2011 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES (§§ 1 - 460zzz-7)
Subchapter CVI - EL MALPAIS NATIONAL MONUMENT AND CONSERVATION AREA (§§ 460uu - 460uu-50)
Part E - General Provisions (§§ 460uu-41 - 460uu-50)
Section 460uu-49 - Water rights
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 CVI - EL MALPAIS NATIONAL MONUMENT AND CONSERVATION AREA Part E - General Provisions Sec. 460uu-49 - Water rights |
| Contains | section 460uu-49 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 100-225, title V, §509, Dec. 31, 1987, 101 Stat. 1549. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 101 Stat. 1549 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 100-225 |
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Congress expressly reserves to the United States the minimum amount of water required to carry out the purposes for which the national monument, the conservation area, and the wilderness areas are designated under this subchapter. The priority date of such reserved rights shall be December 31, 1987.
(b) Effect on existing valid or vested water rightsNothing in this section shall affect any existing valid or vested water right, or applications for water rights which are pending as of December 31, 1987, and which are subsequently granted: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require the National Park Service to allow the drilling of ground water wells within the boundaries of the national monument.
(c) Construction of section as precedent with regard to future designationsNothing in this section shall be construed as establishing a precedent with regard to any future designations, nor shall it affect the interpretation of any other Act or any designation made pursuant thereto.
(Pub. L. 100–225, title V, §509, Dec. 31, 1987, 101 Stat. 1549.)
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