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H.R. 3189: Water Rights Protection Act

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H.R. 3189: Water Rights Protection Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-09-26 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-09-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 3 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 130 (2014): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR3189 (2014-03-13), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Water Rights Protection Act

Plain 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.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Water Rights Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] · 15 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Kevin Cramer (R-ND)

Recorded votes

Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3189 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113