---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 620m"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "620m"
heading: "Compliance with law required in operation of facilities; enforcement of provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/620m"
units:
  - "Chapter 12B — Colorado River Storage Project"
---

# §620m. Compliance with law required in operation of facilities; enforcement of provisions


In the operation and maintenance of all facilities, authorized by Federal law and under the jurisdiction and supervision of the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior, in the basin of the Colorado River, the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior is directed to comply with the applicable provisions of the Colorado River Compact, the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, the Boulder Canyon Project Act [[43 U.S.C. 617](/usc/43/617.md) et seq.], the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act [[43 U.S.C. 618](/usc/43/618.md) et seq.], and the Treaty with the United Mexican [States](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8), in the storage and release of water from reservoirs in the Colorado River Basin. In the event of the failure of the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior to so comply, any [State](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8) of the Colorado River Basin may maintain an action in the Supreme Court of the United States to enforce the provisions of this section, and consent is given to the joinder of the United States as a party in such suit or suites, as a defendant or otherwise.


## Source credit

(Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, § 14, 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.