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Union Calendar No. 278 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3189 

[Report No. 113–372, Part I] 

To prohibit the conditioning of any permit, lease, or other use agreement 

on the transfer, relinquishment, or other impairment of any water right 

to the United States by the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 

Mr. TIPTON (for himself, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. 

AMODEI, and Mr. POLIS) introduced the following bill; which was 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 

MARCH 4, 2014 

Additional sponsors: Mr. COFFMAN, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. 

PEARCE, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. STEWART, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. GOSAR, 

Mr. CRAMER, Mr. POE of Texas, and Mr. GARDNER

MARCH 4, 2014 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with amendments 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

MARCH 4, 2014 

The Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 26, 2013] 

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A BILL 

To prohibit the conditioning of any permit, lease, or other 

use agreement on the transfer, relinquishment, or other 

impairment of any water right to the United States 

by the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture. 

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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Rights Protection 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF WATER RIGHTS. 

7 The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Ag8 riculture— 

9 (1) shall not condition the issuance, renewal, 

10 amendment, or extension of any permit, approval, li11 cense, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or 

12 other land use or occupancy agreement on the transfer 

13 of any water right directly to the United States, or 

14 any impairment of title, in whole or in part, granted 

15 or otherwise recognized under State law, by Federal 

16 or State adjudication, decree, or other judgment, or 

17 pursuant to any interstate water compact; and 

18 (2) shall not require any water user to apply for 

19 or acquire a water right in the name of the United 

20 States under State law as a condition of the issuance, 

21 renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, ap22 proval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of23 way, or other land use or occupancy agreement. 

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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 

2 For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘water right’’ means 

3 any surface, groundwater, or storage use filed, permitted, 

4 certificated, confirmed, decreed, adjudicated, or otherwise 

5 recognized by a judicial proceeding or by the State in which 

6 the user acquires possession of the water or puts it to bene7 ficial use. 

8 SEC. 4. IMPACT ON EXISTING AUTHORITY. 

9 Nothing in this Act limits or expands any existing au10 thority of the Secretaries to condition any permit, approval, 

11 license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other 

12 land use or occupancy agreement on Federal lands subject 

13 to their respective jurisdictions. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘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.’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 278 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3189 

[Report No. 113–372, Part I] 

A BILL 

To prohibit the conditioning of any permit, lease, or 

rior and Agriculture. the United States by the Secretaries of the Intement, or other impairment of any water right to other use agreement on the transfer, relinquishMARCH 4, 2014 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 

amendments 

MARCH 4, 2014 

The Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to 

Union and ordered to be printed the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 

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