S.Amdt. 3571

SA 3571. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place insert the following:
Sec. 1__.  None of the funds made available by division A
may be used--
(1) to 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, including sole
and joint ownership, 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; or
(2) to require any water user 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.
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