SJM1012019 Regular Session
Stating findings of the Legislature and urging the President and Congress to take such action as necessary to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to recognize valid easements existing pursuant to the 1866 Mining Act on federal lands.
WATER -- Stating findings of the Legislature and urging the President and Congress to take such action as necessary to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to recognize valid easements existing pursuant to the 1866 Mining Act on federal lands.
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Requesting that Congress, the President, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture and the United States Forest Service respect and acknowledge Idaho's sovereignty over its water rights, its rights of way for use of water rights, and its desire to remove bureaucratic roadblocks that interfere with Idaho water users' use of their water rights.
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Read First Time, Referred to Resources & Conservation
BILL INFO
- Session
- 2019
- Chamber
- senate
- Status date
- Feb 14, 2019
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