2012 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 32 - COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT (§§ 1501 - 1556)
Subchapter V - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1551 - 1556)
Section 1553 - Upper Colorado River Basin; rights to consumptive uses not to be reduced or prejudiced; duties and powers of Commission not impaired

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 32 - COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT
SUBCHAPTER V - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1553 - Upper Colorado River Basin; rights to consumptive uses not to be reduced or prejudiced; duties and powers of Commission not impaired
Containssection 1553
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 90-537, title VI, §603, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 901.
Statutes at Large Reference82 Stat. 901
Public Law ReferencePublic Law 90-537

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GENERAL PROVISIONS - 43 U.S.C. § 1553 (2012)
§1553. Upper Colorado River Basin; rights to consumptive uses not to be reduced or prejudiced; duties and powers of Commission not impaired

(a) Rights of the upper basin to the consumptive use of water available to that basin from the Colorado River system under the Colorado River Compact shall not be reduced or prejudiced by any use of such water in the lower basin.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed so as to impair, conflict with, or otherwise change the duties and powers of the Upper Colorado River Commission.

(Pub. L. 90–537, title VI, §603, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 901.)

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