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[CITE: 43USC617q]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
                   CHAPTER 12A--BOULDER CANYON PROJECT
 
                SUBCHAPTER I--BOULDER CANYON PROJECT ACT
 
Sec. 617q. Effect on authority of States to control waters 
        within own borders
        
    Nothing herein shall be construed as interfering with such rights as 
the States had on December 21, 1928, 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.

(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, Sec. 18, 45 Stat. 1065.)
