§ 2291. Federal Project Repayment District

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.

1. 1986

   Pub. L. 99–662 title IX § 916 · 100 Stat. 4082

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 2291

   Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 916, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4191

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 916, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4191

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 916. FEDERAL REPAYMENT DISTRICT. (a) The Secretary may enter into a contract providing for the Contracts. State and local governments. payment or recovery of an appropriate share of the costs of a project under his responsibility with a Federal Project Repayment District or other political subdivision of a State prior to the construction, operation, improvement, or financing of such project. The Federal Project Repayment District shall include lands and improvements which receive identifiable benefits from the construction or operation of such project. Such districts shall be established in accordance with State law, shall have specific boundaries which may be changed from time to time based upon further evaluations of benefits, and shall include the power to collect a portion of the transfer price from any transaction involving the sale, transfer, or change in beneficial ownership of lands and improvements within the district boundaries. (b) Prior to execution of an agreement pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall require and approve a study from the State or political subdivision demonstrating that the revenues to be derived from a contract under this section, or an agreement with a Federal Project Repayment District, will be sufficient to equal or exceed the cost recovery requirements over the term of repayment required by Federal law.

2. 1988

   Water Resources Development Act of 1988

   Pub. L. 100–676 § 15 · 102 Stat. 4012

   Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 2291(a)

   Pub. L. 100–676 substituted “have the power to recover benefits through any cost-recovery approach that is consistent with State law and satisfies the applicable cost-recovery requirement under subsection (b)” for “include the power to collect a portion of the transfer price from any transaction involving the sale, transfer, or change in beneficial ownership of lands and improvements within the district boundaries”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–676 substituted “have the power to recover benefits through any cost-recovery approach that is consistent with State law and satisfies the applicable cost-recovery requirement under subsection (b)” for “include the power to collect a portion of the transfer price from any transaction involving the sale, transfer, or change in beneficial ownership of lands and improvements within the district boundaries”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 15. FEDERAL REPAYMENT DISTRICT. Section 916(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C 2291) is amended by striking out “include the power to collect” and all that follows through the period at the end of the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ‘nave the power to recover benefits through any cost-recovery approach that is consistent with State law and satisfies the applicable cost-recovery requirement under subsection (b).”.

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