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43 U.S.C. § 617a — “Colorado River Dam Fund”
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**(a) Creation of fund; purpose; receipts and expenditures under control of Secretary of the Interior** There is established a special fund, to be known as the “Colorado River Dam fund” (hereinafter referred to as the “fund”), and to be available, as hereafter provided for, only for carrying out the provisions of this subchapter. All revenues received in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter shall be paid into and expenditures shall be made out of the fund, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.
**(b) Advancements to fund by Secretary of the Treasury; allocation; repayment; interest** The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to advance to the fund, from time to time and within the appropriations therefor, such amounts as the Secretary of the Interior deems necessary for carrying out the provisions of this subchapter..11 So in original. Of this amount the sum of $25,000,000 shall be allocated to flood control and shall be repaid to the United States out of 62½ per centum of revenues, if any, in excess of the amount necessary to meet periodical payments during the period of amortization, as provided in [section 617c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section617c&num=0&edition=prelim). If said sum of $25,000,000 is not repaid in full during the period of amortization, then 62½ per centum of all net revenues shall be applied to payment of the remainder. Interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum accruing during the year upon the amounts so advanced and remaining unpaid shall be paid annually out of the fund, except as herein otherwise provided.
**(c) Limitation on use made of advancements** Moneys in the fund advanced under subdivision (b) shall be available only for expenditures for construc
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**(a) Creation of fund; purpose; receipts and expenditures under control of Secretary of the Interior** There is established a special fund, to be known as the “Colorado River Dam fund” (hereinafter referred to as the “fund”), and to be available, as hereafter provided for, only for carrying out the provisions of this subchapter. All revenues received in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter shall be paid into and expenditures shall be made out of the fund, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.
**(b) Advancements to fund by Secretary of the Treasury; allocation; repayment; interest** The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to advance to the fund, from time to time and within the appropriations therefor, such amounts as the Secretary of the Interior deems necessary for carrying out the provisions of this subchapter..11 So in original. Of this amount the sum of $25,000,000 shall be allocated to flood control and shall be repaid to the United States out of 62½ per centum of revenues, if any, in excess of the amount necessary to meet periodical payments during the period of amortization, as provided in [section 617c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section617c&num=0&edition=prelim). If said sum of $25,000,000 is not repaid in full during the period of amortization, then 62½ per centum of all net revenues shall be applied to payment of the remainder. Interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum accruing during the year upon the amounts so advanced and remaining unpaid shall be paid annually out of the fund, except as herein otherwise provided.
**(c) Limitation on use made of advancements** Moneys in the fund advanced under subdivision (b) shall be available only for expenditures for construction and the payment of interest, during construction, upon the amounts so advanced. No expenditures out of the fund shall be made for operation and maintenance except from appropriations therefor.
**(d) Unpaid interest on advancements; charge on fund; rate of interest** The Secretary of the Treasury shall charge the fund as of June 30 in each year with such amount as may be necessary for the payment of interest on advances made under subdivision (b) at the rate of 4 per centum per annum accrued during the year upon the amounts so advanced and remaining unpaid, except that if the fund is insufficient to meet the payment of interest the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, defer any part of such payment, and the amount so deferred shall bear interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum until paid.
**(e) Money in fund in excess of amount needed; certification of fact; disposition** The Secretary of the Interior shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury, at the close of each fiscal year, the amount of money in the fund in excess of the amount necessary for construction, operation, and maintenance, and payment of interest. Upon receipt of each such certificate the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to charge the fund with the amount so certified as repayment of the advances made under subdivision (b), which amount shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts.
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**(a) Ratification by interested States of Colorado River compact; agreements for apportionment of waters** This subchapter shall not take effect and no authority shall be exercised under this subchapter and no work shall be begun and no moneys expended on or in connection with the works or structures provided for in this subchapter, and no water rights shall be claimed or initiated thereunder, and no steps shall be taken by the United States or by others to initiate or perfect any claims to the use of water pertinent to such works or structures unless and until (1) the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming shall have ratified the Colorado River compact, mentioned in section 617l of this title, and the President by public proclamation shall have so declared, or (2) if said States fail to ratify the said compact within six months from December 21, 1928, then, until six of said States, including the State of California, shall ratify said compact and shall consent to waive the provisions of the first paragraph of Article XI of said compact, which makes the same binding and obligatory only when approved by each of the seven States signatory thereto, and shall have approved said compact without conditions, save that of such six-State approval, and the President by public proclamation shall have so declared, and, further, until the State of California, by act of its legislature, shall agree irrevocably and unconditionally with the United States and for the benefit of the States of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, as an express covenant and in consideration of the passage of this subchapter, that the aggregate annual consumptive use (diversions less returns to the river) of water of and from the Colorado River f
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to make investigation and public reports of the feasibility of projects for irrigation, generation of electric power, and other purposes in the States of Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming for the purpose of making such information available to said States and to the Congress and of formulating a comprehensive scheme of control and the improvement and utilization of the water of the Colorado River and its tributaries. The sum of $250,000 is authorized to be appropriated from said Colorado River Dam fund, created by [section 617a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section617a&num=0&edition=prelim), for such purposes.
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and empowered, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to establish rental rates for the lease of reserved lands of the United States situate within the exterior boundaries of Boulder City, Nevada, and, without prior advertising, to enter into leases therefor at not less than rates so established and for periods not exceeding fifty-three years from the date of such leases: Provided, That all revenues which may accrue to the United States under the provisions of such leases shall be deposited in the Treasury and credited to the Colorado River Dam fund established by [section 617a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section617a&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Hoover Powerplant generating equipment; increase in capacity; improvement of appurtenances; authorization of Secretary** The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to increase the capacity of existing generating equipment and appurtenances at Hoover Powerplant (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as “uprating program”); and to improve parking, visitor facilities, and roadways and to provide additional elevators, and other facilities that will contribute to the safety and sufficiency of visitor access to Hoover Dam and Powerplant (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as “visitor facilities program”).
**(b) Construction of Colorado River bridge crossing; authorization of Secretary** The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct a Colorado River bridge crossing, including suitable approach spans, immediately downstream from Hoover Dam for the purpose of alleviating traffic congestion and reducing safety hazards. This bridge shall not be a part of the Boulder Canyon project and shall neither be funded nor repaid from the Colorado River Dam Fund or the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund.
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 617a
1 So in original.
§ 617a. ‘‘Colorado River Dam Fund’’
(a) Creation of fund; purpose; receipts and ex-
penditures under control of Secretary of the
Interior
There is established a special fund, to be
known as the ‘‘Colorado River Dam fund’’ (here-
inafter referred to as the ‘‘fund’’), and to be
available, as hereafter provided for, only for car-
rying out the provisions of this subchapter. All
revenues received in carrying out the provisions
of this subchapter shall be paid into and expend-
itures shall be made out of the fund, under the
direction of the Secretary of the Interior.
(b) Advancements to fund by Secretary of the
Treasury; allocation; repayment; interest
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to
advance to the fund, from time to time and
within
the
appropriations
therefor,
such
amounts as the Secretary of the Interior deems
necessary for carrying out the provisions of this
subchapter..1
Of this amount the sum of
$25,000,000 shall be allocated to flood control and
shall be repaid to the United States out of 621⁄2
per centum of revenues, if any, in excess of the
amount necessary to meet periodical payments
during the period of amortization, as provided in
section 617c of this title. If said sum of
$25,000,000 is not repaid in full during the period
of amortization, then 621⁄2 per centum of all net
revenues shall be applied to payment of the re-
mainder. Interest at the rate of 4 per centum per
annum accruing during the year upon the
amounts so advanced and remaining unpaid
shall be paid annually out of the fund, except as
herein otherwise provided.
(c) Limitation on use made of advancements
Moneys in the fund advanced under subdivi-
sion (b) shall be available only for expenditures
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