Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretaries of the Treasury and Labor to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the effect on local economies and communities of the Department of Government Efficiency and newly-imposed tariffs.
- Last Action
- 4/8/2025
Actions
- 2025-11-25Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 334.
- 2025-11-25Committee on Agriculture discharged.
- 2025-11-25Committee on Agriculture discharged.
- 2025-11-25Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-384, Part I.
- 2025-11-25Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-384, Part I.
- 2025-02-14Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- 2025-02-12Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16.
- 2025-02-12Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 2025-01-09Referred 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.
- 2025-01-09Referred 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.
- 2025-01-09Introduced in House
- 2025-01-09Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2025-01-09 (00)
Water Rights Protection Act of 2025
This bill limits the transfer of water rights from water users to the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
First, the bill prohibits Interior and USDA from conditioning the issuance or renewal of land use or occupancy agreements (e.g., permits and leases) on the transfer of any water right to the United States. Next, it prohibits Interior and USDA from requiring water users, including Indian tribes, to acquire water rights in the name of the United States as a condition of the issuance or renewal of a land use or occupancy agreement. Finally, it prohibits Interior and USDA from conditioning or withholding the issuance or renewal of land use or occupancy agreements on (1) limiting the date, time, quantity, location of diversion or pumping, or place of use of a state water right beyond any applicable limitations under state water law; or (2) modifying the terms and conditions of groundwater withdrawal, guidance and reporting procedures, or conservation and source protection measures established by a state.
Interior and USDA must also ensure that federal action imposes no greater restriction or regulatory requirement than under applicable state water law.
Further, Interior and USDA must not take actions that adversely affect state authority in permitting water usage or in adjudicating water rights.
Cosponsors (6)
- Blake Moore (R-UT)
- Russ Fulcher (R-ID)
- Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
- Ron Estes (R-KS)
- Burgess Owens (R-UT)
- Mike Kennedy (R-UT)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of the Interior
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Intergovernmental relations
- Land use and conservation
- Licensing and registrations
- State and local government operations
- Water use and supply
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