Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§1553 Upper Colorado River Basin; Rights to Consumptive Uses Not to Be Reduced or Prejudiced; Duties and Powers of Commission Not Impaired
Title 43 › Chapter 32— COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT › Subchapter V— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1553
Summary
The Upper Basin keeps the right to use the amount of Colorado River water the Compact gives it, and the Lower Basin’s water use cannot cut into or harm that right. Nothing here changes or interferes with the duties and powers of the Upper Colorado River Commission.
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Title 43, §1553
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(a)Rights of the upper basin to the consumptive use of water available to that basin from the Colorado River system under the Colorado River Compact shall not be reduced or prejudiced by any use of such water in the lower basin.
(b)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed so as to impair, conflict with, or otherwise change the duties and powers of the Upper Colorado River Commission.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 1553
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60