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Title 43 — Public Lands

Chapter 12A — Boulder Canyon Project

§ 617u. Lease of reserved lands in Boulder City, Nevada; disposition of revenues

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and empowered, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to establish rental rates for the lease of reserved lands of the United States situate within the exterior boundaries of Boulder City, Nevada, and, without prior advertising, to enter into leases therefor at not less than rates so established and for periods not exceeding fifty-three years from the date of such leases: Provided, That all revenues which may accrue to the United States under the provisions of such leases shall be deposited in the Treasury and credited to the Colorado River Dam fund established by section 617a 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.

  1. Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1941

    Pub. L. 76–395 · 54 Stat. 406

    Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 617u

    (June 18, 1940, ch. 395, 54 Stat. 437.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (June 18, 1940, ch. 395, 54 Stat. 437.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Boulder Canyon Project Act which comprises this subchapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Boulder City Act of 1958

Public Law 85–900, , 72 Stat. 1726, provided for disposal of certain Federal property in Boulder City for purposes of establishment of a municipal corporation incorporated under laws of Nevada.

Credits

(June 18, 1940, ch. 395, 54 Stat. 437.)

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