Chapter 216. Granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of South Dakota and Wyoming with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne Rivers and other streams in which such States are jointly interested
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CHAP. 216.— An Act Granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of South Dakota and Wyoming with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne Rivers and other streams in which such States are jointly interested.February 26, 1927.[[S. 4411](/us/bill/69/s/4411).][[Public, No. 654](/us/pl/69/654).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Belle Fourche and Cheyenne Rivers, etc.Agreement of South Dakota and Wyoming for division of waters of, consented to.
That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the States of South Dakota and Wyoming to negotiate and enter into compacts or agreements providing for an equitable division and apportionment between such States of the water supply of the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne Rivers and of the streams tributary thereto and of other streams in which such States are jointly interested. Sec. 2. Such consent is given upon condition that a representativeFederal representative to participate and report. of the United States from the Department of the Interior, to be appointed by the President, shall participate in the negotiations and shall make report to Congress of the proceedings and of any compact or agreement entered into: *Provided*, That there is hereby authorized*Proviso*.Payment from reclamation fund. to be appropriated out of the Reclamation Fund $1,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the expenses of such federal participation.
Sec. 3. No such compact or agreement shall be binding or obligatoryLegislature and Congress approval required. upon either of such States unless and until it has been approved by the legislature of each of such States and by the Congress of the United States. Sec. 4. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herewithAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, February 26, 1927.