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Code · U.S. Code · Title 16 - CONSERVATION · CHAPTER 12— FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER · SUBCHAPTER I— REGULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER POWER AND RESOURCES · § 821

§ 821. State laws and water rights unaffected

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Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as affecting or intending to affect or in any way to interfere with the laws of the respective States relating to the control, appropriation, use, or distribution of water used in irrigation or for municipal or other uses, or any vested right acquired therein.
(June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. I, § 27, 41 Stat. 1077; renumbered pt. I, Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, § 212, 49 Stat. 847.)
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  • June 10, 1920, ch. 285
  • 41 Stat. 1077
  • Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687
  • 49 Stat. 847
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§ 821
State laws and water rights unaffected
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ActJune 10, 1920, ch. 285
Stat.41 Stat. 1077
ActAug. 26, 1935, ch. 687
Stat.49 Stat. 847
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