Public Law 84–316

That the consent of the Congress is hereby given to the States of Oregon and California to negotiate and enter into a compact, providing for an equitable apportionment between the said States of the waters of the Klamath River and its tributaries, including Lost River which is not naturally tributary to the Klamath River but which is an interstate strain within the Klamath Basin which has become tributary to Klamath River by virtue of a diversion canal constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation, United States Department of the Interior, and for matters incidental thereto, upon the condition that one qualified person, not a resident of either Oregon or California, who shall be appointed by the President of the United States, shall participate in said negotiations as a representative of the United States and shall make a report to the President and the Congress of (lie proceedings and of any compact so negotiated. Said compact shall not be binding or obligatory upon any of the parties thereto unless and until the same shall have been ratified by the legislature of each of the States aforesaid and consented to by the Congress of the United States.