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Bill Text Stats

6
Analyzed sections
N/A
Detected dollar total
0
Tax signals
0
Deadlines

Signal counts

Tax density 0.0%
Spending density 0.0%
Agency 5
Statutory Reference 2
Courts 1

Top agencies

Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 3
Secretary of Agriculture 1
Secretary of the Interior 1

Statutory references

16 U.S.C. 1531 1
16 U.S.C. 797 1

House Votes

No House roll call votes have been linked to this bill yet.

Timeline

Nov 25, 2025

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-384, Part I.

Nov 25, 2025

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-384, Part I.

Nov 25, 2025

Committee on Agriculture discharged.

Nov 25, 2025

Committee on Agriculture discharged.

Nov 25, 2025

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 334.

Feb 14, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

Feb 12, 2025

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Feb 12, 2025

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16.

Jan 9, 2025

Introduced in House

Jan 9, 2025

Introduced in House

Jan 9, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Affected Sectors

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Impact is a bill-level rollup used for sorting and filtering. It is not an economic impact estimate.

Confidence is the strongest individual match score behind that sector.

Evidence snippets show why a sector matched and can repeat when Congress.gov repeats the same phrase across official fields.

Agriculture
24 evidence matches
Impact 100% Confidence 88%

Department of Agriculture

Agriculture Committee Standing House

Secretary of Agriculture secretary of agriculture

Labor and employment
1 evidence matches
Impact 81% Confidence 75%

Water Rights Protection Act Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 334. Public Lands and Natural Resources

CBO Cost Estimates

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Existing agency spending context

Official USAspending.gov award records for agencies connected through bill-text agency signals. This helps show the existing agency spending landscape around the bill, not spending caused by the bill.

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USAspending context shows official public award records for agencies connected through LawLinter bill-text agency signals. It is historical spending and award context only, not proof that this bill caused, authorized, required, or changed any award, grant, contract, payment, or program spending.

Agency sample by amount

Where the local sample is concentrated

$82.7B
Department of Agriculture $82.7B
500 sampled awards

Amounts reflect the local USAspending sample linked through agency text signals, not bill-caused spending.

Largest sampled awards

Award records in this context

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $3.9B
other_financial_assistance · Department of Agriculture
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $2.9B
other_financial_assistance · Department of Agriculture
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $2.8B
other_financial_assistance · Department of Agriculture
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIA $2.6B
grants · Department of Agriculture
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIA $2.6B
grants · Department of Agriculture
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIA $2.5B
grants · Department of Agriculture

These bars summarize the visible sampled awards below so large awards are easier to scan.

Agency spending context

Department of Agriculture

Matched bill text signal: Secretary of Agriculture
Sampled awards500
Award amount in local sample$82,689,702,291
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Campaign Finance Context

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Lobbying Context

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Summary

00 Introduced in House Mar 11, 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

Fulcher, Russ
Cosponsor

Fulcher, Russ

Republican · ID-1 · F000469

Joined Jan 9, 2025
Website
N/A
Office
1514 Longworth House Office Building
Owens, Burgess
Cosponsor

Owens, Burgess

Republican · UT-4 · O000086

Joined Jan 14, 2025
Website
N/A
Office
309 Cannon House Office Building

Amendments

No amendment records are currently available for this bill.
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