2015 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation (Sections 1 - 7507)
Chapter 12 - Federal Regulation and Development of Power (Sections 791 - 828c)
Subchapter I - Regulation of the Development of Water Power and Resources (Sections 791 - 823d)
Sec. 821 - State laws and water rights unaffected

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12 - FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER
SUBCHAPTER I - REGULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER POWER AND RESOURCES
Sec. 821 - State laws and water rights unaffected
Containssection 821
Date2015
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 3, 2016
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditJune 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. I, §27, 41 Stat. 1077; renumbered pt. I, Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, §212, 49 Stat. 847.
Statutes at Large References41 Stat. 1077
49 Stat. 847

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16 U.S.C. § 821 (2015)
§821. State laws and water rights unaffected

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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