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<br />In addition, Sections 13(b). (c). and (d) onhe Boulder Canyon Project Act are
<br />further evidence of the intent of Congress to have the rivers of the Colorado River
<br />developed in accord with the Colorado River Compact. Those sections provide as
<br />follows:
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<br />(b) The rights of the United States in or to waters of ,.
<br />the Colorado River and its tributaries howsoever
<br />claimed or acquired. as well as the rights of those
<br />claiming under the United States,shall be sUbject to and
<br />controlled by said Colorado River Com~act.
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<br />(c) Also all patents, grants, contracts, concessions,
<br />leases, permits, licenses, rights of way, or other privi-
<br />leges irom the United States or under its authority,
<br />necessary or convenient for the use of waters of the
<br />Colorado River or its tributaries, or for the generation
<br />of transmission of electrical energy generated by means
<br />of the waters of said river or its tributaries, whether
<br />under this act, I} the Federal water power act, 2} or
<br />otherwise, shall be upon the express condition and with
<br />the ex-press covenant that the rights of the recipients or
<br />holders thereof to waters of the river or its tributaries,
<br />for the use of which the same are necessarv, con-
<br />venient, or incidental, and the use of the same shall
<br />likewise be sUbject to and controlled by said Colorado
<br />River compact.
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<br />(d) The conditions and covenants referred to h~rein
<br />shall be deemed to run with the land and the right,
<br />interest, or privilege therein and water right, and shall
<br />attach as a matter of law, whether set out or referred
<br />to in the instrument evidencing any such patent, grant, .
<br />contract, concession. lease, permit. license, .right.-of-
<br />way, or other privilege from the United States or under
<br />its authority, or not, and shall be deemed to be for the
<br />benefit of and be available to the States of Arizona,
<br />California. Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and
<br />Wyomhi.g, and the users of water therein or thereunder,
<br />by way of suit, defense, or otherwise, in any litiga~ion
<br />res[)ecting the waters of the Colorado River or its
<br />tributaries.
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<br />These provisions within the consent or Congress to the compact make it
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<br />obvious that the intent of Congress was to fully and completely relinquish all of its
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<br />further right and control in the allocation of the waters to the states, returning
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<br />them to their position as sovereigns, and to make the administration of federal
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<br />projects on the river consistent with the compact.
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<br />Similarly, Congress approved the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact with
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<br />no reservations or conditions respecting any unilateral alteration or repeal of the
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<br />Compact by Congress. Article VIII of that Compact provides that the President of
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<br />the Unit~d States may appoint a Commissioner to be the presiding officer of the
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<br />Upper Colorado River Commission. This section, having been consented to by
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<br />Congress demonstrates the intent that the U. S. voice any concerns about the
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<br />operation or that Compact within the framework of the Compact.
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