Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§567b Pollution of Potomac Drainage Basin; Control by State Compacts
Title 33 › CHAPTER 12 — RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 567b
Summary
Congress allows Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia to make an agreement to create the Potomac Valley Conservancy District and set up an Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin. That agreement cannot limit or change any rights or authority the United States has over the area covered by the agreement.
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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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102