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Show -12- the works or structures herein authorized, whether for domestic, irrigation, generation of power, or for other beneficial purposes, and whether the use be by the United States or by others shall be confined in each and every instance to the States that shall have approved said Colorado River compact, and nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with the State control of the use of water in any of said States, but present users of water in any nonapproving State shall not be affected by the requirements of this paragraph. [U. B.] (c) The United States, its permitees, licensees, and contractees, and all users and appropriators of water stored, diverted, carried and/or distributed by the reservoir, canals, and other works herein authorised, shall observe and be subject to and controlled by said Colorado River compact in the construction, management, and operation of said reservoir, canals, and other works and the storage, diversion, delivery, and use of water for the generation of power, irrigation, and other purposes, anything in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding, and all permits, licenses, and contracts shall so provide. [Nevada] (d) Also the United States, in constructing, managing, and operating the dam, reservoir, canals, and other works herein authorised, including the appropriation delivery and use of water for the generation of power, irrigation, or other uses, and all users of water thus delivered and all users and appropriators of water stored by said reservoir and/or carried by said canal, including all permittees and licensees of the United States or any of its agencies, shall observe and be subject to and controlled, anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, by the terms of such compact, if any, between the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada, for the equitable division of the benefits including power, arising from the use of water accruing to said States, subsidiary to and consistent with said Colorado River compact, which may be negotiated and |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |