Congressional Record, Volume 133, Number 1, January 6, 1987

United States of America Congressional Record PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 100th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol 133 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1987 No. 1 Senate Mr. HECHT. Mr President, on the last night of the last Congress I stood before this body to try to get favorable floor action on the National Forest of Nevada Enhancement Act of 1986. I was unsuccessful in that attempt because a number of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle were uncomfortable approving water rights language that would have kept intact the existing water rights regime in Nevada. Specifically, the bill I sought to pass would have avoided creating any new Federal reserve water right as a side-effect of the Forest Service-Bureau of Land Management interchange accomplished by that bill. On that final night of the last Congress I promised the people of Nevada that I would return to the floor of the Senate at the very beginning of this Congress and reintroduce the bill. Today, Mr. President, I a