States of any such payment in accordance with the terms of such contract, or (3) the enforcement of any such obligation by refusal to deliver water to lands covered by contractual provisions executed in accordance with sald clause (d), except in those cases, if any, in which a sale or transfer consummated between December 27, 1938, and the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 9, 1955] is only discovered after such date of enactment to have been made contrary to such contractual provisions or to said clause (d)."

§ 600b. Canadian River project, Texas.

For the purposes of irrigating land, delivering water for industrial and municipal use, controlling floods, providing recreation and fish and wildlife benefits, and controlling and catching silt, the Secretary of the Interior, acting pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto), is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain the Canadian River reclamation project, Texas, described in the report of the Commissioner of Reclamation approved by the Secretary May 3, 1950, entitled "Plan for Development, Canadian River Project, Texas", Project Planning Report Number 5-12.22–1, at an estimated cost of $86,656,000, the impounding works whereof shall be located at a suitable site on the Canadian River in that area known as the Panhandle of Texas. In addition to the impounding works, the project shall include such main canals, pumping plants, distribution and drainage systems, and other works as are necessary to accomplish the purposes of sections 600b and 600c of this title. The use by the project of waters arising in Ute and Pajarito Creeks, New Mexico, shall be only such use as does not conflict with use, present or potential, of such waters for beneficial consumptive purposes in New Mexico. (Dec. 29, 1950, ch. 1183,

§ 1, 64 Stat. 1124.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto), referred to in the text, are classified generally to this title. See Tables for distribution.

APPROPRIATIONS

Section 3 of act Dec. 29, 1950, provided that: "There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be required to carry out the purposes of this Act [sections 600b and 600c of this title]."

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 600c, 600d of this title.

§ 600c. Same;

nonreimbursable costs; conditions precedent to construction; repayment contract. (a) Notwithstanding any recommendations in the report mentioned in section 600b of this title to the contrary, only the costs of construction allocable to flood control and, upon approval by the President of a suitable plan thereof, to the preservation and propagation of fish and wildlife, and operation and maintenance costs allocable to the same purposes, shall be nonreimbursable.

(b) Actual construction of the project herein authorized shall not be commenced, and no construction contract awarded therefor, until (1) the Congress shall have consented to the interstate compact between the States of New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas agreed upon by the Canadian River Compact

Commission at Santa Fe, New Mexico, December 6, 1950, in conformity with Public Law 491, Eighty-first Congress, and (2) repayment of that portion of the actual cost of constructing the project which is allocated to municipal and industrial water supply and of interest on the unamortized balance thereof at a rate (which rate shall be certified by the Secretary of the Treasury) equal to the average rate paid by the United States on its long-term loans outstanding at the time the repayment contract is negotiated minus the amount of such net revenues as may be derived from temporary water supply contracts or from other sources prior to the close of the repayment period, shall have been assured by a contract satisfactory to the Secretary, with one central repayment contract organization, the term of which shall not exceed fifty years from the date of completion of the municipal and industrial water supply features of the project as determined by the Secretary.

(c) The repayment contract shall provide, among other things, (1) that the holder thereof shall have a first right, to which right the rights of the holders of any other type of contract shall be subordinate, to a stated share or quantity of the project's available water supply for use by its constituent industrial and municipal water users during the repayment period and a permanent right to such share or quantity thereafter subject to payment of such costs as may be incurred by the United States in its operation and maintenance of any part of the project works; (2) that, subject to such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the care, operation, and maintenance of such portions of the pipeline and related facilities as are used solely for delivering such water to the contract holder and its constituent organizations shall, as soon as is practicable after completion of the municipal and industrial water supply features of the project, pass to the contract holder or to an organization which is designated by it for that purpose and which is satisfactory to the Secretary; and (3) that title to such portions of the pipeline and related facilities shall in like manner pass to the contract holder or its designee or designees upon payment to the United States of all obligations arising under sections 600b and 600c of this title or incurred in connection with the project. (Dec. 29, 1950, ch. 1183, § 2, 64 Stat. 1124.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Public Law 491, Eighty-first Congress, referred to in subsec. (a), is set out as a note under this section. CONSENT OF CONGRESS TO COMPACT

Act Apr. 29, 1950, ch. 135, 64 Stat. 93, provided: "That the consent of the Congress is hereby given to the States of Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico to negotiate and enter into a compact not later than June 30, 1953, providing for an equitable apportionment among the said States of the waters of the Canadian River and its tributaries, upon the condition that one suitable person, who shall be appointed by the President of the United States, shall participate in said negotiations as the representative of the United States and shall make report to the Congress of the proceedings and of any compact entered into. Said compact shall not be binding or obligatory upon any of the parties thereto unless and until the same shall have been ratified by the legislature of each of the States aforesaid and approved by the Congress of the United States." SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 600b, 600d of this title.

§ 600d. Same; public recreation facilities; allocation of water, reservoir capacity, or joint project costs of the Canadian River project; municipal water use priorities; agreements for operation, maintenance, or additional development of project lands or facilities; disposal of project lands or facilities; nonreimbursable costs; cognizance of effect of fish and wildlife plan.

The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to investigate, plan, construct, operate and maintain, or otherwise provide for basic public outdoor recreation facilities at the Sanford Reservoir area, Canadian Federal reclamation project, to acquire or otherwise include within the project area such adjacent lands or interests therein as are necessary for present or future public recreation use, and to provide for the public use and enjoyment of project lands, facilities, and water areas in a manner coordinated with other project purposes: Provided, That this section shall not provide the Secretary with a basis for allocation to recreation of water, reservoir capacity, or joint project costs of the Canadian River project nor affect the priority for municipal use of water stored in the Sanford Reservoir, or the priority of use for municipal purposes of the capacity of said reservoir. The Secretary is authorized to enter into agreements with Federal agencies or State or local public bodies for the operation, maintenance, or additional development of project lands or facilities, or to dispose of project lands or facilities to Federal agencies or State or local public bodies by lease, transfer, conveyance or exchange upon such terms and conditions as will best promote the development and operation of such lands or facilities in the public interest for recreation purposes.

The cost of providing basic recreation facilities shall be nonreimbursable. In carrying out the aforesaid activities the Secretary shall take cognizance of the effect of the fish and wildlife plan approved by the President December 19, 1962, pursuant to sections 600b and 600c of this title in providing facilities at the Canadian River project which have general recreation utility. (Pub. L. 88-536, § 1, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 744.)

§ 600e. Same; authorization of appropriations for public recreation facilities.

There are authorized to be appropriated such amounts, but not more than $1,100,000, as may be necessary for the investigation, preparation of plans, construction and acquisition of lands authorized in section 600d of this title. (Pub. L. 88-536, § 2, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 744.)

KLAMATH PROJECT, OREGON-CALIFORNIA § 601. Change of level of lakes and subjection of lands to reclamation law.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized in carrying out any irrigation project that may be undertaken by him under the terms and conditions of the national reclamation law and which may involve the changing of the levels of Lower or Little Klamath Lake, Tule or Rhett Lake, and Goose Lake, or any river or other body of water connected therewith, in the States of Oregon and California, to raise or lower the level of said lakes as may be necessary and to dispose of any lands which may come into the

possession of the United States as a result thereof by cession of any State or otherwise under the terms and conditions of the national reclamation law. (Feb. 9, 1905, ch. 567, 33 Stat. 714.)

$$ 602 to 609. Repealed. June 17, 1944, ch. 261, § 2 (a), 58 Stat. 279.

Section 602, act May 27, 1920, ch. 209, § 1, 41 Stat. 627, related to notice of lands subject to entry and conditions and reservations in patents.

Section 603, act May 27, 1920, ch. 209, § 2, 41 Stat. 628, related to assessment of past expenditure for benefit of reclamation fund.

Section 604, act May 27, 1920, ch. 209, § 3, 41 Stat. 628, related to survey and opening of lands to entry.

Section 605, act May 27, 1920, ch. 209, § 4, 41 Stat. 628, related to additional payments; installments; forfeiture for nonpayment, etc.

Section 606, act May 27, 1920, ch. 209. § 5, 41 Stat. 628, related to preference rights of World War I veterans.

Section 607, act May 27, 1920, ch. 209, § 6, 41 Stat. 629, related to squatter's rights not recognized, time of entry, and penalty for premature entry.

Section 608, act May 27, 1920, ch. 209, § 7, 41 Stat. 629, related to Lands in Klamath Lake Bird Reservation.

Section 609, act May 27, 1920, ch. 209, § 8, 41 Stat. 629, related to powers of the Secretary of the Interior in relation to project.

§ 610. Reclassification of lands.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to reclassify all lands within the Klamath irrigation district and to place in the temporarily unproductive class such lands as he determines are properly subject to this classification. (May 25, 1926, ch. 383, § 14 (a-1), as added June 23, 1932, ch. 273, 47 Stat. 332.)

§ 611. Availability of revenues from lease of Tule Lake marginal lands for refunds.

Revenues received from the lease of marginal lands, Tule Lake division, shall be available for refunds to the lessees in such cases where it becomes necessary to make refunds because of flooding or other reasons within the terms of such leases. (July 1, 1946, ch. 529, § 1, 60 Stat. 366.)

SIMILAR PROVISIONS

Text of section is taken from the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1947. Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: 1945 - July 3, 1945, ch. 262, § 1, 59 Stat. 340. 1944 June 28, 1944, ch. 298, § 1, 58 Stat. 487. 1943-July 12, 1943, ch. 219, § 1, 57 Stat. 473. 1942-July 2, 1942, ch. 473, § 1, 56 Stat. 533. 1941-June 28, 1941, ch. 259, § 1, 55 Stat. 332. 1940 - June 18, 1940, ch. 395, § 1, 54 Stat. 434.

§ 612. Lands subject to reclamation laws; application of net revenues.

Lands owned by the United States, ceded by the States of California and Oregon pursuant to the Act of February 3, 1905 (Cal. Stat. 1905, p. 4), and of January 20, 1905 (L. Oreg. 1905, ch. 5, p. 63), lying in Klamath County, Oregon, west of range 11 east, Willamette meridian, and in Siskiyou County, California, west of range 4 east, Mount Diablo meridian, shall be subject to all applicable provisions of the Federal reclamation laws concerning entry and patent, except that any part of these lands administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service pursuant to the existing agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation, as this may be amended from time to time with the

approval of the Secretary, shall not be opened to entry.

Net revenues heretofore and hereafter received from lands owned by the United States within the district boundaries shall be covered into the reclamation fund and shall be applied: First, to offset the balance of $47,627.89 as to which the district's obligation is to be released under the proposed contract; second, to offset the balance of the charges heretofore apportioned to the Government-owned lands in Klamath County, Oregon, pursuant to the Act of May 27, 1920, amounting to $36,714.37; third, to offset the balance of charges allocated as of December 31, 1942, to the Lower Klamath Lake Division; and, fourth, as an increment to the reclamation fund without further application to project construction costs. (June 17, 1944, ch. 261, § 2 (b)-(d), 58 Stat. 279; Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 828, § 2(e), 70 Stat. 799.)

REFERENCE IN TEXT

Act of May 27, 1920, referred to in the text, has reference to act May 27, 1920, ch. 209, 41 Stat. 627, which was formerly classified to sections 602-609 of this title and repealed by section 2 (a) of act June 17, 1944.

AMENDMENTS

1956 Act Aug. 1, 1956 repealed provisions which deemed certain lands in Siskiyou County, California, and in the vicinity of Lower Klamath Lake, to be part of the Modoc unit of the Tule Lake Division of the Klamath project, and which provided for the application of net revenues which have accrued from Government-owned lands in that area. See note under this section entitled "Repayment contract with Tule Lake Irrigation District". TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of that Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of those officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

CONTRACT APPROVED

Section 1 of act June 17, 1944, provided: "That the contract dated April 28, 1943, negotiated by the Secretary of the Interior with the Klamath Drainage District and reported on as provided in subsections (a) and (c) of section 7 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187) [section 485f of this title], is approved and the Secretary is hereby authorized to execute it on behalf of the United States."

RECLAMATION LAWS

Section 3 of act June 17, 1944, provided: "This Act [section] is declared to be a part of the Federal reclamation laws as these are defined in the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 [sections 485-485k of this title]."

REPAYMENT

CONTRACT WITH TULE LAKE IRRIGATION
DISTRICT

Act Aug. 1, 1956, provided: "That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to execute on behalf of the United States a repayment contract with the Tule Lake Irrigation District, California, substantially in the form in which said contract was negotiated pursuant to section 7 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1192, 43 U. S. C., sec. 485f) [section 485f of this title] and approved at an election of the district held on July 2, 1956.

"SEC. 2. In aid of the administration of said contract and for other purposes

(a) credits may be given and payments made to the Tule Lake Irrigation District and the Klamath Irrigation District in acordance with said contract without further

appropriation but, notwithstanding any other provision of the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto), said credits and payments shall be the only credits given or payments made to the Tule Lake Irrigation District.

"(b) repayment of those portions of the costs of the works of the Klamath project heretofore or hereafter constructed serving lands within the boundaries of the Tule Lake Irrigation District which are allocated by the Secretary to said lands shall be accounted for by application of the construction charge payments required to be made under the aforesaid contract and, to the extent to which the payments so required do not account in full for said allocation, by application of (a) net revenues heretofore received from the sources described in article 4 of said contract, (b) those net revenues hereafter received from the same sources which are in excess of the amounts to be credited or paid to the district in accordance with said article, and (c) other net project revenues heretofore or hereafter received from project sources which are properly creditable to the Tule Lake division under the Federal reclamation laws.

"(c) the lands of the Klamath project, presently within its Tule Lake division, which lie in Siskiyou County, California, west of range 4 east, Mount Diablo meridian, and in the vicinity of Lower Klamath Lake, including lands heretofore uncovered by the changing level of that lake, are hereby severed from said division. and appropriate portions of the costs of the works of the Klamath project heretofore or hereafter constructed which serve said lands shall be allocated by the Secretary to those lands. Any repayment contract entered into under the Federal reclamation laws with respect to them shall require water users thereon to assume such equitable share of said allocation as is within their repayment ability. Construction costs, if any, in excess of that amount shall be accounted for by the application of net revenues derived after December 31, 1942, from the leasing of Government-owned lands in the area aforesaid. Nothing contained in this subsection shall authorize the levying or collection of charges on account of project construction on lands utilized by the Fish and Wildlife Service in any national wildlife refuge. Any project construction costs assigned by the Secretary to such refuge lands shall be nonreimbursable.

"(d) the allocations provided for in subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall extend to all past and future expenditures except those for which special provision was made by section 15 of the Act of May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 636, 639).

"(e) the proviso attached to the item in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1941, appropriating funds for construction of the Klamath project (54 Stat. 406, 436), is repealed. Section 2, subsection (d), of the Act of June 17, 1944 (58 Stat. 279, 43 U. S. C., sec. 612) [third paragraph of this section] is repealed, but this repeal shall not affect the application of net revenues received prior to January 1, 1943, which was made by the second sentence thereof.

"(f) the Secretary is authorized to withdraw any public notice heretofore issued on the Klamath project which is applicable to lands of the Tule Lake division.

"SEC. 3. Net revenues of the Tule Lake division which are derived from sources other than those described in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 2 of this Act or which, although derived from said sources, are in excess of the amounts required for the purposes therein stated, shall be covered into the reclamation fund for application, to the extent necessary, in aid of divisions or units of the Klamath project, including lands within the Tule Lake Irrigation District, hereafter authorized for construction pursuant to law.

"SEC. 4. Nothing contained in this Act or in the aforesaid contract shall be construed to affect the homesteading of the now unentered public lands within the Tule Lake Irrigation District as promptly as the United States may deem desirable consistent with other authorized uses, but the Secretary shall, in the meantime, continue the leasing of public lands to provide adequate funds for the purposes of this Act and said contract and to prepare and make said lands available for the designated purposes."

GILA PROJECT, ARIZONA

§ 613. Reduction in area; substitution of land; diversion of waters; maximum acreage.

For the purpose of reclaiming and irrigating lands in the State of Arizona and other beneficial uses, the reclamation project known as Gila project, heretofore authorized and established under the provisions of the reclamation laws, the Act of June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 195), and various appropriation Acts, is reduced in area to approximately forty thousand irrigable acres of land (twenty-five thousand acres thereof situated on the Yuma Mesa and fifteen thousand acres thereof within the North and South Gila Valleys), or such number of acres as can be adequately irrigated by the beneficial consumptive use of no more than three hundred thousand acre-feet of water per annum diverted from the Colorado River, and as thus reduced is reauthorized and redesignated the Yuma Mesa division, Gila project, and the Wellton-Mohawk division, Gila project, comprising approximately seventy-five thousand irrigable acres of land, or such number of acres as can be adequately irrigated by the beneficial consumptive use of no more than three hundred thousand acre-feet of water per annum diverted from the Colorado River, situate within the Wellton, Dome, Roll, Texas Hill, and Mohawk areas, is substituted for the land eliminated from the Yuma Mesa division and is authorized: Provided, however, That the waters to be diverted and used thereby, and the lands and structures for the diversion, transportation, delivery, and storage thereof, shall be subject to the provisions of the Boulder Canyon Project Act of December 21, 1928, and subject to the provisions of the Colorado River compact signed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 24, 1922: And provided further, That the above limitations contained in this section are for the sole purpose of fixing the maximum acreage of the project and shall not be construed as interpreting, affecting, or modifying any interstate compact or contract with the United States for the use of Colorado River water or any Federal or State statute limiting or defining the right to use Colorado River water of or in any State. (July 30, 1947, ch. 382, § 1, 61 Stat. 628.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Reclamation laws, referred to in the text, are classified generally to this title.

Act June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 195), referred to in the text, is the National Industrial Recovery Act and is classified in part to section 607 of Title 7, Agriculture; former section 609b of Title 15, Commerce and Trade; former section 9b of Title 23, Highways; and former sections 401-404, 406-410, and 412-414 of Title 40, Public Buildings.

Boulder Canyon Project Act of December 21, 1928, referred to in the text, is classified to subchapter I of chapter 12A of this title.

APPROPRIATIONS

Section 6 of act July 30, 1947, provided: "There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, from time to time, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such moneys as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act [sections 613-613e of this title]."

RECLAMATION LAW; AMENDMENT OF OTHER LAWS Section 8 of act July 30, 1947, provided: "This Act [sections 613-613e of this title] shall be deemed a supplement to and part of the reclamation law. Nothing

in this Act [those sections] shall be construed to amend

the Boulder Canyon Project Act of December 21, 1928 [subchapter I of chapter 12A of this title] as amended by the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act of July 19, 1940 [subchapter II of chapter 12A of this title]."

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 613b, 613c, 613e of this title.

§ 613a. Acquisition of property; limitation on price; liquidation of indebtedness.

The Secretary is authorized to acquire in the name of the United States, at prices satisfactory to him, such lands, interests in lands, water rights, and other property within or adjacent to the Gila project, which belongs to the Gila Valley Power District or the Mohawk Municipal Water Conservation District, as he deems appropriate for the protection, development, or improvement of said project: Provided, however, That the prices to be paid for the lands owned by the Gila Valley Power District, of Arizona, and heretofore officially appraised at the direction of the Commissioner of Reclamation, for the existing facilities of said district and of the Mohawk Municipal Water Conservation District, of Arizona, heretofore officially appraised at his request and determined by him to be useful to said project, shall not, in the aggregate, exceed $380,000, and no portion thereof shall be paid until said districts have made arrangements satisfactory to the Secretary for the liquidation of their respective bonded, warrant, and other outstanding indebtedness. (July 30, 1947. ch. 382, § 2, 61 Stat. 628.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of that Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of those officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 613b, 613c, 613e of this title.

§ 613b. Disposition of lands; sales contracts; reclamation fund.

The Secretary is authorized, to the extent, in the manner, and on such terms as he deems appropriate for the protection, development, or improvement of the Gila project, to sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of the public lands of the United States within said project, the lands acquired under sections 613 to 613e of this title, and any improvements on any such lands and to lease the same during the presettlement period only, provided such lands shall be disposed of to actual settlers and farmers as soon as practicable; to establish town sites on such lands; and to dedicate portions of such lands for public purposes. Contracts for the sale of such lands shall be on a basis that, in the Secretary's judgment, will provide the return in a reasonable period of years of not less than the appraised value of the land and the improvements thereon or thereto. Such lands may be disposed of in farm units of such sizes as the Secretary determines to be adequate, taking into consideration the character of soil, topography, location with

respect to the irrigation system, and such other factors as the Secretary deems relevant: Provided, That the area disposed of to an individual shall, so far as practicable, not exceed one hundred and sixty acres. Sales to any individual shall be of not more than one farm unit. Any sums received by the United States from the disposition of said lands and improvements shall be covered into the reclamation fund, and credited to construction costs. (July 30, 1947, ch. 382, § 3, 61 Stat. 629.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 613c, 613e of this title.

§ 613c. Regulations of Secretary; control under State law; assessment or taxation; priority of federal liens and obligations.

Beginning at such date or dates and subject to such provisions and limitations as may be fixed or provided by regulations which the Secretary is authorized to issue, any public lands within the Gila project and any lands acquired under section 613 to 613e of this title shall be, after disposition thereof by the United States by contract of sale and during the time such contract shall remain in effect, (i) subject to the provisions of the laws of the State of Arizona relating to the organization, government, and regulation of irrigation, electrical, power, and other similar districts, and (ii) subject to legal assessment or taxation by any such district and by said State or political subdivisions thereof, and to liens for such assessments and taxes and to all proceedings for the enforcement thereof, in the same manner and to the same extent as privately owned lands: Provided, however, That the United States does not assume any obligation for amounts so assessed or taxed: And provided further, That any proceedings to enforce said assessments or taxes shall be subject to any title then remaining in the United States, to any prior lien reserved to the United States for unpaid installments under land-sale contracts made under said sections, and to any obligation for any other charges, accrued or unaccrued, for special improvements, construction, or operation and maintenance costs of said project. (July 30, 1947, ch. 382, § 4, 61 Stat. 629.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 613b, 613e of this title.

§ 613d. Repayment of costs in installments; apportionment of repayment obligations; variable payments. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the general repayment obligation of any organization which may hereafter enter into a contract with the United States covering the repayment of any portion of the costs of construction of the Gila project may be spread in annual installments over such reasonable period, not exceeding sixty years, as the Secretary may determine. For the purpose of predicating the repayment obligations of the various lands within said project on their respective ability, as determined by the Secretary, to share the burdens thereof, he may provide for the equitable apportionment of said general repayment obligation to the lands benefited on a unit basis in accordance with the extent of the benefit derived from the project, the character of soil, topography, and such other

factors as he deems relevant, and he may provide for a system of variable payments under which larger annual payments will be required during periods of above-normal production or income and lesser annual payments will be required during periods of subnormal production or income. (July 30, 1947, ch. 382, § 5, 61 Stat. 629.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 613b, 613c, 613e of this title.

§ 613e. Powers of Secretary and authorized representatives.

The Secretary is authorized to perform such acts, to make such rules and regulations, and to include in contracts made under the authority of sections 613 to 613e of this title such provisions as he deems proper for carrying out the provisions of said sections; and in connection with sales or exchanges under said sections, he is authorized to effect conveyances without regard to the laws governing the patenting of public lands. Wherever in said sections, functions, powers, or duties are conferred upon the Secretary, said functions, powers, or duties may be performed, exercised, or discharged by his duly authorized representatives. (July 30, 1947, ch. 382, § 7, 61 Stat.

630.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 613b, 613c of this title.

WASHOE PROJECT, NEVADA-CALIFORNIA § 614. Authorization for construction, operation, and maintenance.

For the purposes of furnishing water for the irrigation of approximately fifty thousand acres of land in the Carson and Truckee River Basins, Nevada and California, providing drainage service to approximately thirty-one thousand acres of land therein, firming the existing water supplies of lands under the Truckee River storage project and the Newlands project, controlling floods, providing hydroelectric power, development of fish and wildlife resources, and for other beneficial purposes, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain the Washoe reclamation project consisting of two principal reservoirs at the Stampede and Watasheamu sites, together with other necessary works for the impounding, diversion, and the delivery of water, the generation and transmission of hydroelectric power, and the drainage of lands. The dam at the Stampede site shall be so constructed as to permit its ultimate enlargement to a height at which the reservoir will have a capacity of approximately one hundred and seventyfive thousand acre-feet. (Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 809, § 1, 70 Stat. 775.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 614a, 614c of this title.

§ 614a. Law governing; repayment of construction costs; contracts for supplemental water supply; net revenues from sale of commercial power; Alpine County water users; waters of Little Truckee River.

(a) In constructing, operating, and maintaining the works authorized in section 614 of this title, the