Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§567b Pollution of Potomac drainage basin; control by State compacts
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 567b
Summary
Congress allows Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and D.C. to form a Potomac Valley Conservancy District and a Potomac River Basin commission, but the agreement may not affect U.S. rights.
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Title 33, §567b
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The consent of Congress is given to the States of Maryland and West Virginia and the Commonwealths of Virginia and Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia to enter into the compact to create a Potomac Valley Conservancy District and to establish an Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin: Provided, That nothing contained in such compact shall be construed as impairing or in any manner affecting any right or jurisdiction of the United States in and over the region which forms the subject of this compact.
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33 U.S.C. § 567b
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73