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Title 43 — Public Lands

Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government

§ 507. Construction for dam safety

Statutory text

Except as provided in section 509b of this title, construction authorized by this subchapter shall be for the purposes of dam safety and not for the specific purposes of providing additional conservation storage capacity or of developing benefits over and above those provided by the original dams and reservoirs. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to reduce the amount of project costs allocated to reimbursable purposes heretofore authorized.

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. Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978

    Pub. L. 95–578 § 3 · 92 Stat. 2471

    Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 507

    Pub. L. 95–578, § 3, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2471

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 95–578, § 3, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2471

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 3. Construction authorized by this Act shall be for the purposes of dam safety and not for the specific purposes of providing additional conservation storage capacity or of developing benefits over and above those provided by the original dams and reservoirs. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to reduce the amount of project costs allocated to reimbursable purposes heretofore authorized.

  2. Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2016

    Pub. L. 114–113 div. D title II § 203(1) · 129 Stat. 2242

    Substituted · 43 U.S.C. § 507

    Pub. L. 114–113 substituted “Except as provided in section 509b of this title, construction” for “Construction”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 114–113 substituted “Except as provided in section 509b of this title, construction” for “Construction”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this title shall be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2015—Pub. L. 114–113 substituted “Except as provided in section 509b of this title, construction” for “Construction”.

Credits

1978–2015 · 2 acts
  1. 1978Pub. L. 95–578, § 3, , 92 Stat. 2471
  2. 2015Pub. L. 114–113, div. D, title II, § 203(1), , 129 Stat. 2406.
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(Pub. L. 95–578, § 3, , 92 Stat. 2471; Pub. L. 114–113, div. D, title II, § 203(1), , 129 Stat. 2406.)

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