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f <br />(f), subject to the Legislative ratification of the signatory States and the Congress of the United States of <br />America. <br />Article IV <br />(a) Inasmuch as the Colorado River has ceased to be navigable for commerce and the reservation of <br />its waters for navigation would seriously limit the development of its Basin, the use of its waters for purpose <br />of navigation shall be subservient to the uses of such waters for domestic, agricultural and power purposes. <br />If the Congress shall not consent to this paragraph, the other provisions of this compact shall nevertheless <br />remain binding. <br />(b) Subject to the provisions of this compact, water of the Colorado River System may be <br />impounded and used for the generation of electrical power, but such impounding and use shall be subservient <br />to the use and consumption of such water for agricultural and domestic purposes and shall not interfere with <br />or prevent use for such dominant purposes. <br />(c) The provisions of this article shall not apply to or interfere with the regulation and control by any <br />state within its boundaries of the appropriation, use and distribution of water. <br />Article V <br />The Chief Official of each signatory State charged with the administration of water rights, together <br />with the Director of the United States Reclamation Service and the Director of the United States Geological <br />Survey shall co- operate, ex officio: <br />(a) To promote the systematic determination and coordination of the facts as to flow, appropriation, <br />consumption and use of water in the Colorado River Basin, and the interchange of available information in <br />such matters. <br />(b) To secure the ascertainment and publication of the annual flow of the Colorado River at Lee <br />Ferry. <br />(c) To perform such other duties as may be assigned by mutual consent of the signatories from time <br />to time. <br />Article VI <br />Should any claim or controversy arise between any two or more of the signatory States: (a) with <br />respect to the waters of the Colorado River System not covered by the terms of this compact; (b) over the <br />meaning or performance of any of the terms of this compact; (c) as to the allocation of the burdens incident <br />to the performance of any article of this compact or the delivery of waters as herein provided; (d) as to the <br />construction or operation of works within the Colorado River Basin to be situated in two or more States, or <br />to be constructed in one State for the benefit of another State; or (e) as to the diversion of water in one State <br />for the benefit of another State; the Governors of the States affected, upon the request of one of them, shall <br />forthwith appoint Commissioners with power to consider and adjust such claim or controversy, subject to <br />ratification by the Legislatures of the States so affected. <br />Nothing herein contained shall prevent the adjustment of any such claim or controversy by any <br />present method or by direct future legislative action of the interested States. <br />Article VII <br />Nothing in this compact shall be construed as affecting the obligations of the United States of <br />America to Indian tribes. <br />Article VIII <br />Present perfected rights to the beneficial use of waters of the Colorado River System are unimpaired <br />by this compact. Whenever storage capacity of 5,000,000 acre feet shall have been provided on the main <br />Colorado River within or for the benefit of the Lower Basin, then claims of such rights, if any, by <br />appropriators or users of waters in the Lower Basin, against appropriators or users of water in the Upper <br />Basin shall attach to and be satisfied from water that may be stored not in conflict with Article III. <br />