Water Rights Protection Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Apr 16, 2015)
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.
What just happenedMay 7, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseApr 16, 2015
- May 7, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee - May 5, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Forestry Subcommittee - Apr 16, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Agriculture Committee - Apr 16, 2015IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Apr 16, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Natural Resources Committee - Apr 16, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Apr 16, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House