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<br />formal agreement (compact) for basin water management. <br /> <br />Uniform state legislation of the type that created INCODEL may <br />therefore have several advantages, including: <br /> <br />1. The opportunity to formalize an organization for the purpose of studying <br /> <br /> <br />and recommending multi-state river basin management options (pre- <br /> <br /> <br />compact negotiations); <br /> <br />2. The opportunity (in the legislation) to specify the precise duties of the <br />organization recognized or created; <br /> <br />3. The opportunity to specify the organization's membership; <br /> <br />4. The opportunity to provide firm, shared funding support for the <br />organization; <br /> <br />5. The opportunity to provide for a periodic review (oversight) of the <br /> <br /> <br />organization's activities and progress by state administrations and/or <br /> <br /> <br />legislatures; and <br /> <br />6. <br /> <br />The opportunity to "sunset" the organization if it is unable to achieve its <br />aims in a reasonable period of time. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Considerable care would undoubtedly have to be exercised in drafting <br /> <br /> <br />uniform legislation of the INCODEL type, lest it be construed as compacting <br /> <br /> <br />without congressional consent, and thus unconstitutional. However, the fact that <br /> <br /> <br />-12- <br />