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Stop Takings On Reserves Antithetical to Germane Encapsulation

H.R. 6354 · 115th Congress · Jul 12, 2018 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit designation as critical habitat of certain areas in artificial water diversion or delivery facilities.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Stop Takings On Reserves Antithetical to Germane Encapsulation Act of 2018” or the “STORAGE Act of 2018”.

Sec. 2 Prohibition of designation of certain habitat in an artificial water delivery or storage facility as critical habitat

Section 4(a)(3) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(C) The Secretary shall not designate as critical habitat any area in a water storage reservoir, water diversion structure, canal, or other water storage, diversion, or delivery facility, where habitat is periodically created and destroyed as a result of changes in water levels caused by the operation of such facility.”