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43 U.S.C. § 503 — “Unusual or emergency conditions” defined

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43 U.S.C. § 503 — “Unusual or emergency conditions” defined

The term “unusual or emergency conditions”, as used in [section 502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section502&num=0&edition=prelim), shall be construed to mean canal bank failures, generator failures, damage to transmission lines; or other physical failures or damage, or acts of God, or of the public enemy, fires, floods, drought, epidemics, strikes, or freight embargoes, or conditions, causing or threatening to cause interruption in water or power service.

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43 U.S.C. § 502 — Emergency fund to assure continuous operation of projects and project facilities governed by Federal reclamation law

In order to assure continuous operation of all projects and project facilities governed by the Federal reclamation law (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto), including any project and facilities constructed with funds provided by the Small Reclamation Projects Act (Act of August 6, 1956, 70 Stat. 1044, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) [[43 U.S.C. 422a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section422a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] or with funds provided by the Distribution System Loans Act (Act of May 14, 1956, 69 Stat. 244, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the reclamation fund an emergency fund which shall be available for defraying expenses which the Commissioner of Reclamation determines are required to be incurred because of unusual or emergency conditions.

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43 U.S.C. § 503 — ‘‘Unusual or emergency conditions’’ defined

Page 177 TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS § 504 Pub. L. 92–134, title III, Oct. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 370. Pub. L. 91–144, title III, Dec. 11, 1969, 83 Stat. 331. Pub. L. 89–689, title II, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 1008. Pub. L. 88–511, title II, Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 687. Pub. L. 87–880, title II, Oct. 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 1221. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF THE INTE- RIOR TO FACILITATE EMERGENCY ACTIONS WITH RE- GARD TO 1976–1977 DROUGHT Pub. L. 95–18, Apr. 7, 1977, 91 Stat. 36, as amended by Pub. L. 95–107, Aug. 17, 1977, 91 Stat. 870; Pub. L. 95–226, Feb. 7, 1978, 92 Stat. 10, directed Secretary of the Inte- rior to undertake construction, management and con- servation activities designed to mitigate losses and damages to Federal reclamation projects and Indian ir- rigation projects resulting from 1976–1977 drought, to assist willing buyers in purchasing available water sup- plies from willing sellers, and to undertake studies of potential facilities to mitigate effects of a recurrence of drought and make recommendations to President and Congress evaluating potential undertakings, au- thorized Secretary to defer, without penalty, the 1977 installment payments on charges owed the United States and to make loans to irrigators for construc- tion, management, conservation activities, or acquisi- tion and transportation of water, appropriated $100,000,000 to carry out provisions of this Act and spec- ified the availability of such funds for expenditures, di- rected Secretary, not later than May 1, 1978, to provide President and Congress a complete report on expendi- tures and accomplishments, and provided that authori- ties conferred by this Act terminate on Nov. 30, 1977. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of functions of other officers,

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