must expedite road clearance and repair, provide housing relief for Hurricane Helene survivors, and use disaster preparedness grants properly.
Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.