§ 618k. Definitions

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. 1940

   Pub. L. 76–643 § 12 · 54 Stat. 774

   Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 618k

   July 19, 1940, ch. 643, § 12, 54 Stat. 778

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   July 19, 1940, ch. 643, § 12, 54 Stat. 778

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 12. The following terms wherever used in this Act shall have the following respective meanings: “Project Act.” “Project Act” shall mean the Boulder Canyon Project Act; “Project.” “Project” shall mean the works authorized by the Project Act to be constructed and owned by the United States, exclusive of the main canal and appurtenances mentioned therein, now known as the All-American Canal; “Secretary.” “Secretary” shall mean the Secretary of the Interior of the United States; “Firm energy,” “allottees.” “Firm energy” and “allottees” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in regulations heretofore promulgated by the Secretary and in effect at the time of the enactment of this Act; “Replacements.” “Replacements” shall mean such replacements as may be necessary to keep the project in good operating condition during the period from June 1, 1937, to May 31, 1987, inclusive, but shall not include (except where used in conjunction with the word “emergency” or the words “however necessitated”) replacements made necessary by any act of God, or of the public enemy, or by any major catastrophe; and “Year of operation” shall mean the period from and including “Year of operation.” June 1 of any calendar year to and including May 31 of the following calendar year.

2. 1984

   Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984

   Pub. L. 98–381 title I § 104(a)(6) · 98 Stat. 1333

   Substituted · 43 U.S.C. § 618k

   Pub. L. 98–381 substituted “beginning June 1, 1937” for “during the period from June 1, 1937, to May 31, 1987, inclusive” in definition of “Replacements”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 98–381 substituted “beginning June 1, 1937” for “during the period from June 1, 1937, to May 31, 1987, inclusive” in definition of “Replacements”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (6) In section 12, in the paragraph beginning with “Replacements”, 43 USC 618k. by deleting “during the period from June 1, 1937, to May 31, 1987, inclusive” and inserting in lieu thereof “beginning June 1, 1937”.

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