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Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA)

Program Information

Popular name

CVPIA

Program Number

15.648

Program objective

To protect, restore, and enhance fish, wildlife, and associated habitats in the Central Valley and Trinity River basins of California; To address impacts of the Central Valley Project on fish, wildlife and associated habitats; To improve the operational flexibility of the Central Valley Project; To increase water-related benefits provided by the Central Valley Project to the State of California through expanded use of voluntary water transfers and improved water conservation; To contribute to the State of California's interim and long-term efforts to protect the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary; To achieve a reasonable balance among competing demands for use of Central Valley Project water, including the requirements of fish and wildlife, agricultural, municipal and industrial and power contractors.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    The CVPIA anticipates implementing 18 projects throughout the Central Valley, 10 of these are new projects. The CVPIA hopes to assess 88 miles of streamside habitat and 15 population assessments. Twenty Habitat Assessments were completed and over 100 miles of streamside habitat were assessed in 17 watershed specific projects. In addition 0.1 miles of habitat were restored on the Mokelumne River.

  2. 2018

    The CVPIA implemented 15 projects throughout the Central Valley. The CVPIA worked to assess 88 miles of streamside habitat and 12 population assessments.

  3. 2019

    CVPIA implemented 16 projects for FY19 throughout the Central Valley. The CVPIA worked to assess 88 miles of streamside habitat and 11 population assessments.

  4. 2020

    In FY20 the Program issued 1 new award and 7 award amendments.

  5. 2021

    Issued 8 Awards.

  6. 2022

    Issued 10 Awards.

  7. 2023

    Program issued 9 awards.

  8. 2024

    Expect to issue 5 awards.

  9. 2025

    Expect to issue 7 awards.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

  1. Central Valley Project Improvement Act—Fish and Wildlife Restoration Activities (Pub. L. 102-575, §3406(b)(16), 106 Stat. 4714 and 4719).