Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government
§ 390oo. Temporary supplies of water
Statutory text
Limitations inapplicable
Neither the ownership limitations of this subchapter nor the ownership limitations of any other provision of Federal reclamation law shall apply to lands which receive only a temporary, not to exceed one year, supply of water made possible as a result of—
an unusually large water supply not otherwise storable for project purposes; or
infrequent and otherwise unmanaged flood flows of short duration.
Waiver of payment for temporary water supplies
The Secretary shall have the authority to waive payments for a supply of water described in subsection (a).
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.
Pub. L. 97–293 title II § 215 · 96 Stat. 1261
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 390oo
(Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 215, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1270.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 97–293, title II, § 215, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1270.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 215. temporary supplies of water (a) Neither the ownership limitations of this title nor the ownership limitations of any other provision of Federal reclamation law shall apply to lands which receive only a temporary, not to exceed one year, supply of water made possible as a result of— (1) an unusually large water supply not otherwise storable for project purposes; or (2) infrequent and otherwise unmanaged flood flows of short duration. (b) The Secretary shall have the authority to waive payments for a supply of water described in subsection (a).
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
Federal reclamation law, referred to in subsec. (a), is defined in section 390aa of this title.