2011 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES (§§ 1 - 460zzz-7)
Subchapter CXIV - RED ROCK CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA (§§ 460ccc - 460ccc-10)
Section 460ccc-8 - Water
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES SUBCHAPTER CXIV - RED ROCK CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA Sec. 460ccc-8 - Water |
| Contains | section 460ccc-8 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 101-621, §10, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3345; Pub. L. 103-450, §2(c), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4766. |
| Statutes at Large References | 104 Stat. 3345 108 Stat. 4766 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 101-621, Public Law 103-450 |
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Within the conservation area designated by this subchapter, there is hereby reserved a quantity of water sufficient to fulfill the purposes for which the conservation area is established.
(b) Priority date of reservationThe priority date of the water rights reserved in paragraph 1 (a) shall be November 16, 1990, except that as related to rights associated with lands added to the conservation area after November 16, 1990, the priority date shall be the date of enactment of the Act adding such lands to the conservation area.
(c) Protection of rightsThe Secretary shall take all steps necessary to protect the water rights reserved by this section, including the filing of a claim for quantification of such rights in any appropriate water adjudication in the courts of the State of Nevada in which the United States is or may be joined and which is conducted in accordance with section 666 of title 43.
(d) Effect on previously secured rightsThe Federal water rights reserved by this subchapter shall be in addition to any water rights which may have been previously secured by the United States for purposes other than for the conservation area.
(e) Scope and construction of rightsThe Federal water rights reserved by this subchapter are specific to the conservation area designated by this subchapter. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as establishing a precedent with regard to any future designations, nor shall it constitute an interpretation of any other Act or any designation.
(Pub. L. 101–621, §10, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3345; Pub. L. 103–450, §2(c), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4766.)
Amendments1994—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–450 inserted before period at end “, except that as related to rights associated with lands added to the conservation area after November 16, 1990, the priority date shall be the date of enactment of the Act adding such lands to the conservation area”.
1 So in original. Probably should be “subsection”.
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