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PUBLIC LAW 91-40a-SEPT. 25, 1970

[84 STAT.

"ARTICLE VI "This compact shall become effective immediately after it shall have been ratified by the majority of the legislature of the States of Maryland and West Virginia, the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, and approval by the Congress of the United States: Provided, however. That this compact shall not be effective as to any signatory body until ratified thereby. "ARTICLE VII "Any signatory body may, by legislative act, after one year's notice to the Commission, withdraw from this compact." Now, therefore, be it Consent of Congress.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Tnat the consent of Congress is hereby given to the States of Maryland and West Virginia and the Commonwealths of Virginia and Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia to adopt the aforementioned amendments and enter into the amended compact hereinbefore recited and every part and article thereof: Provided, That nothing contained in such amended compact shall be construed as impairing or in any manner affecting any right or jurisdiction of the United States in and over the region which forms the subject of this compact: And provided further, That the consent herein given does not extend to section (F)(2) of article II of the amended compact. SEC. 2. The Commissioner of the District of Columbia is authorized to enter into, on behalf of the District of Columbia, the amended compact hereinbefore recited. SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this joint resolution is hereby expressly reserved. Approved September 25, 1970.

Public Law 91-408 September 25, 1970 [S. 2882]

Yuma Mesa Irrigation District, Ariz. Supplemental facilities.

33 USC 466 note.

AN ACT To amend Public Law 394, Eighty-fourth Congress, to authorize the construction of supplemental irrigation facilities for the Yuma Mesa Irrigation District, Arizona.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 2 of the Act of January 28, 1956 (70 Stat. 5, Public Law 394, Eighty-fourth Congress), is amended by inserting after the word "buildings" the words "and irrigation works and facilities". SEC. 2. Section 4 of the Act of January 28, 1956, is amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a comma and adding "but the contract executed on or prior to such date may be amended to include works authorized after such date by amendments to section 2." The Yuma-Mesa division shall be operated in such manner that identifiable return flows of water will not cause the Colorado River stream system to be in violation of water quality standards promulgated pursuant to the Water Quality Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 903). Approved September 25, 1970.

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