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Jeff Bingaman: “What I said before was that we have the section, section 112, broken down into three subsections. The first section…”

On the recordMarch 21, 1996
What I said before was that we have the section, section 112, broken down into three subsections. The first section deals with new water rights. The second section deals with Federal reserved water rights. The third section deals with existing water rights. So we have covered all three. I do not understand what the problem is. We have covered existing water rights in section (c). We have covered new water rights in section (a). We have covered Federal reserved water rights in section (b). What is the problem?
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Jeff Bingaman
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the breakdown of water rights in section 112 during a legislative debate.

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