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[CITE: 43USC1551]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
                CHAPTER 32--COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1551. Construction of Colorado River Basin Act


(a) Effect on other laws

    Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to alter, amend, repeal, 
modify, or be in conflict with the provisions of the Colorado River 
Compact (45 Stat. 1057), the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact (63 
Stat. 31), the Water Treaty of 1944 with the United Mexican States 
(Treaty Series 994; 59 Stat. 1219), the decree entered by the Supreme 
Court of the United States in Arizona against California and others (376 
U.S. 340), or, except as otherwise provided herein, the Boulder Canyon 
Project Act (45 Stat. 1057) [43 U.S.C. 617 et seq.], the Boulder Canyon 
Project Adjustment Act (54 Stat. 774), [43 U.S.C. 618 et seq.], or the 
Colorado River Storage Project Act (70 Stat. 105) [43 U.S.C. 620 et 
seq.].

(b) Reports to Congress

    The Secretary is directed to--
        (1) make reports as to the annual consumptive uses and losses of 
    water from the Colorado River system after each successive five-year 
    period, beginning with the five-year period starting on October 1, 
    1970. Such reports shall include a detailed breakdown of the 
    beneficial consumptive use of water on a State-by-State basis. 
    Specific figures on quantities consumptively used from the major 
    tributary streams flowing into the Colorado River shall also be 
    included on a State-by-State basis. Such reports shall be prepared 
    in consultation with the States of the lower basin individually and 
    with the Upper Colorado River Commission, and shall be transmitted 
    to the President, the Congress, and to the Governors of each State 
    signatory to the Colorado River Compact; and
        (2) condition all contracts for the delivery of water 
    originating in the drainage basin of the Colorado River system upon 
    the availability of water under the Colorado River Compact.

(c) Compliance of Federal officers and agencies

    All Federal officers and agencies are directed to comply with the 
applicable provisions of this chapter, and of the laws, treaty, 
compacts, and decree referred to in subsection (a) of this section, in 
the storage and release of water from all reservoirs and in the 
operation and maintenance of all facilities in the Colorado River system 
under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Secretary, and in the 
operation and maintenance of all works which may be authorized hereafter 
for the augmentation of the water supply of the Colorado River system. 
In the event of failure of any such officer or agency to so comply, any 
affected State may maintain an action to enforce the provisions of this 
section in the Supreme Court of the United States and consent is given 
to the joinder of the United States as a party in such suit or suits, as 
a defendant or otherwise.

(Pub. L. 90-537, title VI, Sec. 601, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 899.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c), was in the 
original ``this Act'', meaning Pub. L. 90-537, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 
885, as amended, known as the Colorado River Basin Project Act, which 
enacted this chapter and sections 616aa-1, 620a-1, 620a-2, 620c-1, and 
620d-1 of this title, amended sections 616hh, 620, and 620a of this 
title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 620, 620k, 
and 1501 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1501 of this title and 
Tables.
    The Boulder Canyon Project Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act 
Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, 45 Stat. 1057, as amended, which is classified 
generally to subchapter I (Sec. 617 et seq.) of chapter 12A of this 
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 
617t of this title and Tables.
    The Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act, referred to in subsec. 
(a), is act July 19, 1940, ch. 643, 54 Stat. 774, as amended, which is 
classified generally to subchapter II (Sec. 618 et seq.) of chapter 12A 
of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
section 618o of this title and Tables.
    The Colorado River Storage Project Act, referred to in subsec. (a), 
is act Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, 70 Stat. 105, as amended, which is 
classified generally to chapter 12B (Sec. 620 et seq.) of this title. 
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title 
note set out under section 620 of this title and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 16 section 228h.
