---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 617o"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "617o"
heading: "Officials of ratifying States; authority to act in advisory capacity; access to records"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/617o"
units:
  - "Chapter 12A — Boulder Canyon Project"
  - "Subchapter I — Boulder Canyon Project Act"
---

# §617o. Officials of ratifying States; authority to act in advisory capacity; access to records


In furtherance of any comprehensive plan formulated on and after Dec. 21, 1928 for the control, improvement, and utilization of the resources of the Colorado River system and to the end that the project authorized by this subchapter may constitute and be administered as a unit in such control, improvement, and utilization, any commission or commissioner duly authorized under the laws of any ratifying [State](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8) in that behalf shall have the right to act in an advisory capacity to and in cooperation with the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior in the exercise of any authority under the provisions of sections [617c](/usc/43/617c.md), [617d](/usc/43/617d.md), and [617m](/usc/43/617m.md) of this title and shall have at all times access to records of all Federal agencies empowered to act under said sections, and shall be entitled to have copies of said records on request.


## Source credit

(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, § 16, 45 Stat. 1065.)