### Question
Can you define what Upper Colorado River Basin Compact means?


### Answer
**Upper Colorado River Basin Compact** is defined as the following in *43 U.S.C. § 620o*:

> that certain compact executed on October 11, 1948 by commissioners representing the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, and consented to by the Congress of the United States of America by Act of April 6, 1949 (63 Stat. 

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

