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[CITE: 43USC1556]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
                CHAPTER 32--COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1556. Definitions

    As used in this chapter, (a) all terms which are defined in the 
Colorado River Compact shall have the meanings therein defined;
    (b) ``Main stream'' means the main stream of the Colorado River 
downstream from Lee Ferry within the United States, including the 
reservoirs thereon;
    (c) ``User'' or ``water user'' in relation to main stream water in 
the lower basin means the United States or any person or legal entity 
entitled under the decree of the Supreme Court of the United States in 
Arizona against California, and others (376 U.S. 340), to use main 
stream water when available thereunder;
    (d) ``Active storage'' means that amount of water in reservoir 
storage, exclusive of bank storage, which can be released through the 
existing reservoir outlet works;
    (e) ``Colorado River Basin States'' means the States of Arizona, 
California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming;
    (f) ``Western United States'' means those States lying wholly or in 
part west of the Continental Divide; and
    (g) ``Augment'' or ``augmentation'', when used herein with reference 
to water, means to increase the supply of the Colorado River or its 
tributaries by the introduction of water into the Colorado River system, 
which is in addition to the natural supply of the system.

(Pub. L. 90-537, title VI, Sec. 606, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 901.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

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