On the recordMarch 26, 2015
this amendment does a very simple thing. It protects State water rights. It creates a deficit-neutral reserve fund to make sure we are protecting privately held water rights from intrusion by the U.S. Forest Service or the ski area water rule, and it makes sure we are keeping private water rights held safe from groundwater rules by the U.S. Forest Service. This is an effort to make sure we are protecting private water rights, preventing bypass flows, and making sure we are doing everything we can to make sure that State water law is the imminent feature of our water in this country. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.
