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Show 196 INTERSTATE COMPACTS consent was given "upon condition that one qualified person, not a resident of either Oregon or California, who shall be appointed by the President of the United States, shall participate in said negotia- tions as a representative of the United States and shall make a report to the President and the Congress of the proceedings and of any com- pact so negotiated." The Act also provided that any compact agreed upon "shall not be binding or obligatory upon any of the parties thereto unless and until the same shall have been ratified by the legis- lature of each of the States aforesaid and consented to by the Con- gress of the United States." State ratifications.-California, Act of April 17, 1957 (Stat. 1957, p. 686; West Ann. Calif. Code (Water Code), sec. 590Of) Oregon, Act of April 17,1957 (Laws 1957, p. 170; Ore.) Eev. Stat. sec. 542.610 ^ Congressional consent to compact.-The consent of the Congress to the Kin math River Basin Compact was given by the Act of August 30, 1957 (71 Stat. 497), from which the text of the compact above set out is taken. Sections 2-6 of this Act read as follows: "Sec. 2. As used in this Act- "(a) The term 'United States' shall mean collectively or separately, as the case may be, the United States, any agency thereof, and any entity acting under any license or other authority granted under the laws of the United States. "(b) The terms appearing herein which are defined in article II or III of the compact shall have the meaning there stated. "(c) 'The compact' refers to the Klamath River Basin Compact, set forth in section 1 of this Act. "Sec. 3. (a) Reserving the constitutional powers of the United States and subject to the provisions of section 4 of this Act, the United States, in connection with developments undertaken after the effective date of this Act, pursuant to the laws of the United States, shall compfy with the requirements set forth in paragraphs num- bered 1, 2. 3, 4 and 5 of subdivision B in article XIII of the compact. "(b) The United States, when exercising rights to use water pur- suant to State law, shall be entitled to all of the same privileges and benefits of the compact as any person exercising similar rights. " (c) This Act shall not be construed as relieving the United States of any requirement of compliance with State law which may be pro- vided by other Federal statutes. "Sec. 4. Nothing in this Act or in the compact shall be construed as: "(a) Affecting the obligations of the United States to the Indians or Indian tribes, bands, or communities of Indians, or any right owned or held by or for the Indians or Indian tribes, bands or communities of Indians, which is subject to control by the United States. " (b) Enlarging, diminishing or otherwise affecting the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States. " (c) Impairing or affecting any existing rights of the United States to waters of the Klamath River Basin now beneficially used by the United States; or any power or capacity of the United States to acquire rights in and to the use of the said waters of said basin by purchase, donation, or eminent domain. |