Skip to content

Title 43 — Public Lands

Chapter 12A — Boulder Canyon Project

§ 617k. Definitions

Statutory text

“Political subdivision” or “political subdivisions” as used in this subchapter shall be understood to include any State, irrigation or other district, municipality, or other governmental organization.

“Reclamation law” as used in this subchapter shall be understood to mean that certain Act of Congress of the United States approved , and the Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.

“Maintenance” as used herein shall be deemed to include in each instance provision for keeping the works in good operating condition.

“The Federal Power Act,” [16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.] as used in this subchapter, shall be understood to mean that certain Act of Congress of the United States approved , and the Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.

“Domestic”, whenever employed in this subchapter, shall include water uses defined as “domestic” in said Colorado River compact.

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. 70–42 § 12 · 45 Stat. 61

    Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 617k

    (Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, § 12, 45 Stat. 1064.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, § 12, 45 Stat. 1064.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

References in Text

That certain Act of Congress of the United States approved , referred to in text, is act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 371 et seq.) 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.

The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, was in the original the “Federal Water Power Act”, which was redesignated the Federal Power Act by section 791a of Title 16, Conservation. The Federal Power Act is act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063, which is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 791a et seq.) of Title 16. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 791a of Title 16 and Tables.

Credits

(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, § 12, 45 Stat. 1064.)

Parsed from the official OLRC USLM XML in data/usc_all/usc43.xml · release point 119-108 · OLRC build 2026-04-17

USLM identifier /us/usc/t43/s617k