§ 620a. Priority to planning reports of certain additional participating projects; reports to States; San Juan-Chama project; Juniper project

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. 1956

   Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, § 2, 70 Stat. 106 · 70 Stat. 106

   Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 620a

   Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, § 2, 70 Stat. 106

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, § 2, 70 Stat. 106

2. 1962

   Pub. L. 87–483 § 18 · 76 Stat. 96

   Struck · 43 U.S.C. § 620a

   Pub. L. 87–483 struck out “San Juan-Chama, Navajo” after “Gooseberry,” in first sentence

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 87–483 struck out “San Juan-Chama, Navajo” after “Gooseberry,” in first sentence.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 18. The Act of April 11, 1956, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows: (i) In section 1, subsection (2), after the words “Central Utah (initial phase)” delete the colon and insert in lieu thereof a comma and the words “San Juan-Chama (initial stage),” and after the word “Lyman” insert the words “Navajo Indian,”; (ii) in section 2 delete the words “San Juan-Chama, Navajo,” from the first sentence; (iii) in section 5, subsection (e), in the phrase “herein or hereinafter authorized” delete the word “hereinafter” and insert in lieu thereof the word “hereafter”; (iv) in section 7 in the phrase “and any contract lawfully entered unto under said compacts and Acts” delete the word “unto” and insert in lieu thereof the word “into”.

3. 1964

   Pub. L. 88–568 § 1 · 78 Stat. 852

   Struck · 43 U.S.C. § 620a

   Pub. L. 88–568 struck out “, Fruitland Mesa, Bostwick Park” and “, Savery-Pot Hook” after “Ohio Creek” and “Dallas Creek”, respectively

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 88–568 struck out “, Fruitland Mesa, Bostwick Park” and “, Savery-Pot Hook” after “Ohio Creek” and “Dallas Creek”, respectively.

4. 1968

   Pub. L. 90–537 title V § 501(a) · 82 Stat. 885

   1. Substituted · 43 U.S.C. § 620a

      Pub. L. 90–537 substituted Basalt, Middle Park (including Troublesome, Rabbit Ear, and Azure units), Upper Gunnison (including the East River, Ohio Creek, and Tomichi Creek units), Lower Yampa (including Juniper and Great Northern units), and Upper Yampa (including Hayden Mesa, Wessels, and Toponas units) projects for Parshall, Troublesome, Rabbit Ear, San Miguel, West Divide, Tomichi Creek, East River, Ohio Creek, Dallas Creek, Dolores, Fruit Growers Extension, and Animas-La Plata projects

   2. Added · 43 U.S.C. § 620a

      Pub. L. 90–537 added Ute Indian unit of the Central Utah Project, San Juan County (Utah), Price River, Grand County (Utah), Gray Canyon, and Juniper (Utah) projects, and that portion of the Sublette projects consisting of a diversion of water from the Green River to the North Platte River Basin in Wyoming to the list of participating projects

   3. Inserted · 43 U.S.C. § 620a

      Pub. L. 90–537 inserted proviso that planning report for Ute Indian unit of Central Utah project be completed on or before December 31, 1974

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 90–537 substituted Basalt, Middle Park (including Troublesome, Rabbit Ear, and Azure units), Upper Gunnison (including the East River, Ohio Creek, and Tomichi Creek units), Lower Yampa (including Juniper and Great Northern units), and Upper Yampa (including Hayden Mesa, Wessels, and Toponas units) projects for Parshall, Troublesome, Rabbit Ear, San Miguel, West Divide, Tomichi Creek, East River, Ohio Creek, Dallas Creek, Dolores, Fruit Growers Extension, and Animas-La Plata projects, added Ute Indian unit of the Central Utah Project, San Juan County (Utah), Price River, Grand County (Utah), Gray Canyon, and Juniper (Utah) projects, and that portion of the Sublette projects consisting of a diversion of water from the Green River to the North Platte River Basin in Wyoming to the list of participating projects, and inserted proviso that planning report for Ute Indian unit of Central Utah project be completed on or before December 31, 1974.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In order to provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project, Colorado-New Mexico; the Dolores, Dallas Creek, West Divide, and San Miguel Federal reclamation projects, Colorado; and the Central Utah project (Uintah unit), Utah, as participating projects under the Colorado River Storage Project Act (70 Stat. 105; 43 U.S.C. 620), and to provide for the completion of planning reports on other participating projects, clause (2) of section 1 of said Act is hereby further amended by (i) inserting the words “and the Uintah unit” after the word “phase” within the parenthesis following “Central Utah”, (ii) deleting the words “Pine River Extension” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “Animas-La Plata, Dolores, Dallas Creek, West Divide, San Miguel”, (iii) adding after the words “Smith Fork:” the proviso “Provided, That construction of the Uintah unit of the Central Utah project shall not be undertaken by the Secretary until he has completed a feasibility report on such unit and submitted such report Report to Congress. to the Congress along with his certification that, in his judgment, the benefits of such unit or segment will exceed the costs and that such unit is physically and financially feasible, and the Congress has authorized the appropriation of funds for the construction thereof:”. Section 2 of said Act is hereby further amended by (i) deleting the 43 USC 620a. words “Parshall, Troublesome, Rabbit Ear, San Miguel, West Divide, Tomichi Creek, East River, Ohio Creek, Dallas Creek, Dolores, Fruit Growers Extension, Animas-La Plata”, and inserting after the words “Yellow Jacket” the words “Basalt Middle Park (including the Troublesome, Rabbit Ear, and Azure units), Upper Gunnison (including the East River, Ohio Creek, and Tomichi Creek units), Lower Yampa (including the Juniper and Great Northern units), Upper Yampa (including the Hayden Mesa, Wessels, and Toponas units)”; (ii) by inserting after the word “Sublette” the words “(including a diversion of water from the Green River to the North Platte River Basin in Wyoming), Ute Indian unit of the Central Utah Project, San Juan County (Utah), Price River, Grand County (Utah), Gray Canyon, and Juniper (Utah)”; and (iii) changing the period after “projects” to a colon and adding the following proviso: “Provided, That the planning report for the Ute Indian unit of the Central Utah participating project shall be completed on or before December 31, 1974, to enable the United States of America to meet the commitments heretofore made to the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation under the agreement dated September 20, 1965 (Contract Numbered 14–06–W–194).”. The amount which section 12 Authorization increase. 43 USC 620k. of said Act authorizes to be appropriated is hereby further increased by the sum of $392,000,000, plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be required, by reason of changes in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the type of construction involved. This additional sum shall be available solely for the construction of the Animas-La Plata, Dolores, Dallas Creek, West Divide, and San Miguel projects herein authorized.

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