S 28 · 93th Congress · Water Resources Development
Water Rights Act
Bill Progress
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.(1973-01-04)
Plain Language Summary
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Water Rights Act - Provides that if a Federal withdrawal or reservation of Federal lands is to create a water right which shall have priority against a water right under State law, then the Federal claim shall give fair notice as to the purpose, quantity, and priority date of the water right which is claimed. Requires that the acreage limitations in the Federal reclamation law is not amended by this Act. Requires just compensation to be paid before a State can acquire under State law any vested right in the diversion, storage, or use of any navigable or nonnavigable waters.…
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