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Show __2__ 70th Congress S. 728 1st Session In the Senate of the United States May 28 (calendar day, May 29), 1928 Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed AMENDMENT Numbered 14 Intended to be proposed by Mr. Ashurst to the bill (S. 728) to provide for the construction of works for the protection and development of the lower Colorado River Basin, for the approval of the Colorado River compact, and for other purposes, viz: On page 5, line 1, after the word "Sec. 4 (a)," strike out all down to and including line 18, and insert the following: "Sec. 4. (a) This Act shall take effect, and be in full force, when the Colorado River Compact referred to and ratified in section 12 of this Act shall have been unconditionally ratified by the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, and the President, by public proclamation, shall have so declared, and the States of California, Nevada, and Arizona shall have approved a supplemental compact apportioning among said States the waters of the Colorado River system allocated to the States of the lower basin by said Colorado River compact, or otherwise available for use in said States. |
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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. |
