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16 U.S.C. § 410aaa–73 — Land disposal

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16 U.S.C. § 410aaa–73 — Land disposal

Except as provided in [section 410aaa–26 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section410aaa-26&num=0&edition=prelim), none of the lands within the boundaries of the wilderness or park areas designated under this Act shall be granted to or otherwise made available for use by the Metropolitan Water District or any other agencies or persons pursuant to the Boulder Canyon Project Act ([43 U.S.C. 617–619b](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section617–619b&num=0&edition=prelim)) or any similar Acts.

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Except as provided in [section 410aaa–26 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section410aaa-26&num=0&edition=prelim), none of the lands within the boundaries of the wilderness or park areas designated under this Act shall be granted to or otherwise made available for use by the Metropolitan Water District or any other agencies or persons pursuant to the Boulder Canyon Project Act ([43 U.S.C. 617–619b](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section617–619b&num=0&edition=prelim)) or any similar Acts.

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16 U.S.C. § 410aaa — Findings

The Congress hereby finds that— (1) proclamations by Presidents Herbert Hoover in 1933 and Franklin Roosevelt in 1937 established and expanded the Death Valley National Monument for the preservation of the unusual features of scenic, scientific, and educational interest therein contained; (2) Death Valley National Monument is today recognized as a major unit of the National Park System, having extraordinary values enjoyed by millions of visitors; (3) the monument boundaries established in the 1930’s exclude and thereby expose to incompatible development and inconsistent management, contiguous Federal lands of essential and superlative natural, ecological, geological, archeological, paleontological, cultural, historical ad 11 So in original. Probably should be “and”. wilderness values; (4) Death Valley National Monument should be substantially enlarged by the addition of all contiguous Federal lands of national park caliber and afforded full recognition and statutory protection as a National Park; and (5) the wilderness within Death Valley should receive maximum statutory protection by designation pursuant to the Wilderness Act [[16 U.S.C. 1131](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1131&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].

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43 U.S.C. § 617t — Short title

The short title of this subchapter shall be “Boulder Canyon Project Act.”

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43 U.S.C. § 617 — Colorado River Basin; protection and development; dam, reservoir, and incidental works; water, water power, and electrical energy; eminent domain

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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43 U.S.C. § 617 — Colorado River Basin; protection and de-

Page 209 TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS § 617 Sec. 618i. Effective date. 618j. Effect of refusal to modify existing contracts. 618k. Definitions. 618l. Repealed. 618m. Effect on existing laws and States’ rights. 618n. Wages of employees. 618o. Short title. 618p. Omitted. SUBCHAPTER III—HOOVER DAM CONTRACTS AND FACILITIES 619. Increase in capacity of existing generating equipment at Hoover Powerplant; construc- tion of Colorado River bridge crossing. 619a. Renewal contracts for power. 619b. Reimbursement of funds advanced by non- Federal purchasers; uprating program; re- payment requirement; visitor facilities pro- gram. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN PROJECTS; EFFECT ON THIS CHAPTER Act May 28, 1954, ch. 241, 68 Stat. 143, provided that: ‘‘For the purposes of effecting economies and in- creased efficiency in the construction, operation, and maintenance thereof and of accounting for the return of reimbursable costs, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to consolidate and administer as a single project to be known as the Parker-Davis project, Arizona-California-Nevada, the projects known as the Parker Dam power project, Arizona-California, and the Davis Dam project, Arizona-Nevada: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter or affect in any way the Boulder Canyon Project Act (45 Stat. 1057) [subchapter I of this chapter], the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act (54 Stat. 774) [sub- chapter II of this chapter], or the treaty between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, signed at Washington on February 3, 1944, relat- ing to the utilization of the waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande from Fort Quitman, Texas, to th

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