3.0.0 982 2023-01-11T13:27:22Z 2023-01-11T13:27:22Z Senate S 2015-04-16 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg07 Water and Power Subcommittee Hearings by 2015-06-18T18:30:00Z Referred to 2015-04-16T17:49:35Z Water Rights Protection Act 114 1830 HR 2015-05-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. Identical bill CRS Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015 114 2898 HR 2015-10-08 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-381. Related bill CRS 2015-06-18 sseg07 Water and Power Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-399. Committee 2015-04-16 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2015-04-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY N R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2015-04-16 True F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2015-04-16 True G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2015-04-16 True H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2015-04-16 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2015-04-16 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2015-04-16 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2015-04-16 True F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE 2015-04-16 True L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2015-04-28 False M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2015-04-28 False C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2015-06-04 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Indian lands and resources rights Intergovernmental relations Land use and conservation Licensing and registrations State and local government operations Water use and supply Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2015-04-16 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-23T15:45:53Z Water Rights Protection Act

Prohibits the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture from:

  • conditioning or withholding the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy agreement (permit) on the limitation or encumbrance of any water right or the transfer of any water right to the United States or any other designee, or any other impairment of any water right under state law by federal or state action;
  • requiring any water user (including a federally recognized Indian tribe) to apply for or acquire a water right in the name of the United States under state law as a condition of such a permit;
  • asserting jurisdiction over groundwater withdrawals or impacts on groundwater resources, unless consistent with state groundwater resource laws, regulations, and policies; or
  • infringing on the rights and obligations of a state in evaluating, allocating, and adjudicating state waters originating on or under, or flowing from, land owned or managed by the federal government.
]]> Water Rights Protection Act Display Title Water Rights Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit the conditioning of any permit, lease, or other use agreement on the transfer of any water right to the United States by the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, and to require the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to develop water planning instruments consistent with State law. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Water Rights Protection Act Introduced in Senate 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s982is/xml/BILLS-114s982is.xml 2015-06-18 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-399. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.