Volume 96 · 1817
Public Law 97–373
To amend title HI of the Colorado River Basin Project Act, Public Law 90–537 (82 Stat. 885), as amended by Public Law 95–578 (92 Stat 2471), and Public Law 96–375 (94 Stat. 1505).
Approved December 20, 1982
Statutory text
An Act
To amend title HI of the Colorado River Basin Project Act, Public Law 90–537 (82 Stat. 885), as amended by Public Law 95–578 (92 Stat 2471), and Public Law 96–375 (94 Stat. 1505).
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That Public Law
Colorado River Basin Project Act, amendment.
Appropriation authorization.
90–537 (82 Stat. 885), as amended is further amended to provide for cost indexing as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs.
Section 309(b), first sentence, is amended to read: “There is also authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for construction of distribution and drainage facilities for non-Indian lands plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by engineering and cost indices applicable to the types of construction involved therein from the date of the Colorado River Basin Project Act: Provided, That the Secretary shall enter into agreements with non-Federal interests to provide not less than 20 per centum of the total cost of such facilities during the construction of such facilities.“.
Approved December 20, 1982.