OCR Text |
Show 332 INTERSTATE COMPACTS Basin Water Pollution Control Commission who shall be recognized by and admitted to said Commission." The representative so appointed was directed to "maintain liaison between the Federal Government and the Commission * * * and from time to time * * * report on the activities of the Commission to the President * * * and to the Con- gress." Section 4 provided that "Any additional power or duty pro- posed to be conferred upon the Tennessee River Basin Water Pollu- tion Control Commission by the party States or by the Congress of the United States under authority of Article II of the Compact * * * shall be one within the general authority granted by said compact and may be utilized only in furtherance of the purpose described in Article I of such compact." and section 5 that "Any supplementary agreement entered into pursuant to Article XI of the Tennessee River Basin Water Pollution Control Compact * * * shall be for the express purpose of controlling and reducing pollution and coordinating pollu- tion control activities and programs m waters common to two or more of the party States, and the provisions of and procedures employed in any such supplementary agreement shall be substantially similar to and in conformity with the provisions and procedures of such compact." Section 6 provided that "Nothing contained in this Act or in the com- pact herein approved shall be construed as impairing or affecting the sovereignty of the United States or any of its rights or jurisdiction in and over the area or waters which are the subject of the compact. Section 7 "expressly reserved" the right to "alter, amend, or repeal" the Act. For legislative history, see H.R. 6701, 85th Congress; House Report 1044 (Committee on Public Works) and Senate Report 1961 (Commit- tee on Public Works), 85th Congress; 103 Cong. Rec 15201, 16292 (1957), 104 Cong. Rec. 15248,17189 (1958); P.L. 85-734. |