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2136 8. The three year statute of limitations as now provided in the draft legislation for appeals from a federal water right claim should be removed or extended to at least a ten year period. 9. accepted states. The bill should specifically recognize Interstate Compacts as the method for dealing with water rights which involve two or more 10. The bill should provide for specific language which would ensure that the McCarran Amendment is not repealed but would permit an amendment to allow for suits against the United States in riparian states even though such states do not have comprehensive schemes for adjudicating water rights on an entire watershed. 11. The bill should include provision for inventory of claims based on rigid criteria to assure that the potential demands under such claims are realis- tic, justified, and determinate. 12. The objections, as identified by the IO;P Special Task Force Report, should be resolved and dealt with in any proposed legislation. A continuing assignment of the ICWP Special Task Force is to prepare draft legislation which would incorporate, to the extent possible, state comments on the acceptable provisions to be included in any bill in this issue. When com- pleted, the draft legislation will be sent to all states for their review and comment. The Task Force intends to work.closely with the states and other in- terested groups in the drafting of the legislation. It is hoped that the listing of key concerns and the elements which states wish to see included in an acceptable bill will provide guidance to the U.S. Water Resources Council, Con- gressional and Federal entities. The favorable reception of the ICWP Task Force report and the large state response clearly indicates a massive rejection by the states of the basic direction followed by the U.S. Justice Department in drafting the bill. Any new proposed legislation of this type should follow more closely the general concepts outlined above and those presented in the National Water Commission and Public Land Law Review reports. (27)