§ 1553. — Upper Colorado River Basin; rights to consumptive uses not to be reduced or prejudiced; duties and powers of Commission not impaired.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1553]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 32--COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT
SUBCHAPTER V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1553. Upper Colorado River Basin; rights to consumptive
uses not to be reduced or prejudiced; duties and powers of
Commission not impaired
(a) Rights of the upper basin to the consumptive use of water
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 chapter shall be construed so as to impair,
conflict with, or otherwise change the duties and powers of the Upper
Colorado River Commission.
(Pub. L. 90-537, title VI, Sec. 603, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 901.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 16 section 228h.
