Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 12A — Boulder Canyon Project
§ 618h. Termination of existing lease of Hoover Power Plant; lessees as agents of United States; termination of agency
Statutory text
The Secretary is authorized to negotiate for and enter into a contract for the termination of the existing lease of the Hoover Power Plant made pursuant to the Project Act [43 U.S.C. 617 et seq.], and in the event of such termination the operation and maintenance, and the making of replacements, however necessitated, of the Hoover Power Plant by the United States, directly or through such agent or agents as the Secretary may designate, is authorized. The powers, duties, and rights of such agent or agents shall be provided by contract, which may include provision that questions relating to the interpretation or performance thereof may be determined, to the extent provided therein, by arbitration or court proceedings. The Secretary in consideration of such termination of such existing lease is authorized to agree (a) that the lessees therein named shall be designated as the agents of the United States for the operation of said power plant; (b) that (except by mutual consent or in accordance with such provisions for termination for default as may be specified therein) such agency contract shall not be revocable or terminable; and (c) that suits or proceedings to restrain the termination of any such agency contract, otherwise than as therein provided, or for other appropriate equitable relief or remedies, may be maintained against the Secretary. Suits or other court proceedings pursuant to the foregoing provisions may be maintained in, and jurisdiction to hear and determine such suits or proceedings and to grant such relief or remedies is conferred upon, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, with the like right of appeal or review as in other like suits or proceedings in said court. The Secretary is authorized to act for the United States in such arbitration proceedings.
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. 76–643 § 9 · 54 Stat. 774
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 618h
July 19, 1940, ch. 643, § 9, 54 Stat. 777
Source evidence
Code source credit
July 19, 1940, ch. 643, § 9, 54 Stat. 777Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 9. The Secretary is hereby authorized to negotiate for and Boulder Power Plant. Negotiations for termination of existing lease. enter into a contract for the termination of the existing lease of the Boulder Power Plant made pursuant to the Project Act, and in the event of such termination the operation and maintenance, and the making of replacements, however necessitated, of the Boulder Power Plant by the United States, directly or through such agent or agents as the Secretary may designate, is hereby authorized. The powers, duties, and rights of such agent or agents shall be provided by contract, which may include provision that questions relating to the interpretation or performance thereof may be determined, to the extent provided therein, by arbitration or court proceedings. Tire Secretary in consideration of such termination of such existing lease is authorized to agree (a) that the lessees therein named shall be designated as the agents of the United States for the operation of said power plant; (b) that (except by mutual consent or in accordance with such provisions for termination for default as may be specified therein) such agency contract shall not be revocable or terminable; and (c) that suits or proceedings to restrain the termination of any such agency contract, otherwise than as therein provided, or for other appropriate equitable relief or remedies, may be maintained against Court jurisdiction. the Secretary. Suits or other court proceedings pursuant to the foregoing provisions may be maintained in, and jurisdiction to hear and determine such suits or proceedings and to grant such relief or remedies is hereby conferred upon, the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, with the like right of appeal or review as in other like suits or proceedings in said court. The Secretary is hereby authorized to act for the United States in such arbitration proceedings.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Project Act, referred to in text, is defined in section 618k of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“United States District Court for the District of Columbia” substituted in text for “the district court of the United States for the District of Columbia” on authority of act , as amended by act .
“Hoover Power Plant” substituted for “Boulder Power Plant” on authority of act , which changed name of Boulder Dam to Hoover Dam.
Credits
1940–1949 · 4 acts
- 1940July 19, 1940, ch. 643, § 9, 54 Stat. 777
- 1947Apr. 30, 1947, ch. 46, 61 Stat. 56
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32(b), 62 Stat. 991
- 1949May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 127, 63 Stat. 107.
Show as published
(July 19, 1940, ch. 643, § 9, 54 Stat. 777; Apr. 30, 1947, ch. 46, 61 Stat. 56; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32(b), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 127, 63 Stat. 107.)