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 PUBLIC LAW 105-104—NOV. 20, 1997 111 STAT. 2219 Public Law 105-104 105th Congress eJoint Resolution Granting the consent of Congress to the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL CONSENT. The Congress consents to the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact entered into by the States of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. The Compact is substantially as follows: States of America hereby agree to the following compact which shall become effective upon enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state legislature and the Congress of the United States. " SHORT TITLE "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Apalachicola- Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact' and shall be referred to hereafter in this document as the 'ACF Compact' or 'Compact'. "ARTICLE I " C OMPACT PURPOSES "This Compact among the States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia and the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes of promoting interstate comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably apportioning the surface waters of the ACF, engaging in water planning, and developing and sharing common data bases. " ARTICLE II Nov. 20, 1997 [H.J. Res. 91] State listing. Apalachicola- Chattahoochee- FUnt River Basin Compact. " SC OPE OF THE COMPACT 'This Compact shall extend to all of the waters arising within the drainage basin of the ACF in the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia.
 * Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact
 * The States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia and the United

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