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 PUBLIC LAW 100-225—DEC. 31, 1987

101 STAT. 1549

in or near Grants, New Mexico, adjacent to Interstate 40 in accordance with the plan required pursuant to section 501. WATER RIGHTS

SEC. 509. (a) Congress expressly reserves to the United States the minimum amount of water required to carry out the purposes for which the national monument, the conservation area, and the wilderness areas are designated under this Act. The priority date of such reserved rights shall be the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Nothing in this section shall affect any existing valid or vested water right, or applications for water rights which are pending as of the date of enactment of this Act and which are subsequently granted: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require the National Park Service to allow the drilling of ground water wells within the boundaries of the national monument. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as establishing a precedent with regard to any future designations, nor shall it affect the interpretation of any other Act or any designation made pursuant thereto.

16 USC

460UU-49.

AUTHORIZATION

SEC. 510. There is authorized to be appropriated $16,500,000 for 16 USC the purposes of this Act, of which $10,000,000 shall be available for 460UU-50. land acquisition in the national monument; $1 million shall be available for development within the national monument; $4 million shall be available for land acquisition within the conservation area; $1 million shall be available for development within the conservation area; and $500,000 shall be available for planning and development of the Masau Trail. Approved December 31, 1987.



LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 403: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-116 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-100 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 133 (1987): June 1, considered and passed House. Dec. 17, considered and passed Senate, amended. Dec. 18, House concurred in Senate amendment.

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