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# 43 U.S.C. § 617s - Recognition of rights of Mexico to Colorado River waters

## Text

Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as a denial or recognition of any rights, if any, in Mexico to the use of the waters of the Colorado River system.

(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, § 20, 45 Stat. 1066.)