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PUBLIC LAW 90-538-SEPT. 30, 1968

SEC. 603. (a) Rights of the upper basin to the consumptive use of Avater available to that basin from the Colorado River system under the Colorado River Compact shall not be reduced or prejudiced by any use of such water in the lower basin. (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to impair, conflict with, or otherwise change the duties and powers of the Upper Colorado River Commission. SEC. 604. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, in constructing, operating, and maintaining the units of the projects herein and hereafter authorized, the Secretary shall be governed by the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June l7, 1902; 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) to which laws this Act shall be deemed a supplement. SEC. 605. Part I of the Federal Power Act (41 Stat. 1063; 16 U.S.C. 791a-823) shall not be applicable to the reaches of the main stream of the Colorado River between Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Dam until and unless otherwise provided by Congress. SEC. 606. A s used in this Act, (a) all terms which are defined in the Colorado River Compact shall have the meanings therein defined; (b) "Main stream" means the main stream of the Colorado River downstream from Lee Ferry within the United States, including the reservoirs thereon; (c) "User" or "water user" in relation to main stream water in the lower basin means the United States or any person or legal entity entitled under the decree of the Supreme Court of the United States in Arizona against California, and others (376 U. S. 340), to use main stream water when available thereunder; (d) "Active storage" means that amount of water in reservoir storage, exclusive of bank storage, which can be released through the existing reservoir outlet works; (e) "Colorado River Basin States" means the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; (f) "Western United States" means those States lying wholly or in part west of the Continental Divide; and (g) "Augment" or "augmentation", when used herein with reference to water, means to increase the supply of the Colorado River or its tributaries by the introduction of water into the Colorado River system, which is in addition to the natural supply of the system. Approved September 30, 1968.

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Public Law 90-538 AN ACT

SeptemberSO, 1968

To authorize preschool and early education programs for handicapped children.

[H.R.18763]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act Handicapped may be cited as the "Handicapped Children's Early PMucation As- Educ'^iru.'n AsMstSistance Act ".

ance Act. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED

SEC. 2, (a) The Commissioner of Education (hereafter in this title referred to as the "Commissioner") is authorized to arrange by contract, grant, or otherwise with appropriate public agencies and private nonprofit organizations, for the development and carrying out by such agencies and organizations of experimental preschool and early education programs for handicapped children which the Commissioner determines show promise of promoting a comprehensive and strength-

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