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43 U.S.C. § 1513 — Importation of water; protection of exporting areas
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**(a)** In the event that the Secretary shall, pursuant to [section 1511 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1511&num=0&edition=prelim), plan works to import water into the Colorado River system from sources outside the natural drainage areas of the system, he shall make provision for adequate and equitable protection of the interests of the States and areas of origin, including assistance from funds specified in this chapter, to the end that water supplies may be available for use in such States and areas of origin adequate to satisfy their ultimate requirements at prices to users not adversely affected by the exportation of water to the Colorado River system.
**(b)** All requirements, present or future, for water within any State lying wholly or in part within the drainage area of any river basin from which water is exported by works planned pursuant to this chapter shall have a priority of right in perpetuity to the use of the waters of that river basin, for all purposes, as against the uses of the water delivered by means of such exportation works, unless otherwise provided by interstate agreement.
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**(a)** In the event that the Secretary shall, pursuant to [section 1511 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1511&num=0&edition=prelim), plan works to import water into the Colorado River system from sources outside the natural drainage areas of the system, he shall make provision for adequate and equitable protection of the interests of the States and areas of origin, including assistance from funds specified in this chapter, to the end that water supplies may be available for use in such States and areas of origin adequate to satisfy their ultimate requirements at prices to users not adversely affected by the exportation of water to the Colorado River system.
**(b)** All requirements, present or future, for water within any State lying wholly or in part within the drainage area of any river basin from which water is exported by works planned pursuant to this chapter shall have a priority of right in perpetuity to the use of the waters of that river basin, for all purposes, as against the uses of the water delivered by means of such exportation works, unless otherwise provided by interstate agreement.
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Pursuant to the authority set out in the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, and the provisions of the Water Resources Planning Act of July 22, 1965, 79 Stat. 244, as amended [[42 U.S.C. 1962](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1962&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], with respect to the coordination of studies, investigations and assessments, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct full and complete reconnaissance investigations for the purpose of developing a general plan to meet the future water needs of the Western United States. Such investigations shall include the long-range water supply available and the long-range water requirements in each water resource region of the Western United States. Progress reports in connection with these investigations shall be submitted to the President, the National Water Commission (while it is in existence), the Water Resources Council, and to the Congress every two years. The first of such reports shall be submitted on or before June 30, 1971, and a final reconnaissance report shall be submitted not later than June 30, 1977: Provided, That for a period of ten years from November 2, 1978, any Federal official shall not undertake reconnaissance studies of any plan for the importation of water into the Colorado River Basin from any other natural river drainage basin lying outside the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and those portions of Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming which are in the natural drainage basin of the Colorado River.
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 1512
sources of the western United States authorized
by the Colorado River Basin Project Act [43
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.].
(Pub. L. 91–611, title II, § 203, Dec. 31, 1970, 84
Stat. 1828.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Colorado River Basin Project Act, referred to in
text, is Pub. L. 90–537, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 885, which
is classified principally to this chapter. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title
note set out under section 1501 of this title and Tables.
CODIFICATION
Section was not enacted as part of the Colorado River
Basin Project Act which comprises this chapter.
§ 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 pursu-
ant 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 Divi-
sion (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 Sec-
retary 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
tre
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