Presidential Memorandum 2025-02041 explained · Presidential Memorandum
Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environ mentalism To Provide Water to Southern California
Signed: 2025-01-20 Published: 2025-01-30 Federal Register document: 2025-02041
Agencies: Executive Office of the President
What Presidential Memorandum 2025-02041 says
Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 19 (Thursday, January 30, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 19 (Thursday, January 30, 2025)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 8479-8480] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-02041] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 19 / Thursday, January 30, 2025 / Presidential Documents [[Page 8479]] Memorandum of January 20, 2025 Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environ mentalism To Provide Water to Southern California Memorandum for the Secretary of Commerce [and] the Secretary of the Interior I hereby direct the Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the heads of other departments and agencies of the United States as necessary, to immediately restart the work from my first Administration by the National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and other agencies to route more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to other parts of the state for use by the people there who desperately need a reliable water supply. During my first term, the State of California, at the direction of its Governor, filed a lawsuit to stop my Administration from implementing improvements to California's water infrastructure. My Administration's plan would have allowed enormous amounts of water to...
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