[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5791 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5791

To provide for reasonable and necessary access to Wilderness Areas for 
the restoration of water sources, supplies, or infrastructure during a 
        state of emergency declared by the Governor of a State.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2012

  Mr. Flake introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for reasonable and necessary access to Wilderness Areas for 
the restoration of water sources, supplies, or infrastructure during a 
        state of emergency declared by the Governor of a State.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Water Supply Restoration 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ACTIONS IN WILDERNESS AREAS DURING A DECLARED STATE OF 
              EMERGENCY.

    (a) Access to Wilderness Areas.--When a state of emergency declared 
by the Governor of a State authorizes access to, reconstruction of, 
repairs to, or restoration of water sources, supplies, or 
infrastructure located in a Wilderness Area, the respective State's 
agencies and political subdivisions may take all reasonable and 
necessary means of accessing, reconstructing, repairing, or restoring 
such water sources, supplies, or infrastructure as determined in their 
sole discretion, including access by heavy mechanized or motorized 
vehicles or equipment, the placement, replacement or repair of above 
ground or underground pipelines or aqueducts, and the repair or 
construction of permanent water catchment structures and above-grade 
diversionary flumes or other diversion infrastructure.
    (b) Restriction on Federal Impediments.--No Federal agency may 
regulate, permit, interfere, or otherwise impede such access, 
reconstruction, repairs, or restoration during the duration or any 
extension of the declared state of emergency.
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