The Governor is hereby authorized to apply, on behalf of the state of New York, to the congress of the United States for its consent and approval to the aforesaid compact; but, in the absence of such consent and approval, the Delaware river basin water commission shall have all of the powers which the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the states of New Jersey and New York (and the State of Delaware if and when it becomes a signatory state) may confer upon it without the consent and approval of the congress.