SECTION 1. PROTECTING WATER RESOURCES IN THE 
GREAT LAKES. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO FINDINGS.—Section 1109(a) of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 
1962d–20(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘the Great 
Lakes are a most important natural resource’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Great Lakes and the waters of the 
Great Lakes Basin are impressed with a public trust 
and are critical’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(4) as paragraphs (3) through (5); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) the Great Lakes, their connecting waters, 
tributary streams, lakes, and groundwater are a sin-
gle hydrologic system which must be protected, con-
served, and maintained as a whole;’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO PURPOSE AND POLICY.—Sec-
tion 1109(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1962d–20(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘water con-
servation and’’ and inserting ‘‘water conservation, 
public trust, maintaining flows and levels of navi-
gable waters, and water’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘diversion’’ both places it 
appears and inserting ‘‘diversion or export’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘in 
accordance and consistent with the mechanism, 
standard, and principles described in paragraph 
(2);’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) to provide for the enforcement of the pro-
hibitions and requirements of this section.’’. 
(c) OTHER TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND-
MENTS.—Section 1109(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1962d– 
20(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘tributary’’ and inserting ‘‘trib-
utary, including tributary groundwater,’’; and 
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘in accordance and consistent with the mecha-
nism, standard, and principles described in sub-
section (b)(2).’’ 
(d) CIVIL SUIT PROVISION.—Section 1109 of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1962d–20) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (f) as sub-
paragraph (g); and 
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(2) by inserting after subparagraph (e) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) The prohibition on any diversion or export of 
water under subsection (d) may be enforced through a civil 
suit filed by the Federal Government, a State or local gov-
ernment, or by any person or organization whose property 
or other legally recognized interest will be adversely af-
fected. The proper venue for the civil suit shall be the Fed-
eral judicial district with jurisdiction over any portion of 
the Great Lakes Basin and from which the diversion or 
export of water will occur or has occurred. The court may 
award attorney fees, expert witness fees, and costs as the 
interests of justice may require.’’. 
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