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Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60

§1600g Priority of Laws

Title 43 › Chapter 32B— COLORADO RIVER FLOODWAY › § 1600g

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Does not change or conflict with certain Colorado River agreements, the 1944 water treaty with Mexico, the Flood Control Act of 1944, the Supreme Court decree in Arizona v. California, or the Boulder Canyon and other Colorado River project laws. Those older compacts, treaties, acts, and court orders keep their force. Does not alter how federal law works with state, tribal, or local law, and does not excuse anyone from duties under state or tribal law. A state, tribe, or local rule stays in effect unless it directly conflicts and cannot be made to work with federal law. Any conflicts will be reviewed by the task force, which will make recommendations. It also does not stop a state or tribe from protecting or restoring lands inside its borders.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §1600g

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Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to alter, amend, repeal, modify, interpret, or be in conflict with the provisions of the Colorado River Compact (45 Stat. 1057), the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact (63 Stat. 31), the Water Treaty of 1944 with the United Mexican States (Treaty Series 944, 59 Stat. 1219), the Flood Control Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 887), the decree entered by the Supreme Court of the United States in Arizona v. California, and others (376 U.S. 340), the Boulder Canyon Project Act (45 Stat. 1057) [43 U.S.C. 617 et seq.], the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act (54 Stat. 774; 43 U.S.C. 618a) [43 U.S.C. 618 et seq.], the Colorado River Storage Project Act (70 Stat. 105; 43 U.S.C. 620) [43 U.S.C. 620 et seq.], the Colorado River Basin Project Act (82 Stat. 885; 43 U.S.C. 1501) [43 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.]. Furthermore, nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as indicating an intent on the part of the Congress to change the existing relationship of other Federal laws to the law of a State, or a political subdivision of a State, or to relieve any person of any obligation imposed by any law of any State, tribe, or political subdivision of a State. No provision of this chapter shall be construed to invalidate any provision of State, tribal, or local law unless there is a direct conflict between such provision and the law of the State, or political subdivision of the State or tribe, so that the two cannot be reconciled or consistently stand together. Inconsistencies shall be reviewed by the task force, and the task force shall make recommendations concerning such local laws. This chapter shall in no way be interpreted to interfere with a State’s or tribe’s right to protect, rehabilitate, preserve, and restore lands within its established boundary.

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The Colorado River Compact (45 Stat. 1057), the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact (63 Stat. 31), and the Water Treaty of 1944, referred to in text, are not classified to the Code. The Flood Control Act of 1944, referred to in text, is act Dec. 22, 1944, ch. 665, 58 Stat. 887, which enacted section 390 of this title, section 460d and 825s of Title 16, Conservation, and section 701–1, 701a–1, 708, and 709 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters, and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 701c, 701f, and 701j of Title 33. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. The Boulder Canyon Project Act, referred to in text, is act Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, 45 Stat. 1057, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 617 et seq.) of chapter 12A of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 617t of this title and Tables. The Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act, referred to in text, is act July 19, 1940, ch. 643, 54 Stat. 774, which is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 618 et seq.) of chapter 12A of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 618o of this title and Tables. The Colorado River Storage Project Act, referred to in text, is act Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, 70 Stat. 105, which is classified generally to chapter 12B (§ 620 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 620 of this title and Tables. 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 chapter 32 (§ 1501 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1501 of this title and Tables.

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43 U.S.C. § 1600g

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60