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Show 308 INTERSTATE COMPACTS compact to the laws of any State to an extent other than the extent to which these laws would apply without regard to this compact. B. Notwithstanding the provisions of A of this article, any beneficial uses hereafter made by the United States, or those acting By or under its authority, within either State, of the waters allocated by this com- pact shall be within the allocations hereinabove made for use in that State and shall be taken into account in determining the extent of use within that State. ARTICLE XV This compact shall become operative when approved by legislative enactment by each of the States, and when consented to by the Con- gress of the United States. ARTICLE XVI Wyoming hereby relinquishes the right to the allocation of stored water in Grassy Lake Reservoir, as set forth in Wyoming's reservoir permit No. 4631 Res. and evidenced by certificate No. R-l, page 318, and all claims predicated thereon. In Witness Whereof the Commissioners have signed this compact in quadruplicate, one of which shall be filed in the archives of the De- partment of State of the United States of America and shall be deemed the authoritative original, and of which a duly certified copy shall be forwarded to the Governor of each of the States. Done at the City of Cheyenne, in the State of Wyoming, this 10th day of October, in the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-Nine. Commissioners for Idaho Commissioners for Wyoming Mark R. Ktjlp L. C. Bishop N. V. Sharp E. B. Hitchcock Charles H. Welteroth J. G. Imeson Roy Marquess David P. Miller IvalV. Goslin Carl Robinson R. Willis Walker Ciril D. Cranney Alex O. Coleman Clifford P. Hansen Leonard E. Graham Clifford S. Wilson Charles E. Anderson Lloyd Van Deburg A. K. Van Orden I have participated in the negotiations of this compact and intend to report favorably thereon to the Congress of the United States. R. J. Newell Representative of The United States of America NOTES Congressional consent to negotiations.-By the Act of June 3, 1948 (62 Stat. 294), the Congress gave its consent to the negotiation of a Snake River compact by the States of Idaho and Wyoming. The consent was given "upon condition that one suitable person, who shall be appointed by the President of the United States, shall participate in said negotiations as the representative of the United States and shall make report to Congress of the proceedings and of any compact entered into." The Act also provided that any compact agreed upon |