§ 15. Utility facilities used in administration of Bureau; contracts for sale, operation, maintenance, repair or relocation of facilities; terms and conditions; exception; Congressional approval

Statutory text

Except for electric utility systems constructed and operated as a part of an irrigation system, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to contract under such terms and conditions as he considers to be in the best interest of the Federal Government for the sale, operation, maintenance, repairs, or relocation of Government-owned utilities and utility systems and appurtenances used in the administration of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Secretary shall not execute a contract pursuant to this section until he has submitted to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a copy of the contract and a statement of his reasons for proposing the contract, and until such materials have lain before the Committees for sixty days (excluding the time during which either House is in recess for more than three days) unless prior thereto the Secretary is notified that neither committee has any objection to the proposed contract.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1961
Pub. L. 87–279 · 75 Stat. 577
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 15
Pub. L. 87–279, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 577
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 87–279, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 577
1994
Pub. L. 103–437 § 10(a) · 108 Stat. 4581
Substituted · 25 U.S.C. § 15
Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives” for “Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives” for “Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) The Act of September 22, 1961 (25 U.S.C. 15), is amended by striking “Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives” and substituting “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives”.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives” for “Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives”.

Credits

1961–1994 · 2 acts

1961Pub. L. 87–279, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 577
1994Pub. L. 103–437, § 10(a), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4588.

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(Pub. L. 87–279, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 577; Pub. L. 103–437, § 10(a), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4588.)