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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 23 (Engrossed in House) — To provide drought relief in the State of California, and for other purposes. · Sec. 705

Sec. 705. Effect

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Nothing in this title limits or expands any existing legally recognized authority of the Secretary to issue, grant, or condition any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy agreement on Federal land that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Secretary. Nothing in this title in any way interferes with any existing or future Bureau of Reclamation contract entered into pursuant to Federal reclamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act).
Nothing in this title affects the implementation of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Nothing in this title limits or expands any existing reserved water rights of the Federal Government on land administered by the Secretary. Nothing in this title limits or expands authorities pursuant to sections 4(e), 10(j), or 18 of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 797(e) , 803(j), 811). Nothing in this title shall have any effect on tribal water rights or their adjudication, or the protection, settlement, or enforcement and/or administration of such rights by either Indian tribes or the United States as trustee for Indian tribes.
Nothing in this title limits the ability of the Secretary, through applicable State procedures, to acquire, use, enforce, or protect a State water right owned by the United States.
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