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Show -6U-- "ARTICLE XI. ' "This .compact shall become operative when ratified by the Legislature of each of the States, and when consented to by the Congress of the United States by legislation providing, among other things, that: "(a) Any beneficial consumptive uses by the United States, or those acting by' or under its authority, within a State, of the waters allocated by this compact, shall be made within the allocations hereinabove made for use in that State and shall be taken into account in determining the extent of use within that State. "(b) The United States, or those acting by or under its authority, in the exercise of rights or powers arising from whatever jurisdiction the United States has in, over, and to the waters of the Basin shall recognize, to the extent consistent with the best utilization of the waters for multiple purposes, that beneficial consumptive use of the waters within the Basin is of paramount importance to the development of the Basin; and no exercise of such power or right thereby that would interfere with the full beneficial consumptive use of the waters within the Basin shall be made except upon a determination, giving due consideration to the objectives of this compact and after consultation with all interested federal agencies and the state officials charged with.the administration of this compact, that such exercise is in the interest of the best utilization of such waters for multiple purposes. N(c) The United States, or those acting by or under its authority, will recognize any established use, for domestic and irrigation purposes, of the waters allocated by this compact which may be impaired by the exercise of federal jurisdiction in, over, and to such waters; provided, that such use is being exercised beneficially, is. valid under the laws of the appropriate State and in conformity with this compact at the time of the impairment thereof,- and was validly initiated under state law prior to the initiation or authorization of the federal program or project which causes such impairment. "IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Commissioners have signed this compact im quadruplicate original, one of which shall be deposited in the archives of the Department of State of the United States of America and shall be deemed the authoritative original, and of which a duly certified copy shall be forwarded to the Governor of each of the States. : "Done in the City of Lincoln, in the State of Nebraska,:on the 31s't day of December, in the-year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred forty- two. , ' "M. C. HINDERLIDER, "Commissioner for Colorado. "GEORGE S. KNAPP, "Coiranissicnsr for Kansas. :. "WARDNER G. SCOTT, "Commissioner for Nebraska. "I ha^re participated in the negotiations leading to this proposed-compact and propose to report to the. Congress of the United States favorably' thereon. "GLENN L. PARKER, "Representative of the United States |