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Debbie Dingell: Therefore, it was the intention of my good friend that the exclusion of reserved water rights in the definition of the…

On the recordApril 24, 1996
Therefore, it was the intention of my good friend that the exclusion of reserved water rights in the definition of the word ``refuge'' in section 3(a) of the substitute bill was designed to limit the geographic boundaries of a given refuge rather than to cede or extinguish any reserved water rights which might otherwise be asserted within the system?
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Debbie Dingell
Democratic · Michigan

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Questioning the implications of water rights in a legislative substitute bill.

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