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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§§ 615ppp to 615www
Section 615rr, Pub. L. 87–483, § 10, June 13, 1962, 76
Stat. 99, authorized appropriations for San Juan-Chama
project.
Section 615ss, Pub. L. 87–483, § 11, June 13, 1962, 76
Stat. 99; Pub. L. 111–11, title X, § 10402(b), Mar. 30, 2009,
123 Stat. 1373, provided that waters of Navajo Reservoir,
San Juan River and tributary waters be used only pur-
suant to contract. Amendment by Pub. L. 111–11 to be
null and void on issuance of a court order terminating
a certain Agreement and Contract between New Mex-
ico, the Navajo Nation, and the United States, see sec-
tion 10701(e)(2) of Pub. L. 111–11, set out as an Agree-
ment note under section 620 of this title.
Section 615tt, Pub. L. 87–483, § 12, June 13, 1962, 76
Stat. 100, related to water use rights of New Mexico and
Arizona.
Section 615uu, Pub. L. 87–483, § 13, June 13, 1962, 76
Stat. 101, provided use of water through works con-
structed pursuant to sections 615ii to 615yy of this title
be subject to Colorado River compact, Upper Colorado
River Basin compact, Boulder Canyon Project Act (43
U.S.C. 617 et seq.), Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment
Act (43 U.S.C. 618 et seq.), Colorado River Storage
Project Act (43 U.S.C. 620 et seq.), and Mexican Water
Treaty (Treaty Series 994).
Section 615vv, Pub. L. 87–483, § 14, June 13, 1962, 76
Stat. 101, required compliance with above-mentioned
compacts, laws, and treaties and provided for enforce-
ment and consent to suit.
Section 615ww, Pub. L. 87–483, § 15, June 13, 1962, 76
Stat. 102, related to studies of quality of water of Colo-
rado River system and reports to Congress on results of
these studies.
Section 615xx, Pub. L. 87–483, § 16, June 13, 1962, 76
Stat. 102, related to compact obligations of ‘‘St
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§§ 615ppp to 615www
Section 615rr, Pub. L. 87–483, § 10, June 13, 1962, 76
Stat. 99, authorized appropriations for San Juan-Chama
project.
Section 615ss, Pub. L. 87–483, § 11, June 13, 1962, 76
Stat. 99; Pub. L. 111–11, title X, § 10402(b), Mar. 30, 2009,
123 Stat. 1373, provided that waters of Navajo Reservoir,
San Juan River and tributary waters be used only pur-
suant to contract. Amendment by Pub. L. 111–11 to be
null and void on issuance of a court order terminating
a certain Agreement and Contract between New Mex-
ico, the Navajo Nation, and the United States, see sec-
tion 10701(e)(2) of Pub. L. 111–11, set out as an Agree-
ment note under section 620 of this title.
Section 615tt, Pub. L. 87–483, § 12, June 13, 1962, 76
Stat. 100, related to water use rights of New Mexico and
Arizona.
Section 615uu, Pub. L. 87–483, § 13, June 13, 1962, 76
Stat. 101, provided use of water through works con-
structed pursuant to sections 615ii to 615yy of this title
be subject to Colorado River compact, Upper Colorado
River Basin compact, Boulder Canyon Project Act (43
U.S.C. 617 et seq.), Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment
Act (43 U.S.C. 618 et seq.), Colorado River Storage
Project Act (43 U.S.C. 620 et seq.), and Mexican Water
Treaty (Treaty Series 994).
Section 615vv, Pub. L. 87–483, § 14, June 13, 1962, 76
Stat. 101, required compliance with above-mentioned
compacts, laws, and treaties and provided for enforce-
ment and consent to suit.
Section 615ww, Pub. L. 87–483, § 15, June 13, 1962, 76
Stat. 102, related to studies of quality of water of Colo-
rado River system and reports to Congress on results of
these studies.
Section 615xx, Pub. L. 87–483, § 16, June 13, 1962, 76
Stat. 102, related to compact obligations of ‘‘States of
the upper division’’ concerning flow depletion at Lee
Ferry and the Mexican treaty obligation.
Section 615yy, Pub. L. 87–483, § 17, June 13, 1962, 76
Stat. 102, related to determination of appropriations.
Section 615zz, Pub. L. 91–416, § 2, Sept. 25, 1970, 84 Stat.
867, related to water quality standards of the Navajo
Indian irrigation project.
SUBCHAPTER XXXI—CLOSED BASIN DIVI-
SION; SAN LUIS VALLEY PROJECT, COLO-
RADO
§§ 615aaa to 615iii. Omitted
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section 615aaa, Pub. L. 92–514, title I, § 101, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 964; Pub. L. 96–375, § 6(a), Oct. 3, 1975, 94
Stat. 1507; Pub. L. 98–570, § 1(1), (2), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat.
2941; Pub. L. 100–516, § 22(1), (2), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat.
2575, authorized construction, operation, and mainte-
nance of the Closed Basin division, San Luis Valley
project, Colorado, established Russell Lakes Waterfowl
Management Area, and provided a water supply for
Blanca Wildlife Habitat Area and Alamosa National
Wildlife Refuge.
Section 615bbb, Pub. L. 92–514, title I, § 102, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 964; Pub. L. 96–375, § 6(b), Oct. 3, 1975, 94
Stat. 1507; Pub. L. 100–516, § 22(3), (4), Oct. 24, 1988, 102
Stat. 2575, related to a control system to identify fluc-
tuations in the water table.
Section 615ccc, Pub. L. 92–514, title I, § 103, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 965, established an operating committee.
Section 615ddd, Pub. L. 92–514, title I, § 104, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 965; Pub. L. 98–570, § 1(3), Oct. 30, 1984, 98
Stat. 2941; Pub. L. 100–516, § 22(5), (6), Oct. 24, 1988, 102
Stat. 2575, 2576, related to costs and priority of water
availability.
Section 615eee, Pub. L. 92–514, title I, § 105, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 965; Pub. L. 98–570, § 1(4), (5), Oct. 30, 1984,
98 Stat. 2942, related to easements and rights-of-way.
Section 615fff, Pub. L. 92–514, title I, § 106, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 966, related to conservation and develop-
ment of fish and wildlife resources and the enhance-
ment of recreational opportunities in connection with
this project.
Section 615ggg, Pub. L. 92–514, title I, § 107, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 966, provided for transfer of responsibility
for care, operation and maintenance of project works to
State of Colorado, or political subdivision thereof, or to
a water users’ organization.
Section 615hhh, Pub. L. 92–514, title I, § 108, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 966, provided that nothing in Pub. L.
92–514, enacted sections 615aaa to 615jjjj of this title, be
deemed to amend, modify, or conflict with any existing
provisions.
Section 615iii, Pub. L. 92–514, title I, § 109, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 966; Pub. L. 96–375, § 6(c), Oct. 3, 1975, 94
Stat. 1507; Pub. L. 100–516, § 22(7), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat.
2576, authorized appropriations for this project.
SUBCHAPTER XXXII—BRANTLEY PROJECT,
PECOS RIVER BASIN, NEW MEXICO
§§ 615jjj to 615ooo. Omitted
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section 615jjj, Pub. L. 92–514, title II, § 201, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 966, authorized construction, operation,
and maintenance of Brantley project, Pecos River
Basin, New Mexico.
Section 615kkk, Pub. L. 92–514, title II, § 202, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 966, related to conservation and develop-
ment of fish and wildlife resources and the enhance-
ment of recreational opportunities in connection with
this project.
Section 615lll, Pub. L. 92–514, title II, § 203, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 967, provided that nothing in Pub. L.
92–514, enacting sections 615aaa to 615jjjj of this title,
amend, repeal, or modify the Pecos River Compact,
1948.
Section 615mmm, Pub. L. 92–514, title II, § 204, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 967, related to repayment of costs for flood
control, dam safety, recreation, and fish and wildlife
enhancement.
Section 615nnn, Pub. L. 92–514, title II, § 205, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 967, related to interest rates.
Section 615ooo, Pub. L. 92–514, title II, § 206, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 967; Pub. L. 96–375, § 11, Oct. 3, 1975, 94 Stat.
1507, authorized appropriations for this project.
SUBCHAPTER XXXIII—SALMON FALLS DI-
VISION, UPPER SNAKE RIVER PROJECT,
IDAHO
§§ 615ppp to 615www. Omitted
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section 615ppp, Pub. L. 92–514, title III, § 301, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 967, authorized construction, operation,
and maintenance of Salmon Falls division, Upper
Snake River project, Idaho.
Section 615qqq, Pub. L. 92–514, title III, § 302, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 967, related to water exchanges.
Section 615rrr, Pub. L. 92–514, title III, § 303, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 968, related to irrigation repayment con-
tracts.
Section 615sss, Pub. L. 92–514, title III, § 304, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 968, related to fish and wildlife benefits.
Section 615ttt, Pub. L. 92–514, title III, § 305, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 968, related to availability of irrigation
water pumping power.
Section 615uuu, Pub. L. 92–514, title III, § 306, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 968, related to interest rates.
Section 615vvv, Pub. L. 92–514, title III, § 307, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 968, related to newly irrigated lands.
Section 615www, Pub. L. 92–514, title III, § 308, Oct. 20,
1972, 86 Stat. 968, authorized appropriations for this
project.
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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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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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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to, and he shall, promulgate charges, or the basis of computation thereof, for electrical energy generated at Hoover Dam beginning June 1, 1937, computed to be sufficient, together with other net revenues from the project, to accomplish the following purposes:
**(a)** To meet the cost of operation and maintenance, and to provide for replacements, of the project beginning June 1, 1937;
**(b)** To repay to the Treasury, with interest, the advances to the Colorado River Dam Fund for the project made prior to June 1, 1937, within fifty years from that date (excluding advances allocated to flood control by [section 617a(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section617a/b&num=0&edition=prelim), which shall be repayable as provided in [section 618f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section618f&num=0&edition=prelim)), and such advances made on and after June 1, 1937, over fifty-year periods;
**(c)** To provide $600,000 for each of the years and for the purposes specified in [section 618a(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section618a/c&num=0&edition=prelim);
**(d)** To provide $500,000 for each of the years and for the purposes specified in [section 618a(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section618a/d&num=0&edition=prelim); and
**(e)** To provide, by application of the increments to rates specified in section 403(c)(2) of the Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968, as amended and supplemented [[43 U.S.C. 1543(c)(2)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1543/c/2&num=0&edition=p
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 618
islature of each of such States and by the Con-
gress of the United States.
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, § 19, 45 Stat. 1065.)
§ 617s. Recognition of rights of Mexico to Colo-
rado River waters
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed
as a denial or recognition of any rights, if any,
in Mexico to the use of the waters of the Colo-
rado River system.
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, § 20, 45 Stat. 1066.)
§ 617t. Short title
The short title of this subchapter shall be
‘‘Boulder Canyon Project Act.’’
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, § 21, 45 Stat. 1066.)
§ 617u. Lease of reserved lands in Boulder City,
Nevada; disposition of revenues
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 Boul-
der City, Nevada, and, without prior advertising,
to enter into leases therefor at not less than
rates so established and for periods not exceed-
ing 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 es-
tablished by section 617a of this title.
(June 18, 1940, ch. 395, 54 Stat. 437.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was not enacted as part of the Boulder Can-
yon Project Act which comprises this subchapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
BOULDER CITY ACT OF 1958
Public Law 85–900, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1726, provided
for disposal of certain Federal property in Boulder City
for purposes of establishment of a municipal corpora-
tion incorporated under laws of Nevada.
§ 61
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In order to initiate the comprehensive development of the water resources of the Upper Colorado River Basin, for the purposes, among others, of regulating the flow of the Colorado River, storing water for beneficial consumptive use, making it possible for the States of the Upper Basin to utilize, consistently with the provisions of the Colorado River Compact, the apportionments made to and among them in the Colorado River Compact and the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, respectively, providing for the reclamation of arid and semiarid land, for the control of floods, and for the generation of hydroelectric power, as an incident of the foregoing purposes, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized (1) to construct, operate, and maintain the following initial units of the Colorado River storage project, consisting of dams, reservoirs, powerplants, transmission facilities and appurtenant works: Wayne N. Aspinall, Flaming Gorge, Navajo (dam and reservoir only), and Glen Canyon: Provided, That the Wayne N. Aspinall Dam shall be constructed to a height which will impound not less than nine hundred and forty thousand acre-feet of water or will create a reservoir of such greater capacity as can be obtained by a high waterline located at seven thousand five hundred and twenty feet above mean sea level, and that construction thereof shall not be undertaken until the Secretary has, on the basis of further engineering and economic investigations, reexamined the economic justification of such unit and, accompanied by appropriate documentation in the form of a supplemental report, has certified to the Congress and to the President that, in his judgment, the benefits of such unit will exceed its costs; and (2) to construct, operate, and maintain the following additional reclamation
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 620
Sec.
620d.
Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.
620d–1.
Reimbursement of Fund from Colorado River
Development Fund; operation of Hoover
Dam.
620e.
Cost allocations; Indian lands; report to Con-
gress.
620f.
Powerplant operations.
620g.
Recreational and fish and wildlife facilities.
620h.
Saving provisions.
620i.
Expenditures; units excepted from soil survey
and land classification requirements.
620j.
Court decree; effectivity and approval.
620k.
Authorization of appropriations.
620l.
Net power revenues.
620m.
Compliance with law required in operation of
facilities; enforcement of provisions.
620n.
Water quality study and reports.
620n–1.
Top water bank.
620o.
Definitions.
§ 620. Upper Colorado River Basin; purpose of
development of water resources; initial units;
construction of Wayne N. Aspinall unit con-
tingent
upon
certification;
participating
projects; Rainbow Bridge National Monu-
ment
In order to initiate the comprehensive devel-
opment of the water resources of the Upper Col-
orado River Basin, for the purposes, among oth-
ers, of regulating the flow of the Colorado River,
storing water for beneficial consumptive use,
making it possible for the States of the Upper
Basin to utilize, consistently with the provi-
sions of the Colorado River Compact, the appor-
tionments made to and among them in the Colo-
rado River Compact and the Upper Colorado
River Basin Compact, respectively, providing for
the reclamation of arid and semiarid land, for
the control of floods, and for the generation of
hydroelectric power, as an incident of the fore-
going purposes, the Secretary of the Interior is
authorized (1) to construct, operate, and main-
tain the following initial units of the Colorado
Rive
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