A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, to study the effects of interbasin water transfers on agriculture and to prohibit any State from selling or otherwise transferring interstate waters located in such State for use outside such State unless all States in the drainage basin of such waters consent to such sale or transfer.

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Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, to study the effects of interbasin water transfers on agriculture and agricultural productivity. Requires a report within 18 months. Prohibits a State from selling or transferring interstate surface or ground waters located in that State for use outside such State unless: (1) there is a related interstate compact; and (2) all the signatory States agree to such sale or transfer.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 1 March 1983

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