Public Law 84–340

That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the States of Kansas and Oklahoma to negotiate and enter into a compact relating to The interests of such States in the development and protection from pollution of the water resources of the Arkansas River and its tributaries, and providing for an equitable apportionment among them of the waters of the Arkansas River and its tributaries flowing between such States, and for matters incident thereto, upon the condition that one qualified person appointed by the President of the United States shall participate in such negotiations as chairman, representing the United States, and shall make a report to the President and to the Congress of the proceedings and of any compact entered into. Such compact shall not be binding or obligatory upon any of the parties thereto until it shall have been ratified by the legislatures of each of the respective States, and consented to by the Congress of the United States: Provided, That any compact negotiated under the authority of this Act shall recognize the respective rights of the States of Kansas and Colorado in the waters of the Arkansas River, us established by the Arkansas River Compact consented to by Public Law 82, Eighty-first Congress, first session.

Sec. 2.

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated a sufficient

63 Stat. 145.

Appropriation.

sum to pay the salary and expenses of the representative of the United States appointed hereunder: Provided, That such representative, if otherwise employed by the United States while so employed, shall not receive additional salary in the appointment hereunder.