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[[Image:Susquehanna River watershed.png|thumb|Susquehanna watershed]]
The '''Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC)''' is a federal-interstate compact commission created by the Susquehanna River Basin Compact (Pub. L. 91-575) between three U.S. states: ([[Pennsylvania]], [[New York (state)|New York]], and [[Maryland]]), and the federal government, and signed into law by President Richard Nixon on Christmas Eve 1970 to be effective 30 days later on January 23, 1971.<ref>Each of the three participating states had already enacted the compact prior to its approval by the U.S. Congress and President Nixon, thus making it a solemn agreement among the parties to jointly exercise their sovereign powers in the management of the basin's water resources.  The Commission is neither a federal or state agency, but rather is collectively the agency of all four of its member jurisdictions.[http://www.srbc.net/about/srbc_compact.pdf Full text of the Susquehanna River Basin Compact]</ref>