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Show 19 I "The Federal Water Power Act," as used in this Act, 9 shall be understood to mean that certain Act of Congress of 8 the United States approved June 10, 1920, entitled "An Act 4 to create a Federal Power Commission; to provide for the 5 improvement of navigation; the development of water power; 6 the use of the public lands in relation thereto; and to repeal 7 section 18 of the River and Harbor Appropriation Act, 8 approved August 8, 1917, and for other purposes" and the 9 Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. 10 "Domestic" whenever employed in this Act shall include 11 water uses defined as " domestic " in said Colorado River 12 compact. 13 Sec. 12. (a) The Colorado River compact signed at 14 Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 24, 1922, pursuant to 15 Act of Congress approved August 19, 1921, entitled "An 16 Act to permit a compact or agreement between the States 17 of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, 18 Utah, and Wyoming respecting the disposition and appor- 19 tionment of the waters of the .Colorado River, and for other 20 purposes," is hereby approved by the Congress of the United 21 States, and the provisions of the first paragraph of article 11 22 of the said Colorado River compact, making said compact 23 binding and obligatory when it shall have been approved 24 by the legislature of each of the signatory States, are hereby 25 waived, and this approval shall become effective when the |
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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. |