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-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 43 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 21, after line 15, add the following new section, to be inserted as section 14: "Sec. 14. That until such time as a treaty between the United States of America and the United States of Mexico providing for an equitable apportionment of the waters of the Colorado River is ratified by the Governments of both nations, it is hereby declared to be the policy and purpose of the Government of the United States of America to reserve for use within the boundaries of the United States of America, all flood waters of the Colorado River which may be stored or impounded therein to the end that the Government of Mexico, the citizens of that Republic, and the owners of Mexican lands may have direct and timely notice and warning that the use by them of any such waters as may temporarily flow into Mexico shall establish no right, legal or moral, to the continued use of such waters: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed as a denial or recognition of existing rights, if any, in Mexico to the use of the waters of the Colorado River, and this Act shall be without prejudice to the negotiation of a treaty with Mexico affecting such rights, if any."