US Congress House Bill 579 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Pending: House Conservation and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits the Departments of the Interior or Agriculture from 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 to the United States or on any impairment of title or interest granted or otherwise recognized under state law by federal or state action; or 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 the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of such a permit. In developing any rule or similar federal action relating to the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, such departments (1) shall recognize the longstanding water use authority of the states and coordinate with the states to ensure that any federal action is consistent with applicable state water law, and (2) shall not adversely affect the authority of a state in permitting the beneficial use of water or adjudicating water rights.

Water Rights Protection Act of 2019

Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]
Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]
Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
2019-02-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2019-01-15	House	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.
2019-01-15	House	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.
2019-01-15	House	Introduced in House

HB5217 (Related) 2019-12-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/579/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr579/BILLS-116hr579ih.pdf