thereby, or to the entryman whose unpatented lands are affected, and unless the United States and such entryman are given the same rights to be heard as are given to persons holding lands in private ownership, and unless all are entrymen are given the same rights of redemption as are given to the owners of lands held in private ownership.

§ 3670. Disposition by Government of proceeds of land sold

All moneys derived by the United States from the sale of public lands referred to in this chapter shall be paid into such funds and applied in such manner as provided by law for the disposal of the proceeds from the sale of public lands.

CHAPTER 195-RECLAMATION PROJECTS GENERALLY

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3701. Definitions.

3702. Commissioner of Reclamation.

3703. Bureau of Reclamation continued.

3704. General authority of Secretary.

3705. Delegation of powers by Secretary.

3706. Employment of consultants.

3707. Assignments of pay by employees of Bureau of Reclamation.

3708. Contracts for medical attention; pay roll deductions.

3709. Educational facilities for dependents of employees of Bureau of Reclamation.

3710. Purchase of scientific books, law books, and other publications.

3711. Reclamation fund continued.

3712. Proceeds of public land sales.

3713. General expenses of Bureau chargeable to general reclamation fund.

3714. Administrative expenses; reclamation fund.

3715. Emergency fund.

3716. Appropriation for projects essential.

3717. Appropriations available for telephone service.

3718. Contracts for miscellaneous services.

3719. Receipts applicable to project generally.

3720. Vested rights and State laws unaffected.

3721. Limitation on use of funds on contract charges.

3701. Definitions

As used in this and the succeeding chapters of this Part:

"Annual returns" means the amount of the annual gross crop returns per acre of the area in cultivation within the project contract unit involved.

"Construction charges" means the amounts of principal obligations payable to the United States under water-right applications, repayment contracts, orders of the Secretary, or other forms of obligation entered into pursuant to the reclamation law or prior law, excepting amounts payable for water rental or power charges, operation and.. maintenance, rehabilitation and betterment, and other yearly service charges, and excepting also any other operation and maintenance, interest, or other charges which are not covered into the principal sums of the construction accounts of the Bureau of Reclamation.

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"Organization" means any conservancy district, irrigation district. water werd wewociation, or other organization, which is organized under State law and which has capacity to enter into contracts with the United States pursuant to the reclamation law.

"Prior law" means the Act of June 17, 1902 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1989 and all Acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof,

"Project" means any reclamation or irrigation project, including incidental features thereof, authorized by the reclamation law, or constructed by the United States pursuant to said law or prior law, or in connection with which there is a repayment contract executed by the United States, pursuant to said law or prior law, or any project constructed or operated and maintained by the Secretary through the Bureau of Reclamation for the reclamation of arid lands and other purposes, but shall not include projects constructed or operated and maintained pursuant to Chapter 113 of this title, or to the Act of August 11, 1939, as amended.

"Project contract unit" means a project or any substantial area of a project which is covered or is proposed to be covered by a repayment contract. On any project where two or more repayment contracts in part cover the same area and in part different areas, the area covered

by each such repayment contract shall be a separate unit. On any project where there are either two or more repayment contracts on a single project contract unit, or two or more project contract units, the repayment contracts or project contract units may be merged by agreements in form satisfactory to the Secretary.

"Reclamation fund" means the fund continued in the Treasury of the United States by section 3711 of this title.

"Reclamation law" means this chapter and the four next succeeding chapters.

"Reimbursable construction costs" means those costs of construction of any project which the Secretary may consider in fixing or contracting for construction charges.

"Repayment contract" means any contract providing for payment of construction charges to the United States.

"Secretary" standing alone means the Secretary of the Interior.

"Unit of entry" means the maximum area, as determined and fixed by the Secretary, of any entry to be made, pursuant to the reclamation law, on public lands within any project.

"Water users" means persons who use water from projects for irrigation of land and shall include both entrymen or patentees on public lands and owners of private lands who are either water rights applicants or water rights holders, but shall not include organizations or persons or corporations, municipal or otherwise, who use water or water power for the development of power or for any purpose other than irrigation of land.

§ 3702. Commissioner of Reclamation

Under the supervision and direction of the Secretary, a Commissioner of Reclamation, appointed by the President, shall administer the reclamation of arid lands under the reclamation law. He shall receive a salary of $14,000 per annum.

§ 3703. Bureau of Reclamation continued

The Bureau of Reclamation under the Commissioner of Reclamation shall administer the reclamation of arid lands under the reclamation law, and shall perform other functions assigned to it by the Secretary or provided by law.

§ 3704. General authority of Secretary

The Secretary may perform any and all acts and may make rules and regulations for carrying the provisions of the reclamation law into. effect.

§ 3705. Delegation of powers by Secretary

For the purpose of facilitating and simplifying the administration of the reclamation law, the Secretary may delegate his powers and duties under the law to the Commissioner of Reclamation, an Assistant Commissioner, or the officer in charge of any office, division, district, or project of the Bureau of Reclamation.

§ 3706. Employment of consultants

(a) Consultants; rates of compensation

The Secretary may employ for consultation purposes on important reclamation work ten consulting engineers, geologists, appraisers, and economists, at rates of compensation to be fixed by him, but not to exceed $50 per day for any such consultant. The total compensation paid to any such consultant during any fiscal year shall not exceed $5,000.

(b) Employment of retired officers of armed services

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, retired officers of the Army, Navy, or Air Force may be employed by the Secretary as consulting engineers in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(c) Employment of retired Interior Department employees

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, retired personnel of the Department of the Interior may be employed by the Secretary as consultants in accordance with the provisions of this section, without deductions from compensation for retirement, without loss of or redetermination of retirement status, and without loss or reduction of retirement annuity or other benefits by reason of such employment, except that there shall be deducted from the compensation otherwise payable to any such retired employee sums equal to the retirement annuity or benefit allocable to the days of actual employment hereunder.

§ 3707. Assignments of pay by employees of Bureau of Reclamation

The Secretary may permit the employees of the Bureau of Reclamation, while employed in the field, to make assignments of their pay under such regulations as he may prescribe.

§ 3708. Contracts for medical attention; pay roll deductions

The Secretary in his administration of the Bureau of Reclamation may contract for medical attention and service for employees and may make necessary pay-roll deductions agreed to by the employees therefor.

§ 3709. Educational facilities for dependents of employees of Bureau of Reclamation

(a) Secretary to provide for facilities

The Secretary, giving due consideration to the temporary nature of the requirements therefor, may make such provision as he deems necessary and in the public interest for the education of dependents of persons employed by the Bureau of Reclamation on the actual construction of projects or divisions of projects in any cases in which he finds that by reason of such construction activity, an undue burden is, or will be cast upon the facilities of the public-school districts serving the areas in or near which construction is being undertaken; and may provide for payment for the same from any funds available for the construction of said projects or divisions. Provisions made hereunder shall include cooperative arrangements with said public-school districts to contribute toward covering the cost of furnishing the educational services required for such dependents, or for the operation by those school districts of facilities provided by the United States, or for the expansion of school district facilities. Costs incurred hereunder shall be charged to the project or division concerned and shall be repayable in the same manner and to the same extent as are its costs of construction.

(b) Tuition charge

A tuition charge of $25 per semester shall be charged and collected by the Bureau of Reclamation for each such dependent attending schools as to which costs are incurred under this section. (c) Annual report to Congress

The Secretary shall furnish to the Congress each year, on or before the 3d day of January, a report on all activities undertaken during the preceding fiscal year pursuant to the provisions of this section, together with such recommendations with respect to problems relating to it as he shall think appropriate.

§ 3710. Purchase of scientific books, law books, and other publications

The Secretary may authorize the purchase of such law books, books of reference, periodicals, engineering and statistical publications as are needed in carrying out the surveys and examinations authorized by the reclamation law.