43 U.S.C. § 620o : US Code - Section 620O: Definitions

Search 43 U.S.C. § 620o : US Code - Section 620O: Definitions

As used in this chapter -
The terms "Colorado River Basin", "Colorado River Compact",
"Colorado River System", "Lee Ferry", "States of the Upper
Division", "Upper Basin", and "domestic use" shall have the meaning
ascribed to them in article II of the Upper Colorado River Basin
Compact;
The term "States of the Upper Colorado River Basin" shall mean
the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming;
The term "Upper Colorado River Basin" shall have the same meaning
as the term "Upper Basin";
The term "Upper Colorado River Basin Compact" shall mean that
certain compact executed on October 11, 1948 by commissioners
representing the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and
Wyoming, and consented to by the Congress of the United States of
America by Act of April 6, 1949 (63 Stat. 31);
The term "Rio Grande Compact" shall mean that certain compact
executed on March 18, 1938, by commissioners representing the
States of Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas and consented to by the
Congress of the United States of America by Act of May 31, 1939 (53
Stat. 785);
The term "Treaty with the United Mexican States" shall mean that
certain treaty between the United States of America and the United
Mexican States, signed at Washington, District of Columbia,
February 3, 1944, relating to the utilization of the waters of the
Colorado River and other rivers, as amended and supplemented by the
protocol dated November 14, 1944, and the understandings recited in
the Senate resolution of April 18, 1945, advising and consenting to
ratification thereof.