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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 1029
UTILIZATION, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE WATER
RESOURCES OF THE BASIN.
(B) TO PRESERVE AND UTILIZE THE FUNCTIONS,
POWERS AND DUTIES OF EXISTING OFFICES AND AGENCIES OF
GOVERNMENT TO THE GREATEST EXTENT CONSISTENT WITH THE
OTHER PURPOSES OF THIS COMPACT.
1.05. POWERS OF THE UNITED STATES.--___(A) NOTHING
CONTAINED IN THIS COMPACT SHALL IMPAIR, AFFECT OR
EXTEND THE CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED
STATES.
(B) THE SIGNATORIES HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE POWER
AND RIGHT OF THE CONGRESS AT ANY TIME BY ANY STATUTE
EXPRESSLY ENACTED FOR THAT PURPOSE TO REVISE THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF ITS CONSENT, WITHDRAW THE UNITED
STATES AS A PARTY, OR REVISE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
UNDER WHICH THE UNITED STATES MAY REMAIN A PARTY TO
THIS COMPACT.
(C) NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS COMPACT SHALL
RESTRICT THE EXECUTIVE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT IN THE
EVENT OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
1.06. DURATION OF COMPACT.— (A) THE DURATION OF
THIS COMPACT SHALL BE FOR AN INITIAL PERIOD OF ONE
HUNDRED (100) YEARS FROM ITS EFFECTIVE DATE, AND IT
SHALL BE CONTINUED FOR ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF ONE
HUNDRED (100) YEARS UNLESS, NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7)
YEARS NOR MORE THAN TWELVE (12) YEARS PRIOR TO THE
TERMINATION OF THE INITIAL PERIOD OR ANY SUCCEEDING
PERIOD, ONE OR MORE OF THE SIGNATORY STATES, BY
AUTHORITY OF AN ACT OF ITS LEGISLATURE, NOTIFIES THE
COMMISSION OF INTENTION TO TERMINATE THE COMPACT AT
THE END OF THE THEN CURRENT ONE HUNDRED (100) YEAR
PERIOD.
(B) IN THE EVENT THAT THIS COMPACT SHOULD BE
TERMINATED BY OPERATION OF PARAGRAPH (A) OR PARAGRAPH
(C) HEREOF, THE COMMISSION SHALL BE DISSOLVED, ITS
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES TRANSFERRED, AND ITS CORPORATE
AFFAIRS WOUND UP IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNANIMOUS
AGREEMENT OF THE SIGNATORIES OR, FAILING UNANIMOUS
AGREEMENT, IN SUCH MANNER AS MAY BE PROVIDED BY ACT OF
THE CONGRESS.
(C) IF AT A TIME SUBSEQUENT TO THE INITIAL
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE COMPACT, THE UNITED STATES HAS
WITHDRAWN OR SUBSTANTIALLY MODIFIED ITS PARTICIPATION
AS PERMITTED BY SECTION 1.05 (B), THE STATES MAY
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