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Show -79- part of California, I have simply provided that the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada may or may not enter into an agreement "in the following words, to wit," and so forth; that if they do enter into that agreement it shall take effect when each of those States has ratified the Colorado River compact. The only legal question involved is whether or not Congress passing a bill and setting out the agreement into which they must enter, they would have to come back and have Congress say it was all right. Mr. King. Mr. President, will the Senator yield? Mr. Pittman. I yield. Mr. King. Let me read the constitutional provision: No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships of war in times of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State- And so forth. If a State wanted to keep troops, it would have to get consent, not after it had the troops there, but in advance. If two States want to make a compact to enter into an agreement, they certainly can get the consent of Congress in advance, and if Congress is advised as to the character of the agreement, just as the Senator from Nevada has stated, I interpret this language to mean that they can get the approval of Congress in advance just as well as subsequently. Mr. Shortridge. Mr. President, will the Senator yield? Mr. Pittman. I yield. Mr. Shortridge. I understand the position of the Senator from Nevada to be that the Congress may grant terms, if it consents to the entering into of a given con- |
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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. |