S.Amdt. 2271

SA 2271. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself,
Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr.
Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R.
3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ____. RESERVATION OF WATER RIGHTS AT NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Water Rights.--
``(1) No reservation of water rights.--In designating a
national monument under subsection (a), the President may not
reserve any implied or expressed water rights associated with
the national monument.
``(2) Applicable law.--Water rights associated with a
national monument designated under subsection (a) may be
acquired for the national monument only in accordance with
the laws of the State in which the water rights are
located.''.
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