Water Rights Protection Act

Summary

Water Rights Protection Act Prohibits the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture from: conditioning or withholding the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy agreement (permit) on the limitation or encumbrance of any water right or the transfer of any water right to the United States or any other designee, or any other impairment of any water right under state law by federal or state action; requiring any water user (including a federally recognized Indian tribe) to apply for or acquire a water right in the name of the United States under state law as a condition of such a permit; asserting jurisdiction over groundwater withdrawals or impacts on groundwater resources, unless consistent with state groundwater resource laws, regulations, and policies; or infringing on the rights and obligations of a state in evaluating, allocating, and adjudicating state waters originating on or under, or flowing from, land owned or managed by the federal government.

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Timeline

1. 16 April 2015

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 16 April 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 18 June 2015

   Committee

   Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-399.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 16 April 2015 · Download file

Documents

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Sponsors

• Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
• · sseg00 · Standing

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