HR 1830
114th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations
Water use and supply
Water Rights Protection Act
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 7, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
May 5, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Apr 16, 2015
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.
Apr 16, 2015
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Water Rights Protection Act
Prohibits the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture from:
- conditioning or withholding the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy agreement (permit) on the limitation or encumbrance of any water right or the transfer of any water right to the United States or any other designee, or any other impairment of any water right under state law by federal or state action;
- 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 such a permit;
- asserting jurisdiction over groundwater withdrawals or impacts on groundwater resources, unless consistent with state groundwater resource laws, regulations, and policies; or
- infringing on the rights and obligations of a state in evaluating, allocating, and adjudicating state waters originating on or under, or flowing from, land owned or managed by the federal government.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Related & companion bills
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1830: Water Rights Protection Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1830/
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