### Question
Can you define what Rio Grande Compact means?


### Answer
**Rio Grande Compact** is defined as the following in *43 U.S.C. § 620o*:

> that certain compact executed on March 18, 1938, by commissioners representing the States of Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas and consented to by the Congress of the United States of America by Act of May 31, 1939 (53 Stat. 

#### Citation:
  - *43 U.S.C. § 620o*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 12B-COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT**

