Amendment clarifies protections for the water rights of American Indian tribes and ensures that the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture cannot use one-sided permits, licenses, approvals and other land management tools to take water from Indian tribes without just compensation.

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   Change 1: Inserts “(including any federally recognized Indian tribe)” after “water user”

   InsertsPage 3, line 18Printed page

   In H.R. 3189 · Reported in House

   (1) shall not condition 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 of any water right directly to the United States, or any impairment of title, in whole or in part, granted or otherwise recognized under State law, by Federal or State adjudication, decree, or other judgment, or pursuant to any interstate water compact; and

   (2) shall not require any water user [inserted: (including any 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 the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy agreement.

   SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

   Original wording

   Page 3, line 18, insert “(including any federally recognized Indian tribe)” after “water user”.

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   Change 2: Inserts “Such term shall include water rights for federally recognized Indian tribes.” after the period

   InsertsPage 4, line 7Printed page

   Inserted: Such term shall include water rights for federally recognized Indian tribes.

   Original wording

   Page 4, line 7, insert after the period “Such term shall include water rights for federally recognized Indian tribes.”.

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   Change 3: Adds SEC. 5. EFFECT ON INDIAN WATER RIGHTS on page 4, line 13

   Adds a sectionPrinted page

   Inserted: SEC. 5. EFFECT ON INDIAN WATER RIGHTS.

   Inserted: Nothing in this Act limits or expands any existing reserved water right or treaty right of any federally recognized Indian tribe.

   Original wording

   Page 4, after line 13, insert the following:

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