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PUBLIC LAW 91-575-DEC. 24, 1970

(k) The provisions of section 8.4 of article 8 of the compact shall not be construed to apply to facilities operated pursuant to any other Federal law. (1) For the purposes of the Federal Tort Claims Act, of June 25, 1948 (62 Stat. 982), as amended (28 U.S.C. ch. 171 and sections 1346(b) and 2401(b)) and the Tucker Act of March 3, 1887 (24 Stat. 505), as amended (28 U.S.C. 1346(a)(2), 1402, 1491, 1496, 1501, 1503, 2411, 2412, 2501), and the Administrative Procedure Act of June 11, 1946 (60 Stat. 237), as amended (5 U.S.C. 551-558, 701-706), and the Federal Power Act of June 10, 1920 (41 Stat. 1063), as amended (16 U.S.C. 791-823), the commission shall not be considered a Federal agency. (m) The officers and employees of the commission (other than the United States member, alternate United States member, and advisers, and personnel employed by the United States member under direct Federal appropriation) shall not be deemed to be, for any purpose, officers or employees of the United States or to become entitled at any time by reason of employment by the commission to any compensation or benefit payable or made available by the United States solely and directly to its officere or employees. (n) Neither the compact nor this Act shall be deemed to enlarge the authority of any Federal agency other than the commission to participate in or to provide funds for projects or activities in the Susquehanna River Basin. (o) Notwithstanding paragraph 7 of section 3.10 of the compact, the United States district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all cases or controversies arising under the compact and this Act, and any case or controversy so arising initiated in a State court shall be removable to the appropriate United States district court in the manner provided by section 1446 of title 28, United States Code. Nothing contained in the compact or elsewhere in this Act shall be construed as a waiver by the United States of its immunity from suit. (p) The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. The right is hereby reserved to the Congress or any of its standing committees to require the disclosure and furnishing of such information and data by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission as is deemed appropriate by the Congress or any such committee. (q) The provisions of sections 2.4 and 2.6 of article 2 of the compact notwithstanding, the member and alternate member appointed by the President and adviser there referred to may be paid compensation by the United States, such compensation to be fixed by the President at the rates which he shall deem to prevail in respect to comparable officers in the executive branch. (r) 1. Nothing contained in this compact or in this Act shall impair, affect, or extend the constitutional authority of the United States. 2. Nothing contained in this compact or in this Act and no action of the commission shall supersede, impair, affect, compel, or prevent the exercise of any of the powers, rights, functions, or jurisdiction of the United States under other existing or future legislation in or over the area or waters which are the subject of the compact, including projects of the commission: Provided, That— (i) The commission shall serve as the principal agency for the coordination of Federal, State, interstate, local, and nongovernmental plans for water and related land resources in the Susquehanna River Basin. (ii) Except as provided in reservation (j), whenever a comprehensive plan, or any part or revision thereof, has been adopted with the concurrence of the member appointed by the President, the exercise of any powers conferred by law on any officer, agency, or instrumentality 47-348 O - 72 - 14 (Pt. 2)

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