{"identifier":"/us/usc/t43/s620o","title":43,"num":"\u00a7\u202f620o.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f620o.\nDefinitions\nAs used in this chapter\u2014\nThe terms \u201cColorado River Basin\u201d, \u201cColorado River Compact\u201d, \u201cColorado River System\u201d, \u201cLee Ferry\u201d, \u201cStates of the Upper Division\u201d, \u201cUpper Basin\u201d, and \u201cdomestic use\u201d shall have the meaning ascribed to them in article II of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact;\nThe term \u201cStates of the Upper Colorado River Basin\u201d shall mean the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming;\nThe term \u201cUpper Colorado River Basin\u201d shall have the same meaning as the term \u201cUpper Basin\u201d;\nThe term \u201cUpper Colorado River Basin Compact\u201d shall mean that certain compact executed on\nOctober 11, 1948\nApril 6, 1949\n63 Stat. 31\nThe term \u201cRio Grande Compact\u201d shall mean that certain compact executed on\nMarch 18, 1938\nMay 31, 1939\n53 Stat. 785\nThe term \u201cTreaty with the United Mexican States\u201d shall mean that certain treaty between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, signed at Washington, District of Columbia,\nFebruary 3, 1944\nNovember 14, 1944\nApril 18, 1945","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t43/s620o.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t43/s620o","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f620o."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"As used in this chapter\u2014","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"The terms \u201cColorado River Basin\u201d, \u201cColorado River Compact\u201d, \u201cColorado River System\u201d, \u201cLee Ferry\u201d, \u201cStates of the Upper Division\u201d, \u201cUpper Basin\u201d, and \u201cdomestic use\u201d shall have the meaning ascribed to them in article II of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cStates of the Upper Colorado River Basin\u201d shall mean the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cUpper Colorado River Basin\u201d shall have the same meaning as the term \u201cUpper Basin\u201d;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cUpper Colorado River Basin Compact\u201d shall mean that certain compact executed on ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"October 11, 1948","tail":" by commissioners representing the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, and consented to by the Congress of the United States of America by Act of "},{"t":"text","text":"April 6, 1949","tail":" ("},{"t":"ref","text":"63 Stat. 31","href":"/us/stat/63/31","tail":");"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cRio Grande Compact\u201d shall mean that certain compact executed on ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"March 18, 1938","tail":", by commissioners representing the States of Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas and consented to by the Congress of the United States of America by Act of "},{"t":"text","text":"May 31, 1939","tail":" ("},{"t":"ref","text":"53 Stat. 785","href":"/us/stat/53/785","tail":");"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cTreaty with the United Mexican States\u201d shall mean that certain treaty between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, signed at Washington, District of Columbia, ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"February 3, 1944","tail":", relating to the utilization of the waters of the Colorado River and other rivers, as amended and supplemented by the protocol dated "},{"t":"text","text":"November 14, 1944","tail":", and the understandings recited in the Senate resolution of "},{"t":"text","text":"April 18, 1945","tail":", advising and consenting to ratification thereof."}],"tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}