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Volume 67

Public Law 83–275

Granting the consent of Congress to the negotiation of a compact relating to the establishment of a bi-State park and/or recreational area by the States of Kentucky and Virginia.

Approved August 14, 1953

Statutory text

JOINT RESOLUTION

Granting the consent of Congress to the negotiation of a compact relating to the establishment of a bi-State park and/or recreational area by the States of Kentucky and Virginia.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the States of Kentucky and Virginia to negotiate and enter into a compact providing for the development of the Breaks on the Russell Fork of the Big Sandy River, as a bi-State park. Such compact shall not be binding or obligatory upon any of the parties Thereto unless and until it shall have been ratified by the legislatures of the States of Kentucky and Virginia and approved by the Congress of the United States.

Approved August 14, 1953.

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