{"data":{"id":"us/16-u.s.c.-821","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"16 U.S.C. § 821","heading":"State laws and water rights unaffected","body":"Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as affecting or intending to affect or in any way to interfere with the laws of the respective States relating to the control, appropriation, use, or distribution of water used in irrigation or for municipal or other uses, or any vested right acquired therein.","path":["Title 16—CONSERVATION","CHAPTER 12—FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc16@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:44Z","sha256":"17b789bb9cd54cf5435c5d45bf6bc517357262cd50ede00c5df23b468a49419f","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/16-u.s.c.-820","next":"us/16-u.s.c.-822"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}