Water Rights Protection Act

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Bill Number

HR 3189

Introduced

Sep 26, 2013

Latest Action

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

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Land use and conservation Licensing and registrations Water Resources Development Water use and supply

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Summary

Water Rights Protection Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from: (1) conditioning 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 joint or sole ownership) directly to the United States, or any impairment in title, in whole or in part, granted or recognized under state law, by federal or state adjudication, decree, or other judgment, or pursuant to any interstate water compact; and (2) requiring any water user (including any federally recognized Indian tribe) to apply for a water right in the name of the United States under state law as a condition of such a land use or occupancy agreement.

States that nothing in this Act shall: (1) limit or expand any existing authority of the Secretaries to condition any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy agreement on federal lands subject to their respective jurisdictions; (2) interfere with existing or future Bureau of Reclamation contracts; (3) affect the implementation of the Endangered Species Act of 1973; (4) limit or expand any existing federal reserved water rights on lands administered by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture; (5) limit or expand certain authorities under the Federal Power Act; and (6) limit or expand any existing reserved water right or treaty right of any federally recognized Indian tribe.

Actions

Mar 24, 2014

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 13, 2014

The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Mar 13, 2014

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 13, 2014

On passage Passed by recorded vote: 238 - 174 (Roll no. 132).
Mar 13, 2014

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 238 - 174 (Roll no. 132).
Mar 13, 2014

On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 183 - 227 (Roll no. 131). (consideration: CR H2407)
Mar 13, 2014

The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H2407)
Mar 13, 2014

DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Kirkpatrick motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to report the same back to the House forthwith with an amendment to clarify that nothing in the underlying legislation may prohibit the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture from (1) protecting Tribal treaty rights; (2) preserving recreational fishing; (3) mitigating drought conditions in an area covered by an emergency drought declaration; or (4) facilitating fire suppression.
Mar 13, 2014

Mrs. Kirkpatrick moved to recommit with instructions to Natural Resources. (consideration: CR H2406-2407; text: CR H2406)
Mar 13, 2014

The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2395-2396)
Mar 13, 2014

The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 3189.
Mar 13, 2014

UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question on adoption of an amendment which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
Mar 13, 2014

The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
Mar 13, 2014

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2405-2408)
Mar 13, 2014

Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3189 as unfinished business.
Mar 13, 2014

On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
Mar 13, 2014

Mr. Hastings (WA) moved that the Committee rise.
Mar 13, 2014

POSTPONED PROCEEDINS - At the conclusion of debate on the Polis Part A substitute amendment No. 3, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Polis demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
Mar 13, 2014

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 515, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Polis Part A amendment no. 3.
Mar 13, 2014

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 515, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Mullin Part A amendment no. 2.
Mar 13, 2014

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 515, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Tipton Part A amendment no. 1.
Mar 13, 2014

GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 3189.
Mar 13, 2014

The Speaker designated the Honorable Virginia Foxx to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.
Mar 13, 2014

House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 515 and Rule XVIII.
Mar 13, 2014

The resolution provides for one hour of debate on H.R. 3189. The rule makes in order as original text for the purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill and provides that it shall be considered as read. The rule provides for a closed rule for H.R. 4015 with one hour of debate on the bill.
Mar 13, 2014

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 515. (consideration: CR H2385-2401)
Mar 12, 2014

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 515 Reported to House. The resolution provides for one hour of debate on H.R. 3189. The rule makes in order as original text for the purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill and provides that it shall be considered as read. The rule provides for a closed rule for H.R. 4015 with one hour of debate on the bill.
Mar 4, 2014

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 278.
Mar 4, 2014

Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Mar 4, 2014

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-372, Part I.
Nov 14, 2013

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 14.
Nov 14, 2013

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Nov 14, 2013

Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
Oct 10, 2013

Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Oct 4, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Oct 2, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Sep 26, 2013

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.
Sep 26, 2013

Introduced in House

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