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[CITE: 16USC410aaa-76]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
      SUBCHAPTER LIX-Y--CALIFORNIA DESERT LANDS PARKS AND PRESERVE
 
                    Part D--Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 410aaa-76. Federal reserved water rights


(a) Reservation of sufficient water

    Except as otherwise provided in section 204 of this Act, with 
respect to each wilderness area designated by this Act, Congress hereby 
reserves a quantity of water sufficient to fulfill the purposes of this 
Act. The priority date of such reserved water rights shall be October 
31, 1994.

(b) Protection of rights reserved

    The Secretary and all other officers of the United States shall take 
all steps necessary to protect the rights reserved by this section, 
including the filing by the Secretary of a claim for the quantification 
of such rights in any present or future appropriate stream adjudication 
in the courts of the State of California in which the United States is 
or may be joined in accordance with section 666 of title 43.

(c) Relinquishment or reduction of rights

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a relinquishment or 
reduction of any water rights reserved or appropriated by the United 
States in the State of California on or before October 31, 1994.

(d) Specific reservation

    The Federal water rights reserved by this Act are specific to the 
wilderness area located in the State of California designated under this 
Act. Nothing in this Act related to the reserved Federal water rights 
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 made thereto.

(Pub. L. 103-433, title VII, Sec. 706, Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4498.)

                       References in Text

    Section 204 of this Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is section 204 
of Pub. L. 103-433, title II, Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4485, which is 
not classified to the Code.
    This Act, referred to in subsecs. (a), (c), and (d), is defined in 
section 410aaa-81 of this title.
