16 U.S.C. § 821 — State laws and water rights unaffected
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This section states that State laws and water rights are not changed by this chapter. It preserves those laws and rights as provided in the section.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as affecting or intending to affect or in any way to interfere with the laws of the respective States relating to the control, appropriation, use, or distribution of water used in irrigation or for municipal or other uses, or any vested right acquired therein.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as affecting or intending to affect or in any way to interfere with the laws of the respective States relating to the control, appropriation, use, or distribution of water used in irrigation or for municipal or other uses, or any vested right acquired therein.
Source credit: (June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. I, § 27, 41 Stat. 1077; renumbered pt. I, Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, § 212, 49 Stat. 847.)
- 1920Enacted · Act of June 10, 1920, ch. 285 · 41 Stat. 1077
- 1935Amended · Act of Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687 · 49 Stat. 847
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 285 on 1920-06-10.
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