II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 498 To amend title 54, United States Code, to limit the authority to reserve water rights in designating a national monument. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 1, 2021 Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. DAINES) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To amend title 54, United States Code, to limit the authority to reserve water rights in designating a national monument. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. RESERVATION OF WATER RIGHTS AT NA- 3 TIONAL MONUMENTS. 4 Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is 5 amended by adding at the end the following: 6 ‘‘(e) WATER RIGHTS.— 7 ‘‘(1) NO RESERVATION OF WATER RIGHTS.—In 8 designating a national monument under subsection 9 (a), the President may not reserve any implied or 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:42 Mar 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S498.IS S498 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 498 IS expressed water rights associated with the national 1 monument. 2 ‘‘(2) APPLICABLE LAW.—Water rights associ- 3 ated with a national monument designated under 4 subsection (a) may be acquired for the national 5 monument only in accordance with the laws of the 6 State in which the water rights are located.’’. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:42 Mar 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S498.IS S498 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS