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43 U.S.C. § 485 — Declaration of policy
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For the purpose of providing for United States reclamation projects a feasible and comprehensive plan for an economical and equitable treatment of repayment problems and for variable payments of construction charges which can be met regularly and fully from year to year during periods of decline in agricultural income and unsatisfactory conditions of agriculture as well as during periods of prosperity and good prices for agricultural products, and which will protect adequately the financial interest of the United States in said projects, obligations to pay construction charges may be revised or undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter.
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For the purpose of providing for United States reclamation projects a feasible and comprehensive plan for an economical and equitable treatment of repayment problems and for variable payments of construction charges which can be met regularly and fully from year to year during periods of decline in agricultural income and unsatisfactory conditions of agriculture as well as during periods of prosperity and good prices for agricultural products, and which will protect adequately the financial interest of the United States in said projects, obligations to pay construction charges may be revised or undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter.
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This subchapter may be cited as the “Reclamation Project Act of 1939.”
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The provisions of previous Acts of Congress not inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter shall remain in full force and effect.
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**(a) Declaration of policy** It is declared to be the policy of the Congress to recognize the primary responsibilities of the States and local interests in developing water supplies for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other purposes and that the Federal Government should participate and cooperate with States and local interests in developing such water supplies in connection with the construction, maintenance, and operation of Federal navigation, flood control, irrigation, or multiple purpose projects.
**(b) Storage in reservoir projects; agreements for payment of cost of construction or modification of projects** In carrying out the policy set forth in this section, it is provided that storage may be included in any reservoir project surveyed, planned, constructed or to be planned, surveyed and/or constructed by the Corps of Engineers or the Bureau of Reclamation to impound water for present or anticipated future demand or need for municipal or industrial water, and the reasonable value thereof may be taken into account in estimating the economic value of the entire project: Provided, That the cost of any construction or modification authorized under the provisions of this section shall be determined on the basis that all authorized purposes served by the project shall share equitably in the benefits of multiple purpose construction, as determined by the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Interior, as the case may be: Provided further, That before construction or modification of any project including water supply provisions for present demand is initiated, State or local interests shall agree to pay for the cost of such provisions in accordance with the provisions of this section: And provided further, That (1) for Corps of Engineers projects, not to
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Irrigation water temporarily made available from reclamation facilities in excess of ordinary quantities not otherwise storable for project purposes or at times when such irrigation water would not have been available without the operations of those facilities, may be used for irrigation, municipal, or industrial purposes only to the extent covered by a contract requiring payment for the use of such irrigation water, executed in accordance with the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 [[43 U.S.C. 485](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section485&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], or other applicable provisions of Federal reclamation law.
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 485
entry of any such persons so filing such notice of
acceptance shall be subject to all the provisions
of such sections.
(Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, §§ 2, 14, 38 Stat. 687, 690;
July 26, 1916, ch. 257, 39 Stat. 390.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The reclamation law, referred to in text, is defined in
section 472 of this title.
§ 476. Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1, 46 Stat.
1029
Section, act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 5, 32 Stat. 389,
provided for payment of construction charges to reg-
ister and receiver of local land office.
§ 477. Association or irrigation district as fiscal
agent of Government
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in
his discretion, to designate and appoint, under
such rules and regulations as he may prescribe,
the legally organized water-users’ association or
irrigation
district,
under
any
reclamation
project, as the fiscal agent of the United States
to collect the annual payments on the construc-
tion charge of the project and the annual
charges for operation and maintenance and all
penalties: Provided, That no water-right appli-
cant or entryman shall be entitled to credit for
any payment thus made until the same shall
have been paid over to an officer designated by
the Secretary of the Interior to receive the
same.
(Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 7, 38 Stat. 688.)
§ 478. Pecuniary penalty for nonpayment of in-
stallments of construction charges
If any water-right applicant or entryman shall
have, prior to December 5, 1924, failed to pay any
installment of his construction charges when
due, there shall be added to the amount unpaid
a penalty of 1 per centum thereof, and there
shall be added a like penalty of 1 per centum of
the amount unpaid on the first day of ea
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