On the recordMarch 13, 2014
Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 13, insert ``(including joint and sole ownership)'' after ``water right''. Page 4, line 9, insert ``legally recognized'' after ``existing''. Page 4, line 10, insert ``issue, grant, or'' before ``condition''. Page 4, after line 13, insert the following: SEC. 5. EFFECT ON RECLAMATION CONTRACTS. Nothing in this Act shall in any way interfere with existing or future Bureau of Reclamation contracts 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). SEC. 6. EFFECT ON ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT. Nothing in this Act shall affect the implementation of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). SEC. 7. EFFECT ON FEDERAL RESERVED WATER RIGHTS. Nothing in this Act limits or expands any existing reserved water rights of the Federal Government on lands administered by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture. SEC. 8. EFFECT ON FEDERAL POWER ACT. Nothing in this Act 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), and 811). The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 515, the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tipton) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Colorado.
