§ 1512. — Mexican Water Treaty.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1512]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 32--COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT
SUBCHAPTER II--INVESTIGATIONS AND PLANNING
Sec. 1512. Mexican Water Treaty
The Congress declares that the satisfaction of the requirements of
the Mexican Water Treaty from the Colorado River constitutes a national
obligation which shall be the first obligation of any water augmentation
project planned pursuant to section 1511 of this title and authorized by
the Congress. Accordingly, the States of the Upper Division (Colorado,
New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) and the States of the Lower Division
(Arizona, California, and Nevada) shall be relieved from all obligations
which may have been imposed upon them by article III(c) of the Colorado
River Compact so long as the Secretary shall determine and proclaim that
means are available and in operation which augment the water supply of
the Colorado River system in such quantity as to satisfy the
requirements of the Mexican Water Treaty together with any losses of
water associated with the performance of that treaty: Provided, That the
satisfaction of the requirements of the Mexican Water Treaty (Treaty
Series 994, 59 Stat. 1219), shall be from the waters of the Colorado
River pursuant to the treaties, laws, and compacts presently relating
thereto, until such time as a feasibility plan showing the most
economical means of augmenting the water supply available in the
Colorado River below Lee Ferry by two and one-half million acre-feet
shall be authorized by the Congress and is in operation as provided in
this chapter.
(Pub. L. 90-537, title II, Sec. 202, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 887.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'',
meaning Pub. L. 90-537, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 885, as amended, known
as the Colorado River Basin Project Act, which enacted this chapter and
sections 616aa-1, 620a-1, 620a-2, 620c-1, and 620d-1 of this title,
amended sections 616hh, 620, and 620a of this title, and enacted
provisions set out as notes under sections 620, 620k, and 1501 of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 1501 of this title and Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1552, 1571 of this title.
