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provisions of the Colorado Kiver Compact, the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, the Boulder Canyon Project Act, the Boulder Canyon " |tatl ws?; 54 Project Adjustment Act, and the Treaty with the United Mexican ^*43 USC*6i7 note. States, in the storage and release of water from reservoirs in the 6i»o Colorado River Basin. I n the event of the failure of the Secretary 59 Stat. 1219. of the Interior to so comply, any State of the Colorado River Basin may maintain an action in the Supreme Court of the United States to enforce the provisions of this section, and consent is given to the joinder of the United States as a party in such suit or suits, as a defendant or otherwise. Report SEC. 15. The Secretary of the Interior is directed to continue studies gresB. to Conr and to make a report to the Congress and to the States of the Colorado River Basin on the quality of water of the Colorado River. Definitions. SEC. 16. As used in this Act— The terms "Colorado River Basin", "Colorado River Compact", "Colorado River System", "Lee Ferry", "States of the Upper Division", "Upper Basin", and "domestic use" shall have the meaning ascribed to them in article II of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact; The term "States of the Upper Colorado River Basin'" shall mean the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; The term "Upper Colorado River Basin" shall have the same meaning as the term "Upper Basin"; The term "Upper Colorado River Basin Compact" shall mean that certain compact executed on October 11, 1948 by commissioners representing the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, and consented to by the Congress of the United States of America by Act of April 6, 1949 (63 Stat. 31); The term "Rio Grande Compact" shall mean that certain compact executed on March 18, 1938, by commissioners representing the States of Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas and consented to by the Congress of the United States of America by Act of May 31, 1939 (53 Stat. 785); The term "Treaty with the United IVIexican States" shall mean that certain treaty between the Ignited States of America and the United Mexican States, signed at Washington, District of Columbia, February 3, 1944, relating to the utilization of the waters of the Colorado River 59 Stat. 1219. and other rivers, as amended and supplemented by the protocol dated November 14, 1944, and the understandings recited in the Senate resolution of April 18, 1945, advising and consenting to ratification thereof. Approved April 11, 1956. Public Law 486

CHAPTER 204

AN ACT To establish a Domestic Relations Branch in the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and^ House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled, DOMESTIC RELATIONS BRANCH, MUNICIPAL FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

April 11, 1956 [S. 1289]

of the COURT

SEC. 101. That there is hereby created in the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia a Domestic Relations Branch. SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.—As used in this Act— (a) "Branch" and "Domestic Relations Branch" mean the Do-

"Branch", "Domestic Relations Branch".

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