§ 522. Lease of water power

Statutory text

Whenever a development of power is necessary for the irrigation of lands, under any project undertaken under the said reclamation Act, or an opportunity is afforded for the development of power under any such project, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to lease for a period not exceeding ten years, giving preference to municipal purposes, any surplus power or power privilege, and the moneys derived from such leases shall be covered into the reclamation fund and be placed to the credit of the project from which such power is derived: Provided, That no lease shall be made of such surplus power or power privileges as will impair the efficiency of the irrigation project: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to make such a lease in connection with Rio Grande project in Texas and New Mexico for a longer period not exceeding fifty years, with the approval of the water-users’ association or associations under any such project, organized in conformity with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior in pursuance of section 498 of this title.

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.

1906
Pub. L. 59–1631 § 5 · 34 Stat. 116
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 522
Apr. 16, 1906, ch. 1631, § 5, 34 Stat. 117
Source evidence
Code source credit
Apr. 16, 1906, ch. 1631, § 5, 34 Stat. 117
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 5. That whenever a development of power is necessary for the Lease of surplus water power. irrigation of lands under any project undertaken under the said reclamation Act, or an opportunity is afforded for the development of power under any such project, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to Terms. lease for a period not exceeding ten years, giving preference to municipal purposes, any surplus power or power privilege, and the moneys Disposal of proceeds. derived from such leases shall be covered into the reclamation fund and be placed to the credit of the project from which such power is derived: Provided, That no lease shall be made of such surplus power Proviso. Impairment of irrigation projects prohibited. or power privilege as will impair the efficiency of the irrigation project.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The said reclamation Act, referred to in text, means act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. See section 561 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.

Credits

1906–1911 · 2 acts

1906Apr. 16, 1906, ch. 1631, § 5, 34 Stat. 117
1911Feb. 24, 1911, ch. 155, 36 Stat. 930.

Show as published

(Apr. 16, 1906, ch. 1631, § 5, 34 Stat. 117; Feb. 24, 1911, ch. 155, 36 Stat. 930.)