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Show -65- Seco 2, (a) In order that the conditions stated in Article XI of the compact hereby consented to shall be met and that the compact shall be and continue to be operative, the following provisions are enacted- (l) any beneficial consumptive uses by the United States, or those acting by or under its authority, within a State, of the waters allocated by such compact, shall be made within the allocations made by such compact for use in that State and shall be taken into account in determining the extent of use within that State; - (2) the United States, or tho.se 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 such compact and after consultation with all interested Federal agencies and the state officials charged with the administration of such compact, that such exercise is in the interest of the best utilization of such waters for multiple purposes; (3) 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 such 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 such 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. , ; (b) As used in this section-* (1) "beneficial consumptive uses" has the: same meaning as when used in the compact consented to and approved by Congress by this Act; and (2) "basin" refers, to the Republican River Basin as shown on the map attached to and made a part of. the original of such compact,, deposited in the archives of the Department of State. Approved. May 26, 19I+3 |