Volume 78
Public Law 88–561
To provide for the payment of compensation, including severance damages, for rights-of-way acquired by the United States in connection with reclamation projects the construction of which commenced after January 1, 1961.
Approved September 2, 1964
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide for the payment of compensation, including severance damages, for rights-of-way acquired by the United States in connection with reclamation projects the construction of which commenced after January 1, 1961.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That notwithstanding the existence of any reservation of right-of-way for canals under the Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat 371, 391; 43 U.S.C. 945), the Secretary of the Interior shall pay just compensation, including severance damages, to the owners of private land utilized for ditches or canals in connection with any reclamation project, or any unit or any division of a reclamation project, provided the construction of said ditches or canals commenced after January 1, 1961, and such compensation shall be paid notwithstanding the execution of any agreements or any judgments entered in any condemnation proceeding, prior to the effective date of this Act.
Approved September 2, 1964.