US Congress Senate Bill 1630 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Introduced on October 31 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-10-31 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Pending: Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Water Rights Protection Act

Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]
Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-10-31	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB3189 (Same As) 2014-03-24 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1630/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s1630/BILLS-113s1630is.pdf