An Act to authorize negotiations with respect to a compact to provide for a definition or relocation of the common boundary between Arizona and California, and for the appointment by the President of a Federal representative to the compact negotiations.
PL 84-1025 (H.R.11911), enacted 08/08/1956

67 Stat. 29. 
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PUBLIC LAW 1025-AUG. 8, 1956 
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THE RIGHTS OF STATES 
SEC. 10. Nothing in this Act shall be construed (1) to interfere in 
any manner with the rights of any State under the Submerged Lands 
Act (Public Law 31, Eighty-third Congress) or otherwise provided 
by law, or to supersede any regulatory authority over fisheries exer-
cised by the States either individually or under interstate compacts; 
or (2) to interfere in any manner with the authority exercised by any 
International Commission established under any treaty or convention 
to which the United States is a party. 
AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATION 
SEC. 11. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 12. (a) The authorization for the transfer of certain funds from 
the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior and their 
maintenance in a separate fund as contained in section 2 (a) of the 
15 use 713C-3. Act of August 11,1939, as amended July 1,1954 (68 Stat. 376), sh^U 
be continued for the year ending June 30, 1957, and each year there-
after. 
(b) Subsection (e) of section 2 of the aforesaid Act of August 11, 
1939, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"(e) The separate fund created for the use of the Secretary of the 
Interior under section 2 (a) of this Act and the annual accruals thereto 
shall be available for each year hereafter imtil expended by the Secre-
tary." 
Approved August 8, 1956. 
Public Law 1025 
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AN ACT 
August 8, 1956 
[H. R. 11911] 
rpo authorize negotiations with respect to a compact to provide for a definition 
or relocation of the common boundary between Arizona and California, and 
for the appointment by the President of a Federal representative to the 
compact negotiations. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^senibled^ That the consent 
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' of Congress is hereby given to the States of Arizona and California to 
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°"' negotiate and enter into a compact with respect to the definition or 
relocation of the common boundary of said States. 
SEC. 2. Such consent is given upon the following conditions: 
(1) A representative of the United States, not a resident of either 
Arizona or California, shall be appointed by the President of the 
United States; such representative shall participate in such negotia-
tions and shall make a report to the President and to the Congress of 
the proceedings and of any compact entered into; and 
(2) Such compact shall not be binding or obligatory upon either 
of such States unless and until it has been ratified by the legislature 
of each of such State and consented to by the Congress of the United 
States. 
SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby 
expressly reserved. 
Approved August 8, 1956.