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Title 43 — Public Lands

Chapter 32B — Colorado River Floodway

§ 1600a. Definitions

Statutory text

(a)

The term “Committees” refers to the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate.

(b)

The term “financial assistance” means any form of loan, grant, guaranty, insurance, payment, rebate, subsidy, or any other form of direct or indirect Federal assistance other than—

(1)

general revenue-sharing grants made under section 6702 1 of title 31;

(2)

deposit or account insurance for customers of banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, or similar institutions;

(3)

the purchase of mortgages or loans by the Government National Mortgage Association, the Federal National Mortgage Association, or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation;

(4)

assistance for environmental studies, plans, and assessments that are required incident to the issuance of permits or other authorizations under Federal law; and

(5)

assistance pursuant to programs entirely unrelated to development, such as any Federal or federally assisted public assistance program or any Federal old-age, survivors, or disability insurance program.

Such term also includes flood insurance described in sections 2 4029(a) and (b) of title 42 on and after the dates on which the provisions of those sections 2 become effective.

(c)

The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.

(d)

The term “water district” means any public agency providing water service, including water districts, county water districts, public utility districts, and irrigation districts.

(e)

The term “Floodway” means the Colorado River Floodway established in section 1600c of this title.

Footnotes

  1. 1 See References in Text note below.
  2. 2 So in original. Probably should be in the singular.

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. Pub. L. 99–450 § 3 · 100 Stat. 1129

    Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 1600a

    Pub. L. 99–450, § 3, Oct. 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 1129

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 99–450, § 3, Oct. 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 1129

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 3. (a) The term “Committees” refers to the Committee on 43 USC 1600a. Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate. (b) The term “financial assistance” means any form of loan, grant, guaranty, insurance, payment, rebate, subsidy, or any other form of direct or indirect Federal assistance other than— (1) general revenue-sharing grants made under section 102 of the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Amendments of 1972 (31 U.S.C. 1221); (2) deposit or account insurance for customers of banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, or similar institutions; (3) the purchase of mortgages or loans by the Government National Mortgage Association, the Federal National Mortgage Association, or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; (4) assistance for environmental studies, plans, and assessments that are required incident to the issuance of permits or other authorizations under Federal law; and (5) assistance pursuant to programs entirely unrelated to development, such as any Federal or federally assisted public assistance program or any Federal old-age, survivors, or disability insurance program. Such term also includes flood insurance described in sections 1322 (a) and (b) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, Public Law 90–448 Post, p. 1135. , title XIII (82 Stat. 572) as amended, on and after the dates on which the provisions of those sections become effective. (c) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior. (d) The term “water district” means any public agency providing water service, including water districts, county water districts, public utility districts, and irrigation districts. (e) The term “Floodway” means the Colorado River Floodway established in section 5 of this Act.

  2. Pub. L. 103–437 § 16(a)(4) · 108 Stat. 4581

    Substituted · 43 U.S.C. § 1600a(a)

    Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” before “of the United States House”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” before “of the United States House”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (4) section 3(a) of the Colorado River Floodway Protection Act (43 U.S.C. 1600a(a)).

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Chapter 67 of title 31, including section 6702, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was repealed by Pub. L. 99–272, title XIV, § 1400(a)(1), , 100 Stat. 327. See also Codification note below.

The dates on which the provisions of sections 4029(a) and (b) of title 42 become effective, referred to in subsec. (b), is , the date of enactment of Pub. L. 99–450 which enacted section 4029(a), (b) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

Codification

In subsec. (b)(1), “section 6702 of title 31” substituted for “section 102 of the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Amendments of 1972 (31 U.S.C. 1221)” on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), , 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.

Amendments

1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” before “of the United States House”.

Credits

1986–1994 · 2 acts
  1. 1986Pub. L. 99–450, § 3, , 100 Stat. 1129
  2. 1994Pub. L. 103–437, § 16(a)(4), , 108 Stat. 4594.
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(Pub. L. 99–450, § 3, , 100 Stat. 1129; Pub. L. 103–437, § 16(a)(4), , 108 Stat. 4594.)

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