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1 under the United States mining laws, and from the 



2 operation of the mineral leasing laws of the United 



3 States, including all laws pertaining to geothermal 



4 leasing. 



5 (m) Water Rights. — (1) With respect to the Pre- 



6 serve designated by this Act, Congress hereby reserves a 



7 quantity of water sufficient to fulfill the purposes of this 



8 Act. The priority date of such reserved rights shall be the 



9 date of enactment of this Act. 



10 (2) The Secretary and all other officers of the United 



1 1 States shall take steps necessary to protect the rights re- 



12 served by paragraph (1), including the filing by the Sec- 



13 retary of a claim for the quantification of such rights in 



14 any present or future stream adjudication in the courts 



15 of the State of California in which the United States is 



16 or may be joined and which is conducted in accordance 



17 with the McCarran Amendment (43 U.S.C. 666). 



18 (3) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a relin- 



19 quishment or reduction of any water rights reserved or 



20 appropriated by the United States in the State of Califor- 



21 nia on or before the date of enactment of this Act. 



22 (4) The Federal water rights reserved by this Act are 



23 specific to the Giant Sequoia National Forest Preserve lo- 



24 cated in the State of California designated by this Act. 



25 Nothing in this Act related to reserved Federal water shall 



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