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o;=j co .....-4 ~"-'--l l._:J ,~ this Compact, not borne by the United States, shall be borne equally by the three States. In addition to the powers and duties hereinbefore specifically conferred upon such Cotmnission, and the members thereof, the juris- diction of such Commission ehal1 extend only to the collection, correlation and presentation of factual data and the maintenance of records having a bearing upon the administration of this Compact, and, by unanimous action, to the making of reoOllllllendations to the respective States upon matters connected with the administration of this Compact. In connection therewith, the Commission may employ such engineering and clerical aid as may be reasonably neceesary within the limit of funds provided for that purpose by the respective states. Annual reports compiled for each calendar year shall be made by the COlIlIIlission and transmitted to the Governors of the signatory states on or before Uarch first following the year covered by the report. The Commission may, by unanimous action, adopt rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this Compact to govern their proceedings. The findings of the COlIlIIlission shall not be conclusive in any court or tribunal which may be called upon to interpret or enforoe thi s Compact. ARTICLE XIII. At the expiration of every five year period after the effective date of this Compaot, the Commission may. by unanimous consent, re- view any provisions hereof which are not substantive in oharacter and which do not affect the basic principles upon whioh the Compaot 18 founded, end shall meet for the consideration of such questions on the request of any member of the Commission; provided, however, that the provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect until changed and amended within the intent of the Compact by unani- mous action of the COlIlIIlissioners. and until any changes in this Com- pact are ratified by the legislatures of the respective states and oonsented to by the Congress. in the eeme manner as this Compact is required to be ratified to beoome effeotive. ARTICLE XIV. The sohedulee herein contained and the quantities of water here- in allocated shall never be increased nor diminished by reason of any increase or diminution in the delivery or losses of water to Mexico. ARTICLE XV. The physical and other conditions characteristic of the Rio Grande and peculiar to the territory drained and eerved thereby, and to the development thereof, have actuated this Compaot and none of the signa- tory states admits that any provisions herein contained establishes any general principle or precedent applicable to other interstate streams. ARTICIE XVI. Nothing in this Compaot shall be construed as affecting the obligations of the United States of America to Mexico under exist- ing treaties, or to the Indian Tribes, or as impairing the rights of the Indian Tribes.