119th Congress Public Lands and Natural Resources
H.R. 302: Water Rights Protection Act
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Summary
This bill limits the transfer of water rights from water users to the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
First, the bill prohibits Interior and USDA from conditioning the issuance or renewal of land use or occupancy agreements (e.g., permits and leases) on the transfer of any water right to the United States. Next, it prohibits Interior and USDA from requiring water users, including Indian tribes, to acquire water rights in the name of the United States as a condition of the issuance or renewal of a land use or occupancy agreement. Finally, it prohibits Interior and USDA from conditioning or withholding the issuance or renewal of land use or occupancy agreements on (1) limiting the date, time, quantity, location of diversion or pumping, or place of use of a state water right beyond any applicable limitations under state water law; or (2) modifying the terms and conditions of groundwater withdrawal, guidance and reporting procedures, or conservation and source protection measures established by a state.
Interior and USDA must also ensure that federal action imposes no greater restriction or regulatory requirement than under applicable state water law.
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Further, Interior and USDA must not take actions that adversely affect state authority in permitting water usage or in adjudicating water rights.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Andy Biggs R-AZOriginal
- Ron Estes R-KSOriginal
- Russ Fulcher R-IDOriginal
- Blake Moore R-UTOriginal
- Clarence Owens R-UT
- Mike Kennedy R-UT
Who scored on this bill
- 1Celeste Maloy SponsorIntroduced, marked up, reported, discharged4 events+56
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History
- Introduced in the House by Celeste Maloy.
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- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-384, Part I.
- Committee on Agriculture discharged.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 334.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.