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43 U.S.C. § 617e — Uses to be made of dam and reservoir; title in whom; leases, regulations; limitation on authority
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The dam and reservoir provided for by [section 617 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section617&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be used: First, for river regulation, improvement of navigation, and flood control; second, for irrigation and domestic uses and satisfaction of present perfected rights in pursuance of Article VIII of said Colorado River compact; and third, for power. The title to said dam, reservoir, plant, and incidental works shall forever remain in the United States, and the United States shall, until otherwise provided by Congress, control, manage, and operate the same, except as herein otherwise provided: Provided, however, That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, enter into contracts of lease of a unit or units of any Government-built plant, with right to generate electrical energy, or alternatively, to enter into contracts of lease for the use of water for the generation of electrical energy as herein provided, in either of which events the provisions of [section 617d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section617d&num=0&edition=prelim) relating to revenue, term, renewals, determination of conflicting applications, and joint use of transmission lines under contracts for the sale of electrical energy, shall apply.
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The dam and reservoir provided for by [section 617 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section617&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be used: First, for river regulation, improvement of navigation, and flood control; second, for irrigation and domestic uses and satisfaction of present perfected rights in pursuance of Article VIII of said Colorado River compact; and third, for power. The title to said dam, reservoir, plant, and incidental works shall forever remain in the United States, and the United States shall, until otherwise provided by Congress, control, manage, and operate the same, except as herein otherwise provided: Provided, however, That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, enter into contracts of lease of a unit or units of any Government-built plant, with right to generate electrical energy, or alternatively, to enter into contracts of lease for the use of water for the generation of electrical energy as herein provided, in either of which events the provisions of [section 617d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section617d&num=0&edition=prelim) relating to revenue, term, renewals, determination of conflicting applications, and joint use of transmission lines under contracts for the sale of electrical energy, shall apply.
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“Political subdivision” or “political subdivisions” as used in this subchapter shall be understood to include any State, irrigation or other district, municipality, or other governmental organization.
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For the purpose of controlling the floods, improving navigation, and regulating the flow of the Colorado River, providing for storage and for the delivery of the stored waters thereof for reclamation of public lands and other beneficial uses exclusively within the United States, and for the generation of electrical energy as a means of making the project herein authorized a self-supporting and financially solvent undertaking, the Secretary of the Interior subject to the terms of the Colorado River compact hereinafter mentioned in this chapter, is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain a dam and incidental works in the main stream of the Colorado River at Black Canyon or Boulder Canyon adequate to create a storage reservoir of a capacity of not less than twenty million acre-feet of water and a main canal and appurtenant structures located entirely within the United States connecting the Laguna Dam, or other suitable diversion dam, which the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct if deemed necessary or advisable by him upon engineering or economic considerations, with the Imperial and Coachella Valleys in California, the expenditures for said main canal and appurtenant structures to be reimbursable, as provided in the reclamation law, and shall not be paid out of revenues derived from the sale or disposal of water power or electric energy at the dam authorized to be constructed at said Black Canyon or Boulder Canyon, or for water for potable purposes outside of the Imperial and Coachella Valleys: Provided, however, That no charge shall be made for water for the use, storage, or delivery of water for irrigation or water for potable purposes in the Imperial or Coachella Valleys; also to construct and equip, operate, and maintain at or near said dam, or
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, under such general regulations as he may prescribe, to contract for the storage of water in said reservoir and for the delivery thereof at such points on the river and on said canal as may be agreed upon, for irrigation and domestic uses, and generation of electrical energy and delivery at the switchboard to States, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and private corporations of electrical energy generated at said dam, upon charges that will provide revenue which, in addition to other revenue accruing under the reclamation law and under this subchapter, will in his judgment cover all expenses of operation and maintenance incurred by the United States on account of works constructed under this subchapter and the payments to the United States under subdivision (b) of [section 617c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section617c&num=0&edition=prelim). Contracts respecting water for irrigation and domestic uses shall be for permanent service and shall conform to paragraph (a) of [section 617c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section617c&num=0&edition=prelim). No person shall have or be entitled to have the use for any purpose of the water stored as aforesaid except by contract made as herein stated.
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 617g
defined in section 617k of this title. For further details,
see note set out under section 617k of this title.
§ 617e. Uses to be made of dam and reservoir;
title in whom; leases, regulations; limitation
on authority
The dam and reservoir provided for by section
617 of this title shall be used: First, for river reg-
ulation, improvement of navigation, and flood
control; second, for irrigation and domestic uses
and satisfaction of present perfected rights in
pursuance of Article VIII of said Colorado River
compact; and third, for power. The title to said
dam, reservoir, plant, and incidental works shall
forever remain in the United States, and the
United States shall, until otherwise provided by
Congress, control, manage, and operate the
same, except as herein otherwise provided: Pro-
vided, however, That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior may, in his discretion, enter into contracts
of lease of a unit or units of any Government-
built plant, with right to generate electrical en-
ergy, or alternatively, to enter into contracts of
lease for the use of water for the generation of
electrical energy as herein provided, in either of
which events the provisions of section 617d of
this title relating to revenue, term, renewals,
determination of conflicting applications, and
joint use of transmission lines under contracts
for the sale of electrical energy, shall apply.
The Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe
and enforce rules and regulations conforming
with the requirements of the Federal Power Act
[16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.], so far as applicable, re-
specting maintenance of works in condition of
repair adequate for their efficient operation,
maintenance of a system of accounting, control
of rates and service
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