16 U.S.C. § 544k
Tributary rivers and streams
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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- 16 U.S.C. § 544k, Tributary rivers and streams, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/445697
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The following rivers and streams shall be subject to the same restrictions on the licensing, permitting, and exempting from licensing and the construction of water resource projects as provided for components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System pursuant to section 7(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1278(a)):
the Wind River, Washington, for a period not less than three years following the later of—
The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to those portions of tributary rivers or streams to the Columbia River which flow through or border on Indian reservations. Nothing in this section shall apply to or affect any segment of any river designated as a wild and scenic river under section 3 of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274) or any river designated for study under section 5 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1276).
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009