WSP07054

• File Number: 8510.100.60
• Description: Rio Grande Compact Commission
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Date: 1/1/1986
• Title: Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission 1986
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION REPORT

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In addition to the powers and duties hereinbefore
specifically conferred upon such Commission, and the members
thereof, the jurisdiction of such Commission shall 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 recommendations to the
respective States upon matters connected with the adminis-
tration of this Compact. In connection therewith, the
Commission may employ such engineering and clerical aid as
may be reasonably necessary 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 Commission and transmitted to the Governors of the
signatory States on or before March first following the
year covered by the report. The Commission may, by unani-
mous action, adopt rules and regulations consistent with
the provisions of this Compact to govern their proceedings.

The findings of the Commission shall not be conclusive
in any court or tribunal which may be called upon to inter-
pret on enforce this Compact.

ARTICLE XIII

At the expiration of every five-year period after the
effective date of this Compact, the Commission may, by
unanimous consent, review any provisions hereof which are
not substantive in character and which do not affect the
basic principles upon which the Compact is founded, and
shall meet for the consideratiDn 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 unanimous action of the Commissioners, and until
any changes in this Compact are ratified by the legislatures
of the respective states and consented to by the Congress,
in the same manner as this Compact is required to be
ratified to become effective.

ARTICLE XIV

The schedules herein contained and the quantities of
water herein allocated shall never be increased nor dimin-
ished by reason of any increase or diminution in the
delivery or loss of water to Mexico.

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