2019 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 12A - Boulder Canyon Project
Subchapter II - Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act
Sec. 618m - Effect on existing laws and States' rights
| 43 U.S.C. § 618m (2019) |
| §618m. Effect on existing laws and States' rights |
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Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as interfering with such rights as the States had on July 19, 1940, either to the waters within their borders or to adopt such policies and enact such laws as they deem necessary with respect to the appropriation, control, and use of waters within their borders, except as modified by the Colorado River compact or other interstate agreement. Neither the promulgation of charges, or the basis of charges, nor anything contained in this subchapter, or done thereunder, shall in anywise affect, limit, or prejudice any right of any State in or to the waters of the Colorado River system under the Colorado River compact. Sections 13(b), 13(c), and 13(d) of the Project Act [43 U.S.C. 617l(b), (c), and (d)] and all other provisions of said Project Act [43 U.S.C. 617 et seq.] not inconsistent with the terms of this subchapter shall remain in full force and effect. |
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(July 19, 1940, ch. 643, §14, 54 Stat. 779.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Project Act, referred to in text, is defined in section 618k of this title. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
| Bills and Statutes |
| United States Code |
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| Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 12A - BOULDER CANYON PROJECT SUBCHAPTER II - BOULDER CANYON PROJECT ADJUSTMENT ACT Sec. 618m - Effect on existing laws and States' rights |
| section 618m |
| 2019 |
| January 24, 2020 |
| No |
| standard |
| 54 Stat. 779 |
