43 U.S.C. § 620b — Congressional intent; additional undesig-

Page 233 TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS § 620c Animas-La Plata, Dolores, Dallas Creek, West Divide, and San Miguel participating Federal reclamation projects concurrently with the con- struction of the Central Arizona Project, to the end that such projects shall be completed not later than the date of the first delivery of water from said Central Arizona Project: Provided, That an appropriate repayment contract for each of said participating projects shall have been executed as provided in section 620c of this title before construction shall start on that par- ticular project. (Pub. L. 90–537, title V, § 501(b), Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 897.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section consists of subsec. (b) of section 501 of Pub. L. 90–537. Subsecs. (a), (d), and (e) of section 501 are classified to sections 620, 620 note, 620a, 620a–2, 620c–1, and 620k note of this title. Subsec. (c) and (f) of section 501 are not classified to the Code. Section was enacted as part of the Colorado River Basin Project Act, and not as part of act Apr. 11, 1956, popularly known as the Colorado River Storage Project Act, which comprises this chapter. § 620a–2. Establishment of nonexcess irrigable acreage for participating projects The Secretary shall, for the Animas-La Plata, Dolores, Dallas Creek, San Miguel, West Divide, and Seedskadee participating projects of the Colorado River storage project, establish the nonexcess irrigable acreage for which any single ownership may receive project water at one hun- dred and sixty acres of class 1 land or the equiv- alent thereof, as determined by the Secretary, in other land classes. (Pub. L. 90–537, title V, § 501(d), Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 898.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section consists of subsec. (d) of section 501 of Pub. L. 90–537. Subsecs. (a), (b), and (e) of section 501 are classified to sections 620, 620 note, 620a, 620a–1, 620c–1, and 620k note of this title. Subsecs. (c) and (f) of section 501 are not classified to the Code. Section was enacted as part of the Colorado River Basin Project Act, and not as part of act Apr. 11, 1956, popularly known as the Colorado River Storage Project Act, which comprises this chapter. § 620b. Congressional intent; additional undesig- nated projects not precluded; construction not authorized within national park or monument It is not the intention of Congress, in author- izing only those projects designated in section 620 of this title, and in authorizing priority in planning only those additional projects des- ignated in section 620a of this title, to limit, re- strict, or otherwise interfere with such com- prehensive development as will provide for the consumptive use by States of the Upper Colo- rado River Basin of waters, the use of which is apportioned to the Upper Colorado River Basin by the Colorado River Compact and to each State thereof by the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, nor to preclude consideration and au- thorization by the Congress of additional projects under the allocations in the compacts as additional needs are indicated. It is the inten- tion of Congress that no dam or reservoir con- structed under the authorization of this chapter shall be within any national park or monument. (Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, § 3, 70 Stat. 107.) § 620c. Laws governing; irrigation repayment contracts; time for making contract; con- tracts for municipal water; payment by In- dian lands; restricted delivery of water for excess commodity; apportionments of use Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, in constructing, operating, and maintaining the units of the Colorado River storage project and the participating projects listed in section 620 of this title, the Secretary shall be governed by the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto): Provided, That (a) irri- gation repayment contracts shall be entered into which, except as otherwise provided for the Paonia and Eden projects, provide for repay- ment of the obligation assumed thereunder with respect to any project contract unit over a pe- riod of not more than fifty years exclusive of any development period authorized by law; (b) prior to construction of irrigation distribution facilities, repayment contracts shall be made with an ‘‘organization’’ as defined in section 485a(g) of this title which has the capacity to levy assessments upon all taxable real property located within its boundaries to assist in mak- ing repayments, except where a substantial pro- portion of the lands to be served are owned by the United States; (c) contracts relating to mu- nicipal water supply may be made without re- gard to the limitations of the last sentence of section 485h(c) of this title; and (d), as to Indian lands within, under or served by any partici- pating project, payment of construction costs within the capability of the land to repay shall be subject to section 386a of title 25: Provided further, That for a period of ten years from April 11, 1956, no water from any participating project authorized by this chapter shall be delivered to any water user for the production on newly irri- gated lands of any basic agricultural com- modity, as defined in the Agricultural Act of 1949 [7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.], or any amendment thereof, if the total supply of such commodity for the marketing year in which the bulk of the crop would normally be marketed is in excess of the normal supply as defined in section 1301(b)(10) of title 7 unless the Secretary of Agri- culture calls for an increase in production of such commodity in the interest of national secu- rity. All units and participating projects shall be subject to the apportionments of the use of water between the Upper and Lower Basins of the Colorado River and among the States of the Upper Basin fixed in the Colorado River Com- pact and the Upper Colorado River Basin Com- pact, respectively, and to the terms of the trea- ty with the United Mexican States (Treaty Se- ries 994). (Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, § 4, 70 Stat. 107.)