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To impose limitations on the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to claim title or other rights to water absent specific direction of law or to abrogate, injure, or otherwise... (Introduced in House)
HR 2603 IH
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2603
To impose limitations on the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to claim title or other rights to water absent specific direction of law or to abrogate, injure, or otherwise impair any right to the use of any quantity of water.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 25, 2003
Mr. PEARCE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To impose limitations on the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to claim title or other rights to water absent specific direction of law or to abrogate, injure, or otherwise impair any right to the use of any quantity of water.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND WATER RIGHTS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior shall not--
(1) claim title or other rights to water in a State, other than for Indian reservation lands, absent specific direction of law; or
(2) exercise authority so as to abrogate, injure or otherwise impair any right to the use of any quantity of water--
(A) that has been allocated--
(i) in conformance with subsections (a) through (c) of section 208 of the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1953 (43 U.S.C. 666);
(ii) by or pursuant to interstate compact; and
(iii) by a decision of the United States Supreme Court;
(B) by requiring a change in the nature of use or the transfer of any right to use water or creating a limitation on the exercise of any right to use water; or
(C) by modifying the delivery, diversion, nondiversion, allocation, or storage of any water to be delivered by contract.
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