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SUGGESTED CHANGES TO: 



"HatioDal Forests and Public Lands of Nevada 



Enhancement Act of 1987" 



SEC. 8. WATER RIGHTS. 



(a) PRIOR EXISTING WATER RIGHTS . --.Nothing tn this Act shall 

 be construed to expand or diminish any water right of the United 

 States under State or Federal law which the United States had, 

 or nay be determined to have had by purchase, reservation, or 

 otherwise, before the date of enactment of this Act. 



[(b) NO FEDERAL RESERVED WATER RIGHTS BY REASON OP TRANSFER. ~ 

 The designation and withdrawal of newly established national 

 forest lands by this Act shall not create any reserved water 

 rights in the United States by reason of this Act with respect 

 to those lands. ] 



(b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to establish 

 a new express or implied reservation to the United States of 



rights . 



(c) RIGHT TO ACQUIRE AND DISPOSE OF '.VATER RIGHTS.-- Nothing 

 in this Act shall affect the right of the United States or of 

 any person to acquire or dispose of water or water rights under 

 applicable law. 



