|
|
|
U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 620m. Compliance with law required in operation of facilities; enforcement of provisions
In the operation and maintenance of all facilities, authorized by
Federal law and under the jurisdiction and supervision of the
Secretary of the Interior, in the basin of the Colorado River, the
Secretary of the Interior is directed to comply with the applicable
provisions of the Colorado River Compact, the Upper Colorado River
Basin Compact, the Boulder Canyon Project Act [43 U.S.C. 617 et
seq.], the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act [43 U.S.C. 618 et
seq.], and the Treaty with the United Mexican States, in the
storage and release of water from reservoirs in the Colorado River
Basin. In the event of the failure of the Secretary of the Interior
to so comply, any State of the Colorado River Basin may maintain an
action in the Supreme Court of the United States to enforce the
provisions of this section, and consent is given to the joinder of
the United States as a party in such suit or suites, as a defendant
or otherwise.
|
|