§ 460ccc-8. — Water.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460ccc-8]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXIV--RED ROCK CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA
Sec. 460ccc-8. Water
(a) Reservation of rights
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 reservation
The 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.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``subsection''.
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(c) Protection of rights
The 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 rights
The 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 rights
The 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, Sec. 10, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3345; Pub. L. 103-
450, Sec. 2(c), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4766.)
Amendments
1994--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''.
