43 U.S.C. § 1600g : US Code - Section 1600G: Priority of laws

Search 43 U.S.C. § 1600g : US Code - Section 1600G: Priority of laws

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to alter,
amend, repeal, modify, interpret, or be in conflict with the
provisions of the Colorado River Compact (45 Stat. 1057), the Upper
Colorado River Basin Compact (63 Stat. 31), the Water Treaty of
1944 with the United Mexican States (Treaty Series 944, 59 Stat.
1219), the Flood Control Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 887), the decree
entered by the Supreme Court of the United States in Arizona v.
California, and others (376 U.S. 340), the Boulder Canyon Project
Act (45 Stat. 1057) [43 U.S.C. 617 et seq.], the Boulder Canyon
Project Adjustment Act (54 Stat. 774; 43 U.S.C. 618a) [43 U.S.C.
618 et seq.], the Colorado River Storage Project Act (70 Stat. 105;
43 U.S.C. 620) [43 U.S.C. 620 et seq.], the Colorado River Basin
Project Act (82 Stat. 885; 43 U.S.C. 1501) [43 U.S.C. 1501 et
seq.]. Furthermore, nothing contained in this chapter shall be
construed as indicating an intent on the part of the Congress to
change the existing relationship of other Federal laws to the law
of a State, or a political subdivision of a State, or to relieve
any person of any obligation imposed by any law of any State,
tribe, or political subdivision of a State. No provision of this
chapter shall be construed to invalidate any provision of State,
tribal, or local law unless there is a direct conflict between such
provision and the law of the State, or political subdivision of the
State or tribe, so that the two cannot be reconciled or
consistently stand together. Inconsistencies shall be reviewed by
the task force, and the task force shall make recommendations
concerning such local laws. This chapter shall in no way be
interpreted to interfere with a State's or tribe's right to
protect, rehabilitate, preserve, and restore lands within its
established boundary.