---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 620h"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "620h"
heading: "Saving provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/620h"
units:
  - "Chapter 12B — Colorado River Storage Project"
---

# §620h. Saving provisions


Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to alter, amend, repeal, construe, interpret, modify, or be in conflict with the provisions of the Boulder Canyon Project Act (45 Stat. 1057) [[43 U.S.C. 617](/usc/43/617.md) et seq.], the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act (54 Stat. 774) [[43 U.S.C. 618](/usc/43/618.md) et seq.], the Colorado River Compact, the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, the Rio Grande Compact of 1938, or the treaty with the United Mexican [States](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8) (Treaty Series 994).


## Source credit

(Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, § 9, 70 Stat. 110.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Boulder Canyon Project Act, referred to in text, is act Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, 45 Stat. 1057, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 617 et seq.) of chapter 12A of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 617t of this title and Tables.

The Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act, referred to in text, is act July 19, 1940, ch. 643, 54 Stat. 774, which is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 618 et seq.) of chapter 12A of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 618o of this title and Tables.