Chapter 521. Granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Rio Grande, Pecos, and Canadian or Red Rivers, and all other streams in which such States are jointly interested
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Chap. 521: Granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Rio Grande, Pecos, and Canadian or Red Rivers, and all other streams in which such States are jointly interested. 1929-03-02 521 Chapter 45 Stat. 1502 70 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 public Chapter 521.— An Act Granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Rio Grande, Pecos, and Canadian or Red Rivers, and all other streams in which such States are jointly interested. March 2, 1929.[[H. R. 6497](/us/bill/70/hr/6497).][[Public, No. 947](/us/pl/70/947).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.Consent given for compacts between, for equitable division of water supply of Rio Grande, etc., rivers.
That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the States of New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas to negotiate and enter into compacts or agreements providing for an equitable division and apportionment between such States of the water supply of the Rio Grande, Pecos, and Canadian or Red Rivers, and of the streams tributary thereto, and of all other streams in which such States are jointly interested. 1503 Sec. 2. Such consent is given upon condition that a representativeFederal representative to take part in negotiations, and report to Congress. 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.
Other than the compensationExpenses limited. and expenses of such representative the United States shall not be liable for any expenses in connection with such negotiations, compact or agreement. The payment of such expenses of such representativeReclamation fund to be used. are authorized to be paid from the appropriations for cooperative and general investigations for the Bureau of Reclamation. Sec. 3. No such compact or agreement shall be binding or obligatoryCompact subject to approval of each Legislature and Congress. 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, March 2, 1929.
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- Chapter 521Granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Rio Grande, Pecos, and Canadian or Red Rivers, and all other streams in which such States are jointly interested
- Chapter 520Granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of Colorado and New Mexico with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Rio Grande, San Juan, and Las Animas Rivers and all other streams in which such States are jointly interested
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Granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Rio Grande, Pecos, and Canadian or Red Rivers, and all other streams in which such States are jointly interested
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