§ 1511. Reconnaissance investigations by Secretary of the Interior; reports; 10-year moratorium on water importation studies

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. 1968

   Pub. L. 90–537 title II § 201 · 82 Stat. 885

   Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 1511

   Pub. L. 90–537, title II, § 201, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 886

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 90–537, title II, § 201, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 886

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 201. Pursuant to the authority set out in the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary 43 USC 371. 42 USC 1962 note. thereto, and the provisions of the Water Resources Planning Act of July 22, 1965, 79 Stat. 244, as amended, with respect to the coordination of studies, investigations and assessments, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct full and complete reconnaissance investigations for the purpose of developing a general plan to meet the future water needs of the Western United States. Such investigations shall include the long-range water supply available and the long-range water requirements in each water resource region of the Western Reports. United States. Progress reports in connection with these investigations shall be submitted to the President, the National Water Commission (while it is in existence), the Water Resources Council, and to the Congress every two years. The first of such reports shall be submitted on or before June 30, 1971, and a final reconnaissance report shall be submitted not later than June 30, 1977: Provided, That for a period of ten years from the date of this Act, the Secretary shall not undertake reconnaissance studies of any plan for the importation of water into the Colorado River Basin from any other natural river drainage basin lying outside the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and those portions of Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming which are in the natural drainage basin of the Colorado River.

2. 1978

   Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978

   Pub. L. 95–578 § 10 · 92 Stat. 2471

   Substituted · 43 U.S.C. § 1511

   Pub. L. 95–578 substituted “November 2, 1978” for “September 30, 1968”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 95–578 substituted “November 2, 1978” for “September 30, 1968”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 10. The fourth sentence of section 201 of the Act of September 30, 1968 (Public Law 90–537) is amended by striking out “from the 43 USC 1511. date of this Act” and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: “from the date of the enactment of the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978”.

3. 1980

   Pub. L. 96–375 § 10 · 94 Stat. 1505

   Substituted · 43 U.S.C. § 1511

   Pub. L. 96–375 substituted “any Federal official” for “the Secretary” in proviso

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 96–375 substituted “any Federal official” for “the Secretary” in proviso.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 10. That the proviso contained in section 201 of the Colorado River Basin Project Act (43 U.S.C. 1511) is amended by striking out “the Secretary” and inserting in lieu thereof “any Federal official”.

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