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. SEC. 19. That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming to negotiate and enter into compacts or agreements, supplemental to and in conformity with the Colorado River compact and consistent with this Act for a comprehensive plan for the development of the Colorado River and providing for the storage, diversion, and use of the waters of said river. Any such compact or agreement may provide for the construction of dams, headworks, and other diversion works or structures for flood control, reclamation, improvement of navigation, division of water, or other purposes and/or the construction of power houses or other structures for the purpose of the development of water power and the financing of the same; and for such purposes may authorize the creation of interstate commissions and/or the creation of corporations, authorities, or other instrumentalities. (a) Such consent is given upon condition that a representative of the United States, to be appointed by the President, shall participate in the negotiations and shall make report to Congress of the proceedings and of any compact or agreement entered into. (b) No such compact or agreement shall be binding or obligatory upon any of such States unless and until it has been approved by the legislature of each of such States and by the Congress of the United States. SEC. 20. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a denial or recognition of any rights, if any, in Mexico to the use of the waters of the Colorado River system. SEC. 21. That the short title of this Act shall be "Boulder Canyon Project Act." Approved, December 21, 1928.1 1 Although not an amendment to the Project Act, the following statute relating to the lease of reserved lands in Boulder City, Nevada, and the disposition of revenues therefrom is pertinent: "The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to establish rental rates for the lease of reserved lands of the United States situate within the exterior boundaries of Boulder City, Nevada, and, without prior advertising, to enter into leases therefor at not less than rates so established and for periods not exceeding fifty-three years from the date of such leases: Provided, That all revenues which may accrue to the United States under the provisions of such leases shall be deposited in the Treasury and credited to the Colorado River Dam fund established by section 617a of this title (June 18, 1940, ch. 395, sec. 1, 54 Stat. 437).” Part V DOCUMENTS RELATING TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BOULDER CANYON PROJECT ACT RATIFICATION OF THE COLORADO RIVER COMPACT BY SIX Appendix STATES No. Page 501 State ratifications of the compact as a six-State agreement (cita- A229 THE CALIFORNIA LIMITATION ACT 502 The California "Limitation Act": Act approved March 4, 1929 A231 PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT 503 Proclamation of President Herbert Hoover of June 25, 1929 (46 A233 A227 Appendix 501 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE PROJECT ACT: STATE RATIFICATIONS OF THE COLORADO RIVER COMPACT AS A SIX-STATE AGREEMENT (Citations only) Appendix No. 228. California: Act approved March 4, 1929 (Stats. 1929, p. 37). Appendix No. 222. Colorado: Act approved February 26, 1925 (Laws, 1925, p. 525). Appendix No. 223. Nevada: Act approved March 18, 1925 (Stats. 1925, p. 134). Appendix No. 224. New Mexico: Act approved March 17, 1925 (Laws, 1925, p. 116). Appendix No. 229. Utah: Act approved March 6, 1929 (Laws, 1929, p. 25). Appendix No. 226. Wyoming: Act approved February 25, 1925 (Laws, 1925, p. 85). A229 |