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 PUBLIC LAW 96-564—DEC. 22, 1980

94 STAT. 3305

Public Law 96-564 96th Congress An Act To grant the consent of the United States to the Red River Compact among the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. The consent of Congress is hereby given to the Red River Compact among the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, of May 12, 1978, as ratified by the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, as follows: PREAMBLE The States of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, pursuant to the acts of their respective Governors or legislatures, or both, being moved by considerations of interstate comity, have resolved to compact with respect to the water of the Red River and its tributaries. By Act of Congress, Public Law No. 346 (84th Congress, First Session), the consent of the United States has been granted for said States to negotiate and enter into a compact providing for an equitable apportionment of such water; and pursuant to that Act the President has designated the representative of the United States. Further, the consent of Congress has been given for two or more States to negotiate and enter into agreements relating to water pollution control by the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Public Law 92-500,33 U.S.C. 1251.et seq.). The Signatory States acting through their duly authorized Compact Commissioners, after several years of negotiations, have agreed to an equitable apportionment of the water of the Red River and its tributaries and do hereby submit and recommend that this compact be adopted by the respective legislatures and approved by Congress as hereinafter set forth: ARTICLE I PURPOSES

1.01. The principal purposes of this Compact are: (a) To promote interstate comity and remove causes of controversy between each of the affected states by governing the use, control and distribution of the interstate water of the Red River and its tributaries; (b) To provide an equitable apportionment among the Signatory States of the water of the Red River and its tributaries; (c) To promote an active program for the control and alleviation of natural deterioration and pollution of the water of the Red River Basin and to provide for enforcement of the laws related thereto; (d) To provide the means for an active program for the conservation of water, protection of lives and property from

SECTION

Dec. 22, 1980 [S. 2227]

Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas Red River Compact. Congressional consent.

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