Boulder Canyon Project Act Public Law No. 642 - 70th Congress

• Description: Act Authorizing the construction of a dam in Black Canyon or Boulder Canyon in the Colorado River Basin that can hold no less than twenty million acre feet.
• State: CO
• Author: United States 70th Congress
• Title: Boulder Canyon Project Act Public Law No. 642 - 70th Congress
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

•20 UPDATING THE HOOVER DAM DOCUMENTS
SEC. 16. In furtherance of any comprehensive plan formulated hereafter for the control, improvement,
ind utilization of the resources of the Colorado River system and to the end that the project authorized by this
1ct may constitute and be administered as a unit in such control, improvement, and utilization, any commis -
ion or commissioner duly authorized under the laws of any ratifying State in that behalf shall have the right to
ict in an advisory capacity to and in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior in the exercise of any
authority under the provisions of sections 4, 5, and 14 of this Act, and shall have at all times access to records
of all Federal agencies empowered to act under said sections, and shall be entitled to have copies of said
ecords on request.
SEC. 17. Claims of the United States arising, out of any contract authorized by this Act shall have priority
)ver all others,-secured or unsecured.
SEC. 18. Nothing herein shall be construed as interfering with such rights as the States now have either to
ie waters. within .their borders or to adopt such policies and enact such laws as they may deem necessary
rith respect to the appropriation, control, and use of waters within their borders, except as modified by the
,olorado River compact or other interstate agreement.
SEC. 19. That the .consent of Congress is hereby given to the States of Arizona, California, .Colorado,
levada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming to negotiate and enter into compacts or agreements, supplemen-
i1 to and in conformity with the Colorado River compact and consistent with this Act for a comprehensive
Ian for the development of the Colorado River and providing for the storage, diversion, and use of the
Caters of said river. Any such compact or agreement may provide for the construction of dams, headworks,
nd other diversion works or structures for flood control, reclamation, improvement of navigation, division of
later, or other purposes and /or the construction of power houses or other structures for the purpose of the
evelopment of waterpower and the financing of the same; and for such purposes may authorize the crea-
on 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
'resident, shall participate in the negotiations and shall make report to Congress of the proceedings and of
ny 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
as 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,
►e 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.