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Volume 81

Public Law 90–65

To amend the Act of September 26, 1950, authorizing the Sacramento Valley irrigation canals, Central Valley project, California, in order to increase the capacity of certain project features for future Irrigation of additional lands.

Approved August 19, 1967

Statutory text

AN ACT

To amend the Act of September 26, 1950, authorizing the Sacramento Valley irrigation canals, Central Valley project, California, in order to increase the capacity of certain project features for future Irrigation of additional lands.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize Sacramento Valley irrigation canals, Central Valley project, California,” approved September 26, 1950 (64 Stat. 1036) is amended by adding to the first paragraph of that section the following: “Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5 of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to provide sufficient extra capacity and elevation in the Tehama-Colusa Canal to enable future water service to Yolo, Solano, Lake, and Napa Counties for irrigation and other purposes, and to treat the cost of providing such extra capacity as a deferred obligation. The deferred obligation is to be paid under arrangements to be made at such time as the works to serve the additional areas may be authorized as an extension of the Central Valley project. In the event such works are not authorized, the deferred obligation is to be paid from other revenues of the Central Valley project.

Approved August 19, 1967.

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