CHAPTER 12A —BOULDER CANYON PROJECT
SUBCHAPTER I—BOULDER CANYON PROJECT ACT
SUBCHAPTER II—BOULDER CANYON PROJECT ADJUSTMENT ACT
SUBCHAPTER III—HOOVER DAM CONTRACTS AND FACILITIES
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Consolidation of Certain Projects; Effect on This Chapter
Act May 28, 1954, ch. 241,
"For the purposes of effecting economies and increased efficiency in the construction, operation, and maintenance thereof and of accounting for the return of reimbursable costs, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to consolidate and administer as a single project to be known as the Parker-Davis project, Arizona-California-Nevada, the projects known as the Parker Dam power project, Arizona-California, and the Davis Dam project, Arizona-Nevada: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter or affect in any way the Boulder Canyon Project Act (
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SUBCHAPTER I—BOULDER CANYON PROJECT ACT
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Consolidation of Certain Projects; Effect on This Subchapter
Consolidation of Parker and Davis Dam projects as not affecting this subchapter, see note preceding this subchapter.
§617. Colorado River Basin; protection and development; dam, reservoir, and incidental works; water, water power, and electrical energy; eminent domain
For the purpose of controlling the floods, improving navigation, and regulating the flow of the Colorado River, providing for storage and for the delivery of the stored waters thereof for reclamation of public lands and other beneficial uses exclusively within the United States, and for the generation of electrical energy as a means of making the project herein authorized a self-supporting and financially solvent undertaking, the Secretary of the Interior subject to the terms of the Colorado River compact hereinafter mentioned in this chapter, is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain a dam and incidental works in the main stream of the Colorado River at Black Canyon or Boulder Canyon adequate to create a storage reservoir of a capacity of not less than twenty million acre-feet of water and a main canal and appurtenant structures located entirely within the United States connecting the Laguna Dam, or other suitable diversion dam, which the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct if deemed necessary or advisable by him upon engineering or economic considerations, with the Imperial and Coachella Valleys in California, the expenditures for said main canal and appurtenant structures to be reimbursable, as provided in the reclamation law, and shall not be paid out of revenues derived from the sale or disposal of water power or electric energy at the dam authorized to be constructed at said Black Canyon or Boulder Canyon, or for water for potable purposes outside of the Imperial and Coachella Valleys: Provided, however, That no charge shall be made for water for the use, storage, or delivery of water for irrigation or water for potable purposes in the Imperial or Coachella Valleys; also to construct and equip, operate, and maintain at or near said dam, or cause to be constructed, a complete plant and incidental structures suitable for the fullest economic development of electrical energy from the water discharged from said reservoir; and to acquire by proceedings in eminent domain, or otherwise, all lands, rights-of-way, and other property necessary for said purposes.
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §1,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The reclamation law, referred to in text, is defined in
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Act Apr. 30, 1947, ch. 46,
Construction With Other Laws
Act Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 418, §18, provided that nothing in that act should be construed to amend the Boulder Canyon Project Act (this subchapter). See note set out under
Gila project, Arizona, as not amending this subchapter, see section 8 of Act July 30, 1947, ch. 382,
§617a. "Colorado River Dam Fund"
(a) Creation of fund; purpose; receipts and expenditures under control of Secretary of the Interior
There is established a special fund, to be known as the "Colorado River Dam fund" (hereinafter referred to as the "fund"), and to be available, as hereafter provided for, only for carrying out the provisions of this subchapter. All revenues received in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter shall be paid into and expenditures shall be made out of the fund, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.
(b) Advancements to fund by Secretary of the Treasury; allocation; repayment; interest
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to advance to the fund, from time to time and within the appropriations therefor, such amounts as the Secretary of the Interior deems necessary for carrying out the provisions of this subchapter..1 Of this amount the sum of $25,000,000 shall be allocated to flood control and shall be repaid to the United States out of 62½ per centum of revenues, if any, in excess of the amount necessary to meet periodical payments during the period of amortization, as provided in
(c) Limitation on use made of advancements
Moneys in the fund advanced under subdivision (b) shall be available only for expenditures for construction and the payment of interest, during construction, upon the amounts so advanced. No expenditures out of the fund shall be made for operation and maintenance except from appropriations therefor.
(d) Unpaid interest on advancements; charge on fund; rate of interest
The Secretary of the Treasury shall charge the fund as of June 30 in each year with such amount as may be necessary for the payment of interest on advances made under subdivision (b) at the rate of 4 per centum per annum accrued during the year upon the amounts so advanced and remaining unpaid, except that if the fund is insufficient to meet the payment of interest the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, defer any part of such payment, and the amount so deferred shall bear interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum until paid.
(e) Money in fund in excess of amount needed; certification of fact; disposition
The Secretary of the Interior shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury, at the close of each fiscal year, the amount of money in the fund in excess of the amount necessary for construction, operation, and maintenance, and payment of interest. Upon receipt of each such certificate the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to charge the fund with the amount so certified as repayment of the advances made under subdivision (b), which amount shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts.
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §2,
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1984—Subsec. (b).
§617b. Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums of money as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, not exceeding in the aggregate $242,000,000, of which $77,000,000 (October 1983 price levels) shall be adjusted plus or minus such amounts as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations of construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the type of construction involved herein. Said $77,000,000 represents the additional amount required for the uprating program and the visitor facilities program.
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §3,
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§617c. Condition precedent to taking effect of provisions
(a) Ratification by interested States of Colorado River compact; agreements for apportionment of waters
This subchapter shall not take effect and no authority shall be exercised under this subchapter and no work shall be begun and no moneys expended on or in connection with the works or structures provided for in this subchapter, and no water rights shall be claimed or initiated thereunder, and no steps shall be taken by the United States or by others to initiate or perfect any claims to the use of water pertinent to such works or structures unless and until (1) the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming shall have ratified the Colorado River compact, mentioned in
The States of Arizona, California, and Nevada are authorized to enter into an agreement which shall provide (1) that of the 7,500,000 acre-feet annually apportioned to the lower basin by paragraph (a) of Article III of the Colorado River compact, there shall be apportioned to the State of Nevada 300,000 acre-feet and to the State of Arizona 2,800,000 acre-feet for exclusive beneficial consumptive use in perpetuity, and (2) that the State of Arizona may annually use one-half of the excess or surplus waters unapportioned by the Colorado River compact, and (3) that the State of Arizona shall have the exclusive beneficial consumptive use of the Gila River and its tributaries within the boundaries of said State, and (4) that the waters of the Gila River and its tributaries, except return flow after the same enters the Colorado River, shall never be subject to any diminution whatever by any allowance of water which may be made by treaty or otherwise to the United States of Mexico but if, as provided in paragraph (c) of Article III of the Colorado River compact, it shall become necessary to supply water to the United States of Mexico from waters over and above the quantities which are surplus as defined by said compact, then the State of California shall and will mutually agree with the State of Arizona to supply out of the main stream of the Colorado River, one-half of any deficiency which must be supplied to Mexico by the lower basin, and (5) that the State of California shall and will further mutually agree with the States of Arizona and Nevada that none of said three States shall withhold water and none shall require the delivery of water, which cannot reasonably be applied to domestic and agricultural uses, and (6) that all of the provisions of said tri-State agreement shall be subject in all particulars to the provisions of the Colorado River compact and (7) said agreement to take effect upon the ratification of the Colorado River compact by Arizona, California, and Nevada.
(b) Agreements for revenues to meet expenses of construction, operation, and maintenance of works
Before any money is appropriated for the construction of said dam or power plant, or any construction work done or contracted for, the Secretary of the Interior shall make provision for revenues by contract, in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, adequate in his judgment to insure payment of all expenses of operation and maintenance of said works incurred by the United States and the repayment, within fifty years from the date of the completion of said works, of all amounts advanced to the fund under subdivision (b) of
Before any money is appropriated for the construction of said main canal and appurtenant structures to connect the Laguna Dam with the Imperial and Coachella Valleys in California, or any construction work is done upon said canal or contracted for, the Secretary of the Interior shall make provision for revenues, by contract or otherwise, adequate in his judgment to insure payment of all expenses of construction, operation, and maintenance of said main canal and appurtenant structures in the manner provided in the reclamation law.
If during the period of amortization the Secretary of the Interior shall receive revenues in excess of the amount necessary to meet the periodical payments to the United States as provided in the contract, or contracts, executed under this subchapter, then, immediately after the settlement of such periodical payments, he shall pay to the State of Arizona 18¾ per centum of such excess revenues and to the State of Nevada 18¾ per centum of such excess revenues.
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §4,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The reclamation law, referred to in text, is defined in
§617d. Contracts for storage and use of waters for irrigation and domestic purposes; generation and sale of electrical energy
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, under such general regulations as he may prescribe, to contract for the storage of water in said reservoir and for the delivery thereof at such points on the river and on said canal as may be agreed upon, for irrigation and domestic uses, and generation of electrical energy and delivery at the switchboard to States, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and private corporations of electrical energy generated at said dam, upon charges that will provide revenue which, in addition to other revenue accruing under the reclamation law and under this subchapter, will in his judgment cover all expenses of operation and maintenance incurred by the United States on account of works constructed under this subchapter and the payments to the United States under subdivision (b) of
After the repayments to the United States of all money advanced with interest, charges shall be on such basis and the revenues derived therefrom shall be kept in a separate fund to be expended within the Colorado River Basin as may hereafter be prescribed by the Congress.
General and uniform regulations shall be prescribed by the said Secretary for the awarding of contracts for the sale and delivery of electrical energy, and for renewals under subdivision (b) of this section, and in making such contracts the following shall govern:
(a) Duration of contracts for electrical energy; price of water and electrical energy to yield reasonable returns; readjustments of prices
No contract for electrical energy or for generation of electrical energy shall be of longer duration than fifty years from the date at which such energy is ready for delivery.
Contracts made pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section shall be made with a view to obtaining reasonable returns and shall contain provisions whereby at the end of fifteen years from the date of their execution and every ten years thereafter, there shall be readjustment of the contract, upon the demand of either party thereto, either upward or downward as to price, as the Secretary of the Interior may find to be justified by competitive conditions at distributing points or competitive centers, and with provisions under which disputes or disagreements as to interpretation or performance of such contract shall be determined either by arbitration or court proceedings, the Secretary of the Interior being authorized to act for the United States in such readjustments or proceedings.
(b) Renewal of contracts for electrical energy
The holder of any contract for electrical energy not in default thereunder shall be entitled to a renewal thereof upon such terms and conditions as may be authorized or required under the then existing laws and regulations, unless the property of such holder dependent for its usefulness on a continuation of the contract be purchased or acquired and such holder be compensated for damages to its property, used and useful in the transmission and distribution of such electrical energy and not taken, resulting from the termination of the supply.
(c) Applicants for purchase of water and electrical energy; preferences
Contracts for the use of water and necessary privileges for the generation and distribution of hydroelectric energy or for the sale and delivery of electrical energy shall be made with responsible applicants therefor who will pay the price fixed by the said Secretary with a view to meeting the revenue requirements herein provided for. In case of conflicting applications, if any, such conflicts shall be resolved by the said Secretary, after hearing, with due regard to the public interest, and in conformity with the policy expressed in the Federal Power Act [
The rights covered by such preference shall be contracted for by such State within six months after notice by the Secretary of the Interior and to be paid for on the same terms and conditions as may be provided in other similar contracts made by said Secretary: Provided, however, That no application of a State or a political subdivision for an allocation of water for power purposes or of electrical energy shall be denied or another application in conflict therewith be granted on the ground that the bond issue of such State or political subdivision necessary to enable the applicant to utilize such water and appurtenant works and privileges necessary for the generation and distribution of hydroelectric energy or the electrical energy applied for, has not been authorized or marketed, until after a reasonable time, to be determined by the said Secretary, has been given to such applicant to have such bond issue authorized and marketed.
(d) Transmission lines for electrical energy; use; rights of way over public and reserved lands
Any agency receiving a contract for electrical energy equivalent to one hundred thousand firm horsepower, or more, may, when deemed feasible by the said Secretary, from engineering and economic considerations and under general regulations prescribed by him, be required to permit any other agency having contracts hereunder for less than the equivalent of twenty-five thousand firm horsepower, upon application to the Secretary of the Interior made within sixty days from the execution of the contract of the agency the use of whose transmission line is applied for, to participate in the benefits and use of any main transmission line constructed or to be constructed by the former for carrying such energy (not exceeding, however, one-fourth the capacity of such line), upon payment by such other agencies of a reasonable share of the cost of construction, operation, and maintenance thereof.
The use is authorized of such public and reserved lands of the United States as may be necessary or convenient for the construction, operation, and maintenance of main transmission lines to transmit said electrical energy.
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §5,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The reclamation law, referred to in text preceding subsec. (a), is defined in
The Federal Power Act, referred to subsec. (c), which was in the original the "Federal Water Power Act", is defined in
§617e. Uses to be made of dam and reservoir; title in whom; leases, regulations; limitation on authority
The dam and reservoir provided for by
The Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe and enforce rules and regulations conforming with the requirements of the Federal Power Act [
The Federal Power Commission is directed not to issue or approve any permits or licenses under said Federal Power Act [
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §6,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, which was in the original the "Federal Water Power Act", is defined in
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
The Federal Power Commission was terminated, and its functions, personnel, property, funds, etc., were transferred to the Secretary of Energy (except for certain functions which were transferred to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) by
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
Executive and administrative functions of Federal Power Commission, with certain reservations, transferred to Chairman of Commission, with authority vested in him to authorize their performance by any officer, employee, or administrative unit under his jurisdiction, by Reorg. Plan No. 9 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175,
§617f. Canals and appurtenant structures; transfer of title; power development
The Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, when repayments to the United States of all money advanced, with interest, reimbursable hereunder, shall have been made, transfer the title to said canal and appurtenant structures, except the Laguna Dam and the main canal and appurtenant structures down to and including Syphon Drop, to the districts or other agencies of the United States having a beneficial interest therein in proportion to their respective capital investments under such form of organization as may be acceptable to him. The said districts or other agencies shall have the privilege at any time of utilizing by contract or otherwise such power possibilities as may exist upon said canal, in proportion to their respective contributions or obligations toward the capital cost of said canal and appurtenant structures from and including the diversion works to the point where each respective power plant may be located. The net proceeds from any power development on said canal shall be paid into the fund and credited to said districts or other agencies on their said contracts, in proportion to their rights to develop power, until the districts or other agencies using said canal shall have paid thereby and under any contract or otherwise an amount of money equivalent to the operation and maintenance expense and cost of construction thereof.
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §7,
§617g. Colorado River compact as controlling authority in construction and maintenance of dam, reservoir, canals, and other works
(a) The United States, its permittees, licensees, and contractees, and all users and appropriators of water stored, diverted, carried, and/or distributed by the reservoir, canals, and other works herein, authorized shall observe and be subject to and controlled by said Colorado River compact in the construction, management, and operation of said reservoir, canals, and other works and the storage, diversion, delivery, and use of water for the generation of power, irrigation, and other purposes, anything in this subchapter to the contrary notwithstanding, and all permits, licenses, and contracts shall so provide.
(b) Also the United States, in constructing, managing, and operating the dam, reservoir, canals, and other works herein authorized in including the appropriation, delivery, and use of water for the generation of power, irrigation, or other uses, and all users of water thus delivered and all users and appropriators of waters stored by said reservoir and/or carried by said canal, including all permittees and licensees of the United States or any of its agencies, shall observe and be subject to and controlled, anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, by the terms of such compact, if any, between the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada, or any two thereof, for the equitable division of the benefits, including power, arising from the use of water accruing to said States, subsidiary to and consistent with said Colorado River compact, which may have been negotiated and approved by said States and to which Congress shall have given its consent and approval on or before January 1, 1929; and the terms of any such compact concluded between said States and approved and consented to by Congress after said date: Provided, That in the latter case such compact shall be subject to all contracts, if any, made by the Secretary of the Interior under
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §8,
§617h. Lands capable of irrigation and reclamation by irrigation works; public entry; preferences
Lands found to be practicable of irrigation and reclamation by irrigation works and withdrawn under the Act of March 6, 1946 (
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §9,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Act of March 6, 1946 (
The reclamation law, referred to in text, is defined in
Amendments
1976—
1946—Act Mar. 6, 1946, struck out "or" before "Marine Corps" and inserted "or Coast Guard during World War II" after "Marine Corps," and second proviso.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
References to Naval Reserve, other than references to Naval Reserve regarding the United States Naval Reserve Retired List, deemed to refer to Navy Reserve, see section 515(h) of
Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
Savings Provision
Amendment by
Repeal of Prior Acts Continuing Section
Section 6 of Joint Res. July 3, 1952, repealed Joint Res. Apr. 14, 1952, ch. 204,
§617i. Modification of existing compact relating to Laguna Dam
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as modifying in any manner the existing contract, dated October 23, 1918, between the United States and the Imperial Irrigation District, providing for a connection with Laguna Dam; but the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into contract or contracts with the said district or other districts, persons, or agencies for the construction, in accordance with this subchapter of said canal and appurtenant structures, and also for the operation and maintenance thereof, with the consent of the other users.
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §10,
§617j. Omitted
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section, act Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §11,
§617k. Definitions
"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 June 17, 1902, 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," [
"Domestic", whenever employed in this subchapter, shall include water uses defined as "domestic" in said Colorado River compact.
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §12,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
That certain Act of Congress of the United States approved June 17, 1902, referred to in text, is act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093,
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
§617l. Colorado River compact approval
(a) Approval by Congress
The Colorado River compact signed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 24, 1922, pursuant to Act of Congress approved August 19, 1921, entitled "An Act to permit a compact or agreement between the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming respecting the disposition and apportionment of the waters of the Colorado River, and for other purposes", is approved by the Congress of the United States, and the provisions of the first paragraph of article 11 of the said Colorado River compact, making said compact binding and obligatory when it shall have been approved by the legislature of each of the signatory States, are waived, and this approval shall become effective when the State of California and at least five of the other States mentioned, shall have approved or may hereafter approve said compact as aforesaid and shall consent to such waiver, as herein provided.
(b) Rights in waters of Colorado River and tributaries; Colorado River compact as controlling
The rights of the United States in or to waters of the Colorado River and its tributaries howsoever claimed or acquired, as well as the rights of those claiming under the United States, shall be subject to and controlled by said Colorado River compact.
(c) Patents, grants, contracts, concessions, etc.; Colorado River compact as controlling
Also all patents, grants, contracts, concessions, leases, permits, licenses, rights-of-way, or other privileges from the United States or under its authority, necessary or convenient for the use of waters of the Colorado River or its tributaries, or for the generation or transmission of electrical energy generated by means of the waters of said river or its tributaries, whether under this subchapter, the Federal Power Act [
(d) Conditions and covenants referred to herein; nature; how and by whom availed of in litigation
The conditions and covenants referred to herein shall be deemed to run with the land and the right, interest, or privilege therein and water right, and shall attach as a matter of law, whether set out or referred to in the instrument evidencing any such patent, grant, contract, concession, lease, permit, license, right-of-way, or other privilege from the United States or under its authority, or not, and shall be deemed to be for the benefit of and be available to the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, and the users of water therein or thereunder, by way of suit, defense, or otherwise, in any litigation respecting the waters of the Colorado River or its tributaries.
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §13,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Act of Congress approved August 19, 1921, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 19, 1921, ch. 72,
The Federal Power Act, referred to in subsec. (c), which was in the original the "Federal Water Power Act", is defined in
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Upper Colorado River Basin Compact
The Upper Colorado River Basin Compact signed by the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming on October 11, 1948, was approved by Congress Apr. 6, 1949, ch. 48,
§617m. Reclamation law applicable
This subchapter shall be deemed a supplement to the reclamation law, which said reclamation law shall govern the construction, operation, and management of the works herein authorized, except as otherwise therein provided.
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §14,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The reclamation law, referred to in text, is defined in
§617n. Projects for irrigation, generation of electric power, and other purposes; investigations and reports
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to make investigation and public reports of the feasibility of projects for irrigation, generation of electric power, and other purposes in the States of Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming for the purpose of making such information available to said States and to the Congress and of formulating a comprehensive scheme of control and the improvement and utilization of the water of the Colorado River and its tributaries. The sum of $250,000 is authorized to be appropriated from said Colorado River Dam fund, created by
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §15,
§617o. Officials of ratifying States; authority to act in advisory capacity; access to records
In furtherance of any comprehensive plan formulated on and after Dec. 21, 1928 for the control, improvement, and utilization of the resources of the Colorado River system and to the end that the project authorized by this subchapter may constitute and be administered as a unit in such control, improvement, and utilization, any commission or commissioner duly authorized under the laws of any ratifying State in that behalf shall have the right to act in an advisory capacity to and in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior in the exercise of any authority under the provisions of
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §16,
§617p. Claims of United States; priority
Except as provided in title 11, claims of the United States arising out of any contract authorized by this subchapter shall have priority over all others, secured or unsecured.
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §17,
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Amendments
1978—
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Amendment by
§617q. Effect on authority of States to control waters within own borders
Nothing herein shall be construed as interfering with such rights as the States had on December 21, 1928, either to the waters within their borders or to adopt such policies and enact such laws as they deem necessary with respect to the appropriation, control, and use of waters within their borders, except as modified by the Colorado River compact or other interstate agreement.
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §18,
§617r. Consent given States to negotiate supplemental compacts for development of Colorado River
The consent of Congress is given to the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming to negotiate and enter into compacts or agreements, supplemental to and in conformity with the Colorado River compact and consistent with this subchapter for a comprehensive plan for the development of the Colorado River and providing for the storage, diversion, and use of the waters of said river. Any such compact or agreement may provide for the construction of dams, headworks, and other diversion works or structures for flood control, reclamation, improvement of navigation, division of water, or other purposes and/or the construction of power houses or other structures for the purpose of the development of water power and the financing of the same; and for such purposes may authorize the creation of interstate commissions and/or the creation of corporations, authorities, or other instrumentalities.
(a) Such consent is given upon condition that a representative of the United States, to be appointed by the President, shall participate in the negotiations and shall make report to Congress of the proceedings and of any compact or agreement entered into.
(b) No such compact or agreement shall be binding or obligatory upon any of such States unless and until it has been approved by the legislature of each of such States and by the Congress of the United States.
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §19,
§617s. Recognition of rights of Mexico to Colorado River waters
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as a denial or recognition of any rights, if any, in Mexico to the use of the waters of the Colorado River system.
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §20,
§617t. Short title
The short title of this subchapter shall be "Boulder Canyon Project Act."
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, §21,
§617u. Lease of reserved lands in Boulder City, Nevada; disposition of revenues
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
(June 18, 1940, ch. 395,
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
§617v. Repealed. Pub. L. 85–900, §17, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1735
Section, act July 31, 1953, ch. 296, title II,
SUBCHAPTER II—BOULDER CANYON PROJECT ADJUSTMENT ACT
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Effective date of subchapter, see
Consolidation of Certain Projects; Effect on This Subchapter
Consolidation of Parker and Davis Dam projects as not affecting this subchapter, see note set out preceding subchapter I of this chapter.
§618. Promulgation of charges for electrical energy
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to, and he shall, promulgate charges, or the basis of computation thereof, for electrical energy generated at Hoover Dam beginning June 1, 1937, computed to be sufficient, together with other net revenues from the project, to accomplish the following purposes:
(a) To meet the cost of operation and maintenance, and to provide for replacements, of the project beginning June 1, 1937;
(b) To repay to the Treasury, with interest, the advances to the Colorado River Dam Fund for the project made prior to June 1, 1937, within fifty years from that date (excluding advances allocated to flood control by
(c) To provide $600,000 for each of the years and for the purposes specified in
(d) To provide $500,000 for each of the years and for the purposes specified in
(e) To provide, by application of the increments to rates specified in section 403(c)(2) of the Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968, as amended and supplemented [
Such charges may be made subject to revisions and adjustments at such times, to such extent, and in such manner, as by the terms of their promulgation the Secretary shall prescribe.
(July 19, 1940, ch. 643, §1,
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Subsec. (a).
Subsec. (b).
Subsec. (e).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Act Apr. 30, 1947, changed name of Boulder Dam back to Hoover Dam.
Construction With Other Laws
§618a. Receipts from project; disposition
All receipts from the project shall be paid into the Colorado River Dam Fund and shall be available, without further appropriation, for:
(a) Defraying operating expenses
Defraying the costs of operation (including purchase of supplemental energy to meet temporary deficiencies in firm energy which the Secretary of Energy is obligated by contract to supply), maintenance and replacements of, and emergency expenditures for, all facilities of the project, within such separate limitations as may be included in annual appropriations Acts;
(b) Repayment of cost of construction
Repayment to the Treasury, with interest (after making provision for the payments and transfers provided in subdivisions (c) and (d) hereof), of advances to the Colorado River Dam Fund for the construction of the project (excluding the amount allocated to flood control by section 2(b) of the Project Act [
(c) Commutation payments to Arizona and Nevada
Payment subject to the provisions of
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, in the event that there are levied and collected by or under authority of Arizona or Nevada or by any lawful taxing political subdivision thereof, taxes upon—
(i) the project as herein defined;
(ii) the electrical energy generated at Hoover Dam by means of facilities, machinery, or equipment both owned and operated by the United States, or owned by the United States and operated under contract with the United States;
(iii) the privilege of generating or transforming such electrical energy or of use of such facilities, machinery, or equipment or of falling water for such generation or transforming; or
(iv) the transmission or control of such electrical energy so generated or transformed (as distinguished from the transmission lines and other physical properties used for such transmission or control) or the use of such transmission lines or other physical properties for such transmission or control,
payments made hereunder to the State by or under the authority of which such taxes are collected shall be reduced by an amount equivalent to such taxes. Nothing herein shall in anywise impair the right of either the State of Arizona or the State of Nevada, or any lawful taxing political subdivision of either of them, to collect non-discriminatory taxes upon that portion of the transmission lines and all other physical properties, situated within such State and such political subdivision, respectively, and belonging to any of the lessees and/or allottees under the Project Act [
(d) Transfer of sums to Colorado River Development Fund; expenditure of fund
Transfer, subject to the provisions of
(e) Transfer to Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund
Transfer to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund established by title IV of the Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968, as amended and supplemented [
(July 19, 1940, ch. 643, §2,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Project Act, referred to in text, is defined in
The Colorado River Basin Project Act, referred to in subd. (e), is
Amendments
1984—
Subd. (a).
Subd. (e).
1948—Subd. (d). Act June 1, 1948, inserted proviso to fourth sentence to provide for distribution of receipts for fiscal years 1949 to 1955, inclusive.
Subd. (e). Act May 14, 1948, added subd. (e).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Act Apr. 30, 1947, changed name of Boulder Dam back to Hoover Dam.
§618a–1. Availability of Colorado River Development Fund for investigation and construction purposes
The availability of appropriations from the Colorado River Development Fund for the investigation and construction of projects in any of the States of the Colorado River Basin shall not be held to forbid the expenditure of other funds for those purposes in any of those States where such funds are otherwise available therefor.
(June 1, 1948, ch. 364, §2,
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act which comprises this subchapter.
§618b. Reduction of payments and transfers where revenue is insufficient
If, by reason of any act of God, or of the public enemy, or any major catastrophe, or any other unforeseen and unavoidable cause, the revenues, for any year of operation, after making provision for costs of operation, maintenance, and the amount to be set aside for said year for replacements, should be insufficient to make the payments to the States of Arizona and Nevada and the transfers to the Colorado River Development Fund in this subchapter provided for, such payments and transfers shall be proportionately reduced, as the Secretary may find to be necessary by reason thereof.
(July 19, 1940, ch. 643, §3,
§618c. Charges as retroactive; adjustment of accounts
(a) Upon the taking effect of this subchapter, pursuant to
(b) In the event payments to the States of Arizona and Nevada, or either of them, under
(July 19, 1940, ch. 643, §4,
§618d. Readvances from Treasury where Dam Fund is insufficient to meet cost of replacements
If at any time there shall be insufficient sums in the Colorado River Dam Fund to meet the cost of replacements, however necessitated, in addition to meeting the other requirements of this subchapter, or of regulations authorized hereby and promulgated by the Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury, upon request of the Secretary of the Interior, shall readvance to the said fund, in amounts not exceeding, in the aggregate, moneys repaid to the Treasury pursuant to
(July 19, 1940, ch. 643, §5,
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Readvances to Colorado River Dam Fund; Interest Rate on Readvances
§618e. Interest payments; rate
Whenever by the terms of the Project Act [
(July 19, 1940, ch. 643, §6,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Project Act, referred to in text, is defined in
Amendments
1984—
§618f. Repayment of advances for flood control
The first $25,000,000 of advances made to the Colorado River Dam Fund for the project shall be deemed to be the sum allocated to flood control by
(July 19, 1940, ch. 643, §7,
§618g. Regulations; contracts; modification of allotments of energy
The Secretary is authorized from time to time to promulgate such regulations and enter into such contracts as he may find necessary or appropriate for carrying out the purposes of this subchapter and the Project Act [
(July 19, 1940, ch. 643, §8,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Project Act, referred to in text, is defined in
§618h. Termination of existing lease of Hoover Power Plant; lessees as agents of United States; termination of agency
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 [
(July 19, 1940, ch. 643, §9,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Project Act, referred to in text, is defined in
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 June 25, 1948, as amended by act May 24, 1949.
"Hoover Power Plant" substituted for "Boulder Power Plant" on authority of act Apr. 30, 1947, which changed name of Boulder Dam to Hoover Dam.
§618i. Effective date
This subchapter shall be effective immediately for the purpose of the promulgation of charges, or the basis of computation thereof, and the execution of contracts authorized by the terms of this subchapter, but neither such charges, nor the basis of computation thereof, nor any such contract, shall be effective unless and until this subchapter shall be effective for all purposes. This subchapter shall take effect for all purposes when, but not before, the Secretary shall have found that provision has been made for the termination of the existing lease of the Hoover Power Plant and for the operation thereof as authorized by
If contracts in accordance with the requirements of this section shall not have been entered into prior to June 1, 1941, this subchapter shall cease to be operative and shall be of no further force or effect.
(July 19, 1940, ch. 643, §10,
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
"Hoover Power Plant" substituted in text for "Boulder Power Plant" on authority of act Apr. 30, 1947, which changed name of Boulder Dam to Hoover Dam.
§618j. Effect of refusal to modify existing contracts
Any contractor for energy from the project failing or refusing to execute a contract modifying its existing contract to conform to this subchapter shall continue to pay the rates and charges provided for in its existing contract, subject to such periodic readjustments as are therein provided, in all respects as if this subchapter had not been passed, and so far as necessary to support such existing contract all of the provisions of the Project Act [
(July 19, 1940, ch. 643, §11,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Project Act, referred to in text, is defined in
§618k. Definitions
The following terms wherever used in this subchapter shall have the following respective meanings:
"Project Act" shall mean the Boulder Canyon Project Act [
"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" shall mean the Secretary of the Interior of the United States;
"Firm energy" and "allottees" shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in regulations promulgated before July 19, 1940, by the Secretary and in effect on July 19, 1940;
"Replacements" shall mean such replacements as may be necessary to keep the project in good operating condition beginning June 1, 1937, 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 June 1 of any calendar year to and including May 31 of the following calendar year.
(July 19, 1940, ch. 643, §12,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Boulder Canyon Project Act, referred to in text, is act Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42,
Amendments
1984—
§618l. Repealed. Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1076, §1(22), 68 Stat. 968
Section, act July 19, 1940, ch. 643, §13,
§618m. Effect on existing laws and States' rights
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as interfering with such rights as the States had on July 19, 1940, either to the waters within their borders or to adopt such policies and enact such laws as they deem necessary with respect to the appropriation, control, and use of waters within their borders, except as modified by the Colorado River compact or other interstate agreement. Neither the promulgation of charges, or the basis of charges, nor anything contained in this subchapter, or done thereunder, shall in anywise affect, limit, or prejudice any right of any State in or to the waters of the Colorado River system under the Colorado River compact. Sections 13(b), 13(c), and 13(d) of the Project Act [
(July 19, 1940, ch. 643, §14,
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Project Act, referred to in text, is defined in
§618n. Wages of employees
All laborers and mechanics employed in the construction of any part of the project, or in the operation, maintenance, or replacement of any part of the Hoover Dam, shall be paid not less than the prevailing rate of wages or compensation for work of a similar nature prevailing in the locality of the project. In the event any dispute arises as to what are the prevailing rates, the determination thereof shall be made by the Secretary of the Interior, and his decision, subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of Labor, shall be final.
(July 19, 1940, ch. 643, §15,
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
"Hoover Dam" substituted in text for "Boulder Dam" on authority of act Apr. 30, 1947, which changed name of Boulder Dam to Hoover Dam.
§618o. Short title
This subchapter may be cited as "Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act".
(July 19, 1940, ch. 643, §16,
§618p. Omitted
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section, act Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 680, title I, §101, in part,
SUBCHAPTER III—HOOVER DAM CONTRACTS AND FACILITIES
§619. Increase in capacity of existing generating equipment at Hoover Powerplant; construction of Colorado River bridge crossing
(a) Hoover Powerplant generating equipment; increase in capacity; improvement of appurtenances; authorization of Secretary
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to increase the capacity of existing generating equipment and appurtenances at Hoover Powerplant (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as "uprating program"); and to improve parking, visitor facilities, and roadways and to provide additional elevators, and other facilities that will contribute to the safety and sufficiency of visitor access to Hoover Dam and Powerplant (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as "visitor facilities program").
(b) Construction of Colorado River bridge crossing; authorization of Secretary
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct a Colorado River bridge crossing, including suitable approach spans, immediately downstream from Hoover Dam for the purpose of alleviating traffic congestion and reducing safety hazards. This bridge shall not be a part of the Boulder Canyon project and shall neither be funded nor repaid from the Colorado River Dam Fund or the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund.
(
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This subchapter, was in the original "this Act", meaning
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title of 2011 Amendment
Short Title
Hoover Dam Miscellaneous Sales
"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
"This Act may be cited as the 'Hoover Dam Miscellaneous Sales Act'.
"SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
"Congress finds that—
"(1) the sale and distribution of general public information about the use of public land and water areas for recreation, fish, wildlife, and other purposes serve significant public benefits;
"(2) publications and other materials educate the public and provide general information about Bureau of Reclamation programs and projects;
"(3) in 1997, more than 1,000,000 visitors, including 300,000 from foreign countries, toured the Hoover Dam;
"(4) hundreds of thousands of additional visitors stopped to view the dam;
"(5) visitors often ask to purchase maps, publications, and other items to enhance their experience or serve educational purposes;
"(6) in many cases the Bureau of Reclamation is the sole source of those items;
"(7) the Bureau is in a unique position to fulfill public requests for those items; and
"(8) as a public agency, the Bureau should be responsive to the public by having appropriate items available for sale.
"SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
"The purposes of this Act are—
"(1) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to offer for sale to members of the public that visit the Hoover Dam Visitor Center educational materials and memorabilia; and
"(2) to use revenue from those sales to repay the costs relating to construction of the Hoover Dam Visitor Center.
"SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT SALES.
"With respect to the Hoover Dam, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, may—
"(1) conduct sales of—
"(A) materials generated by the Bureau of Reclamation such as posters, maps, brochures, photographs, and similar publications, videotapes, and computer information discs that are related to programs or projects of the Bureau; and
"(B) memorabilia and other commemorative items that depict programs or projects of the Bureau;
"(2) convert unneeded property or scrap material into Bureau memorabilia for sale purposes; and
"(3) enter into agreements with nonprofit organizations, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, and commercial entities for—
"(A) the production or sale of items described in paragraphs (1) and (2); and
"(B) the sale of publications described in paragraph (1).
"SEC. 5. COSTS AND REVENUES.
"(a)
"(b)
"(1)
"(2)
§619a. Renewal contracts for power
(a) Offering of contracts by Secretary; total power obligation; conforming of regulations; contract expiration and restrictions
(1) The Secretary of Energy shall offer:
(A) To each contractor for power generated at Hoover Dam a contract for delivery commencing October 1, 2017, of the amount of capacity and firm energy specified for that contractor in the following table:
| Contractor | Contingent capacity (kW) | Firm energy (thousands of kWh) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Winter | Total | ||
| Metropolitan Water District of Southern California | 249,948 | 859,163 | 368,212 | 1,227,375 |
| City of Los Angeles | 495,732 | 464,108 | 199,175 | 663,283 |
| Southern California Edison Company | 280,245 | 166,712 | 71,448 | 238,160 |
| City of Glendale | 18,178 | 45,028 | 19,297 | 64,325 |
| City of Pasadena | 11,108 | 38,622 | 16,553 | 55,175 |
| City of Burbank | 5,176 | 14,070 | 6,030 | 20,100 |
| Arizona Power Authority | 190,869 | 429,582 | 184,107 | 613,689 |
| Colorado River Commission of Nevada | 190,869 | 429,582 | 184,107 | 613,689 |
| United States, for Boulder City | 20,198 | 53,200 | 22,800 | 76,000 |
| Totals | 1,462,323 | 2,500,067 | 1,071,729 | 3,571,796 |
(B) To each existing contractor for power generated at Hoover Dam, a contract, for delivery commencing October 1, 2017, of the amount of contingent capacity and firm energy specified for that contractor in the following table:
| Contractor | Contingent capacity (kW) | Firm energy (thousands of kWh) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Winter | Total | ||
| City of Glendale | 2,020 | 2,749 | 1,194 | 3,943 |
| City of Pasadena | 9,089 | 2,399 | 1,041 | 3,440 |
| City of Burbank | 15,149 | 3,604 | 1,566 | 5,170 |
| City of Anaheim | 40,396 | 34,442 | 14,958 | 49,400 |
| City of Azusa | 4,039 | 3,312 | 1,438 | 4,750 |
| City of Banning | 2,020 | 1,324 | 576 | 1,900 |
| City of Colton | 3,030 | 2,650 | 1,150 | 3,800 |
| City of Riverside | 30,296 | 25,831 | 11,219 | 37,050 |
| City of Vernon | 22,218 | 18,546 | 8,054 | 26,600 |
| Arizona | 189,860 | 140,600 | 60,800 | 201,400 |
| Nevada | 189,860 | 273,600 | 117,800 | 391,400 |
| Totals | 507,977 | 509,057 | 219,796 | 728,853 |
(C) To the Arizona Power Authority and the Colorado River Commission of Nevada and to purchasers in the State of California eligible to enter into such contracts under section 5 of the Boulder Canyon Project Act [
| Priority of entitlement to excess energy | State |
|---|---|
| First: Meeting Arizona's first priority right to delivery of excess energy which is equal in each year of operation to 200 million kilowatthours: Provided, That in the event excess energy in the amount of 200 million kilowatthours is not generated during any year of operation, Arizona shall accumulate a first right to delivery of excess energy subsequently generated in an amount not to exceed 600 million kilowatthours, inclusive of the current year's 200 million kilowatthours. Said first right of delivery shall accrue at a rate of 200 million kilowatthours per year for each year excess energy in an amount of 200 million kilowatthours is not generated, less amounts of excess energy delivered | Arizona |
| Second: Meeting Hoover Dam contractual obligations under Schedule A of subsection (a)(1)(A), under Schedule B of subsection (a)(1)(B), and under Schedule D of subsection (a)(2), not exceeding 26 million kilowatthours in each year of operation | Arizona, Nevada, and California |
| Third: Meeting the energy requirements of the three States, such available excess energy to be divided equally among the States | Arizona, Nevada, and California |
(2)(A) The Secretary of Energy is authorized to and shall create from the apportioned allocation of contingent capacity and firm energy adjusted from the amounts authorized in this subchapter in 1984 to the amounts shown in Schedule A and Schedule B, as modified by the Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2011, a resource pool equal to 5 percent of the full rated capacity of 2,074,000 kilowatts, and associated firm energy, as shown in Schedule D (referred to in this section as "Schedule D contingent capacity and firm energy"):
| State | Contingent capacity (kW) | Firm energy (thousands of kWh) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Winter | Total | ||
| New Entities Allocated by the Secretary of Energy | 69,170 | 105,637 | 45,376 | 151,013 |
| New Entities Allocated by State | ||||
| Arizona | 11,510 | 17,580 | 7,533 | 25,113 |
| California | 11,510 | 17,580 | 7,533 | 25,113 |
| Nevada | 11,510 | 17,580 | 7,533 | 25,113 |
| Totals | 103,700 | 158,377 | 67,975 | 226,352 |
(B) The Secretary of Energy shall offer Schedule D contingency capacity and firm energy to entities not receiving contingent capacity and firm energy under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) (referred to in this section as "new allottees") for delivery commencing October 1, 2017 pursuant to this subsection. In this subsection, the term "the marketing area for the Boulder City Area Projects" shall have the same meaning as in appendix A of the Conformed General Consolidated Power Marketing Criteria or Regulations for Boulder City Area Projects published in the Federal Register on December 28, 1984 (49 Federal Register 50582 et seq.) (referred to in this section as the "Criteria").
(C)(i) Within 36 months of December 20, 2011, the Secretary of Energy shall allocate through the Western Area Power Administration (referred to in this section as "Western"), for delivery commencing October 1, 2017, for use in the marketing area for the Boulder City Area Projects 66.7 percent of the Schedule D contingent capacity and firm energy to new allottees that are located within the marketing area for the Boulder City Area Projects and that are—
(I) eligible to enter into contracts under section 5 of the Boulder Canyon Project Act (
(II) federally recognized Indian tribes.
(ii) In the case of Arizona and Nevada, Schedule D contingent capacity and firm energy for new allottees other than federally recognized Indian tribes shall be offered through the Arizona Power Authority and the Colorado River Commission of Nevada, respectively. Schedule D contingent capacity and firm energy allocated to federally recognized Indian tribes shall be contracted for directly with Western.
(D) Within 1 year of December 20, 2011, the Secretary of Energy also shall allocate, for delivery commencing October 1, 2017, for use in the marketing area for the Boulder City Area Projects 11.1 percent of the Schedule D contingent capacity and firm energy to each of—
(i) the Arizona Power Authority for allocation to new allottees in the State of Arizona;
(ii) the Colorado River Commission of Nevada for allocation to new allottees in the State of Nevada; and
(iii) Western for allocation to new allottees within the State of California, provided that Western shall have 36 months to complete such allocation.
(E) Each contract offered pursuant to this subsection shall include a provision requiring the new allottee to pay a proportionate share of its State's respective contribution (determined in accordance with each State's applicable funding agreement) to the cost of the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (as defined in section 9401 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (
(F) Any of the 66.7 percent of Schedule D contingent capacity and firm energy that is to be allocated by Western that is not allocated and placed under contract by October 1, 2017, shall be returned to those contractors shown in Schedule A and Schedule B in the same proportion as those contractors' allocations of Schedule A and Schedule B contingent capacity and firm energy. Any of the 33.3 percent of Schedule D contingent capacity and firm energy that is to be distributed within the States of Arizona, Nevada, and California that is not allocated and placed under contract by October 1, 2017, shall be returned to the Schedule A and Schedule B contractors within the State in which the Schedule D contingent capacity and firm energy were to be distributed, in the same proportion as those contractors' allocations of Schedule A and Schedule B contingent capacity and firm energy.
(3) The total obligation of the Secretary of Energy to deliver firm energy pursuant to paragraphs (1)(A), (1)(B), and (2) is 4,527.001 million kilowatthours in each year of operation. To the extent that the actual generation at Hoover Powerplant in each year of operation (less deliveries thereof to Arizona required by its first priority under Schedule C of subsection (a)(1)(C) whenever actual generation in each year of operation is in excess of 4,501.001 million kilowatthours) is less than 4,527.001 million kilowatthours, such deficiency shall be borne by the holders of contracts under said 1 Schedules A, B, and D in the ratio that the sum of the quantities of firm energy to which each contractor is entitled pursuant to said schedules bears to 4,527.001 million kilowatthours. At the request of any such contractor, the Secretary of Energy will purchase energy to meet that contractor's deficiency at such contractor's expense.
(4) Subdivision C of the Criteria shall be deemed to have been modified to conform to this section, as modified by the Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2011. The Secretary of Energy shall cause to be included in the Federal Register a notice conforming the text of the regulations to such modifications.
(5) Each contract offered under subsection (a)(1) of this section shall:
(A) in accordance with section 5(a) of the Boulder Canyon Project Act (
(B) not restrict use to which the capacity and energy contracted for by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California may be placed within the State of California: Provided, That to the extent practicable and consistent with sound water management and conservation practice, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California shall allocate such capacity and energy to pump available Colorado River water prior to using such capacity and energy to pump California State water project water;
(C) conform to the applicable provisions of subdivison 2 E of the Criteria, commencing at 48 Federal Register 20881, modified as provided in this section. To the extent that said provisions of the Criteria, as so modified, are applicable to contracts entered into under this section, those provisions are hereby ratified;
(D) authorize and require Western to collect from new allottees a pro rata share of Hoover Dam repayable advances paid for by contractors prior to October 1, 2017, and remit such amounts to the contractors that paid such advances in proportion to the amounts paid by such contractors as specified in section 6.4 of the Implementation Agreement;
(E) permit transactions with an independent system operator; and
(F) contain the same material terms included in section 5.6 of those long-term contracts for purchases from the Hoover Power Plant that were made in accordance with this subchapter and are in existence on December 20, 2011.
(b) Prejudice of rights of contract holders under Boulder Canyon Project Act
Nothing in the Criteria shall be construed to prejudice any rights conferred by the Boulder Canyon Project Act, as amended and supplemented [
(c) Offer of contract to other entities
If any existing contractor fails to accept an offered contract, the Secretary of Energy shall offer the contingent capacity and firm energy thus available first to other entities in the same State listed in Schedule A and Schedule B, second to other entities listed in Schedule A and Schedule B, third to other entities in the same State which receive contingent capacity and firm energy under subsection (a)(2) of this section, and last to other entities which receive contingent capacity and firm energy under subsection (a)(2) of this section.
(d) Water availability
Except with respect to energy purchased at the request of an allottee pursuant to subsection (a)(3), the obligation of the Secretary of Energy to deliver contingent capacity and firm energy pursuant to contracts entered into pursuant to this section shall be subject to availability of the water needed to produce such contingent capacity and firm energy. In the event that water is not available to produce the contingent capacity and firm energy set forth in Schedule A, Schedule B, and Schedule D, the Secretary of Energy shall adjust the contingent capacity and firm energy offered under those Schedules in the same proportion as those contractors' allocations of Schedule A, Schedule B, and Schedule D contingent capacity and firm energy bears to the full rated contingent capacity and firm energy obligations.
(e) Congressional exercise of reserved right
The provisions of this section constitute an exercise by the Congress of the right reserved by it in section 5(b) of the Boulder Canyon Project Act, as amended and supplemented [
(f) Court challenges; disputes and disagreements
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any claim that the provisions of subsection (a) of this section violates any rights to capacity or energy from the Boulder Canyon project is barred unless the complaint is filed within one year after December 20, 2011, in the United States Court of Federal Claims which shall have exclusive jurisdiction over this action. Any claim that actions taken by any administrative agency of the United States violates any right under this subchapter or the Boulder Canyon Project Act [
(2) Any contract entered into pursuant to this section or section 107 of this Act [
(g) Congressional declaration of purpose
It is the purpose of this subchapter to ensure that the rights of contractors for capacity and energy from the Boulder Canyon project for the period beginning October 1, 2017, and ending September 30, 2067, will vest with certainty and finality.
(
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in subsecs. (a)(2)(A), (5)(F), (f), and (g), was in the original "this Act", meaning
The Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2011, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(A) and (4), is
The Boulder Canyon Project Act, referred to in subsecs. (b) and (f)(1), is act Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42,
The Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act, referred to in subsec. (f)(1), is act July 19, 1940, ch. 643,
Section 107 of this Act, referred to in subsec. (f)(2), is section 107 of
Amendments
2011—Subsec. (a)(1)(A).
Subsec. (a)(1)(B).
Subsec. (a)(1)(C).
Subsec. (a)(2).
Subsec. (a)(3).
Subsec. (a)(4).
Subsec. (a)(5).
Subsec. (a)(5)(A).
Subsec. (a)(5)(B).
Subsec. (a)(5)(D) to (F).
Subsec. (b).
Subsec. (c).
Subsec. (d).
Subsec. (e).
Subsec. (f).
Subsec. (f)(1).
Subsec. (g).
Subsecs. (h), (i).
1992—Subsec. (h)(1).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Amendment by
1 So in original. The word "said" probably should not appear.
2 So in original. Probably should be "subdivision".
§619b. Reimbursement of funds advanced by non-Federal purchasers; uprating program; repayment requirement; visitor facilities program
Reimbursement of funds advanced by non-Federal purchasers for the uprating program shall be a repayment requirement of the Boulder Canyon project beginning with the first day of the month following completion of each segment thereof. The cost of the visitor facilities program as defined in
(