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H.R. 302

U.S. House•House Floor Calendar

Summary

H.R. 302, the Water Rights Protection Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 9, 2025 by Rep. Celeste Maloy (R) with 6 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Nov 25, 2025: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 334.

Record

Text

H.R. 302 has 6 co-sponsors.

No text on file for H.R. 302 yet — read it at congress.gov.

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-01-09
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

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Introduced in House Jan 9, 2025

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Introduced in House (01/09/2025)

Water Rights Protection Act of 2025

This bill limits the transfer of water rights from water users to the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture (USDA).

First, the bill prohibits Interior and USDA from conditioning the issuance or renewal of land use or occupancy agreements (e.g., permits and leases) on the transfer of any water right to the United States. Next, it prohibits Interior and USDA from requiring water users, including Indian tribes, to acquire water rights in the name of the United States as a condition of the issuance or renewal of a land use or occupancy agreement. Finally, it prohibits Interior and USDA from conditioning or withholding the issuance or renewal of land use or occupancy agreements on (1) limiting the date, time, quantity, location of diversion or pumping, or place of use of a state water right beyond any applicable limitations under state water law; or (2) modifying the terms and conditions of groundwater withdrawal, guidance and reporting procedures, or conservation and source protection measures established by a state.

Interior and USDA must also ensure that federal action imposes no greater restriction or regulatory requirement than under applicable state water law.

Further, Interior and USDA must not take actions that adversely affect state authority in permitting water usage or in adjudicating water rights.

Sponsors

Rep. Celeste Maloy (R) sponsors H.R. 302, and 6 members have co-sponsored it, 4 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 302 went before 3 committees: Agriculture, Natural Resources and Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee.

Agriculture
Agriculture
Discharged From · Nov 25, 2025 · 226 Bills
Natural Resources
Natural Resources
Reported By · Nov 25, 2025 · 395 Bills
Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
Referred to · Feb 14, 2025 · 57 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 302, the latest H. Rept. 119-384.

Actions

H.R. 302 has taken 8 actions since Jan 9, 2025, the latest on Nov 25, 2025.

ChamberAction
Nov 25, 2025
House
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-384, Part I.Natural Resources Committee
Nov 25, 2025
House
Committee on Agriculture discharged.Agriculture Committee
Nov 25, 2025
House
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 334.
Feb 14, 2025
House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
Feb 12, 2025
House
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldNatural Resources Committee

Votes

H.R. 302 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 302 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • Water Rights Protection Act — Display Title
  • Water Rights Protection Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
  • Water Rights Protection Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To prohibit the conditioning of any permit, lease, or other use agreement on the transfer of any water right to the United States by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 302, the latest on Mar 10, 2025.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 302, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 5 (Thursday, January 9, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. MALOY:H.R. 302.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8[Page H93]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com