Public Law 83–660

That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to execute on behalf of the United States the amendatory repayment contract with the Black Canyon Irrigation District, Idaho, negotiated pursuant to section 7 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1192; 43 U. S. C., 1946 edition, sec. 485f) and approved by the District’s electors on April 20, 1954.

Sec. 2.

The Secretary is further authorized, on the basis of the principles set forth in the revised allocation and repayment report for the Boise Federal reclamation project, Idaho, dated September 21, 1953 (which report is in part the basis upon which the above-described amendatory repayment contract was negotiated), and subject to then existing contractual obligations of the United States in relation to the Boise project (1) to coordinate his operation of the facilities of the project with that of other Federal installations on the Boise and Payette Rivers, (2) to allocate an appropriate portion of the construction cost and of the operation and maintenance costs of the project to each of the functions (primarily irrigation, including irrigation power, commercial power, and flood control) served by it, and (3) to account for the return of the reimbursable allocations in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws.

Sec. 3.

The last three provisos to the portion of the Act of June 5,

Repeals.

1924 (43 Stat. 390, 416), relating to the Boise project, and the proviso to the portion of the Act of March 4, 1929 (45 Stat. 1562, 1590), also relating thereto, are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.

As used in this Act, the term “Federal reclamation laws” means the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and Acts amendatory

43 USC 371 note.

thereof or supplementary thereto.

Sec. 5.

This Act is declared to be a supplement of the Federal reclamation laws.