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S. 2040 — what changed

Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014

From Reported in Senate to Engrossed in Senate. 1 section amended and 1 added between Reported in Senate and Engrossed in Senate.

Sec. 9 Effect on certain obligations

(a)
added In general— Except as provided in subsection (b), nothing in this Act affects the obligation of Blackfoot River Flood Control District No. 7 to maintain adequate rights-of-way for the operation and maintenance of the local flood protection projects described in section 2(a)(4) pursuant to agreements between the Blackfoot River Flood Control District No. 7 and the Corps of Engineers.

removed Nothing in this Act—

(b)
changed Restriction on fees— affects in any manner the sovereign claim of Any land conveyed to the State of Idaho Tribes pursuant to title in and this Act shall not be subject to the beds and banks of the fees assessed by Blackfoot River under the equal footing doctrine of the Constitution of the United States;Flood Control District No. 7.
(2)
removed affects any action by the State of Idaho to establish the title described in paragraph (1) under section 2409a of title 28, United States Code (commonly known as the “Quiet Title Act”);
(3)
removed affects the ability of the Tribes or the United States to claim ownership of the beds and banks of the River; or
(4)
removed extinguishes or conveys any water rights of non-Indian landowners or the claims of those landowners to water rights in the Snake River Basin Adjudication.

Sec. 10 Disclaimers regarding claims

added

added Nothing in this Act—

(1)
added affects in any manner the sovereign claim of the State of Idaho to title in and to the beds and banks of the River under the equal footing doctrine of the Constitution of the United States;
(2)
added affects any action by the State of Idaho to establish the title described in paragraph (1) under section 2409a of title 28, United States Code (commonly known as the “Quiet Title Act”);
(3)
added affects the ability of the Tribes or the United States to claim ownership of the beds and banks of the River; or
(4)
added extinguishes or conveys any water rights of non-Indian landowners or the claims of those landowners to water rights in the Snake River Basin Adjudication.