33 USC § 567b - Pollution of Potomac drainage basin; control by State compacts
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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s567b"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 567b - Pollution of Potomac drainage basin; control by State compacts"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "567b"
section_name: "Pollution of Potomac drainage basin; control by State compacts"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 11, 1940, ch. 579, 54 Stat. 748.)"
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# § 567b. Pollution of Potomac drainage basin; control by State compacts
*Provided*
The consent of Congress is given to the States of Maryland and West Virginia and the Commonwealths of Virginia and Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia to enter into the compact to create a Potomac Valley Conservancy District and to establish an Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin: , That nothing contained in such compact shall be construed as impairing or in any manner affecting any right or jurisdiction of the United States in and over the region which forms the subject of this compact.
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**Source Credit**: (July 11, 1940, ch. 579, 54 Stat. 748.)