Water
Title I — Designation of wilderness
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(a) Reservation (1) In general With respect to the land designated as wilderness by this title, rights to a quantity of water sufficient to fulfill the purposes for which the land is designated as wilderness are reserved. (2) Priority date The priority date of the rights reserved by paragraph (1) is the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Implementation The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and any other relevant officer of the United States shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the rights reserved by subsection (a) are protected, including by filing in a court of the State of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, or Washington claims for quantification of those rights in any appropriate stream adjudication— (1) occurring on or after the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) in which the United States is properly joined in accordance with section 208 of the Act of July 10, 1952 (43 U.S.C. 666) (commonly referred to as the McCarran Amendment).