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302
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2025-12-10T00:26:13Z
House
H
HR
2025-01-09
119
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/302
[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 5 (Thursday, January 9, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. MALOY:H.R. 302.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8[Page H93]
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Agriculture Committee
House
Standing
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Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
    - Referred to
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  - Discharged From
2025-11-25T18:00:39Z
  - Referred To
2025-01-09T14:32:20Z
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Natural Resources Committee
House
Standing
  - Reported By
2025-11-25T17:58:33Z
  - Markup By
2025-02-12T21:33:59Z
  - Referred To
2025-01-09T14:32:15Z
H. Rept. 119-384
- 2025-11-25
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 334.
Calendars
H12410
2
House floor actions
U00334
- 2025-11-25
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Discharge
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2
House floor actions
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Agriculture Committee
- 2025-11-25
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Committee
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Library of Congress
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Agriculture Committee
- 2025-11-25
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-384, Part I.
Committee
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2
House floor actions
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Natural Resources Committee
- 2025-11-25
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-384, Part I.
Committee
5000
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Library of Congress
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Natural Resources Committee
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Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
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House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Committee
- 2025-02-12
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Natural Resources Committee
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House committee actions
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16.
Committee
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Natural Resources Committee
1
House committee actions
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Committee
- 2025-01-09
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.
IntroReferral
H11100
2
House floor actions
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Agriculture Committee
- 2025-01-09
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.
IntroReferral
H11100
2
House floor actions
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Natural Resources Committee
- 2025-01-09
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
Intro-H
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Library of Congress
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Introduced in House
IntroReferral
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Library of Congress
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Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2]
Celeste
Maloy
R
UT
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N
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Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1]
Blake
Moore
R
UT
D.
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2025-01-09
True
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Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1]
Russ
Fulcher
R
ID
1
2025-01-09
True
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Andy
Biggs
R
AZ
5
2025-01-09
True
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Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]
Ron
Estes
R
KS
4
2025-01-09
True
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Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
Burgess
Owens
R
UT
4
2025-01-14
False
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Kennedy
R
UT
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2025-02-11
False
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H.R. 302, Water Rights Protection Act
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61247
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 12, 2025
Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
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- Department of Agriculture
2025-02-28T20:25:16Z
- Department of the Interior
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- Indian lands and resources rights
2025-02-28T20:25:16Z
- Intergovernmental relations
2025-02-28T20:25:16Z
- Land use and conservation
2025-02-28T20:25:16Z
- Licensing and registrations
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- State and local government operations
2025-02-28T20:25:16Z
- Water use and supply
2025-02-28T20:25:16Z
Public Lands and Natural Resources
2025-02-26T20:55:21Z
00
2025-01-09
Introduced in House
2025-03-11T19:01:36Z
Water Rights Protection Act of 2025
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.
Further, Interior and USDA must not take actions that adversely affect state authority in permitting water usage or in adjudicating water rights.

Water Rights Protection Act
- Display Title
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Water Rights Protection Act
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- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
102

Water Rights Protection Act
2025-11-26T05:38:20Z
H
House
Reported in House
RH
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
101

Water Rights Protection Act of 2025
2025-02-06T02:53:17Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Official Title as Introduced
6

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 Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
2025-02-06T02:48:27Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Reported in House
2025-11-25T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr302rh/xml/BILLS-119hr302rh.xml
- Introduced in House
2025-01-09T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr302ih/xml/BILLS-119hr302ih.xml
2025-11-25
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 334.
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