Water Rights Protection Act

Bill: 113-s-1630
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2013-10-31
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Land use and conservation

Licensing and registrations

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2013-10-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-10-31
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Water Rights Protection Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from: (1) conditioning the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy agreement on the transfer or relinquishment of any water right directly to the United States, in whole or in part, granted under state law, by federal or state adjudication, decree, or other judgment, or pursuant to any interstate water compact and such Secretaries; and (2) requiring any water user to apply for a water right in the name of the United States under state law as a condition of such a land use or occupancy agreement.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1630 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 31, 2013 Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mr. Enzi , Mr. Lee , Mr. Heller , Mr. Hatch , Mr. Crapo , and Mr. Flake ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Water Rights Protection Act . 2. Treatment of water rights The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture— (1) shall not condition the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy agreement on the transfer or relinquishment of any water right directly to the United States, in whole or in part, granted under State law, by Federal or State adjudication, decree, or other judgment, or pursuant to any interstate water compact and the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture; and (2) shall not require any water user to apply for a water right in the name of the United States under State law as a condition of the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy agreement.