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On the recordSeptember 26, 1996
Does the Senator agree that, as a matter of longstanding Congressional policy, Congress recognizes the principle that State water law governs the allocation and use of water within a State, subject to the Federal Government's power to reserve and establish water rights for the purposes associated with Federal lands and Indian reservations?
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Jon Kyl
Republican · Arizona

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Discussing Congressional policy on state water law and federal water rights.

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