II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4882 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 NOVEMBER 10, 2020 Mr. LEE 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 04:31 Nov 24, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4882.IS S4882 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4882 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 04:31 Nov 24, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S4882.IS S4882 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS