§ 590y. — Authorization and purpose of investigation, construction, and maintenance of projects; title to projects; limitation on costs.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC590y]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3C--WATER CONSERVATION
SUBCHAPTER II--CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION PROJECTS
Sec. 590y. Authorization and purpose of investigation,
construction, and maintenance of projects; title to projects;
limitation on costs
For the purpose of stabilizing water supply and thereby
rehabilitating farmers on the land and providing opportunities for
permanent settlement of farm families, the Secretary of the Interior
(hereinafter referred to as ``the Secretary'') is authorized to
investigate and, upon compliance with the provisions of this subchapter,
to construct water conservation and utilization projects in the Great
Plains and arid and semiarid areas of the United States, and to operate
and maintain each such project in accordance with the provisions of this
subchapter; Provided, That the United States shall retain title to the
dams, reservoirs, irrigation, and other project works until Congress
otherwise provides: And provided further, That expenditures from
appropriations made directly pursuant to the authority contained in
section 590z-10(1) of this title to meet reimbursable construction costs
allocated to irrigation as defined in section 590z-2(b) of this title
shall not exceed $2,000,000 for dams and reservoirs in any one project,
and that expenditures from appropriations made directly pursuant to the
authority contained in section 590z-10(1) of this title to meet costs
allocated to flood control by the Secretary after consultation with the
Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, shall not exceed $500,000 on
any one project.
(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 717, Sec. 1, 53 Stat. 1418; Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 861,
54 Stat. 1119; Mar. 7, 1942, ch. 164, 56 Stat. 142; July 16, 1943, ch.
242, Sec. 1, 57 Stat. 566; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II,
Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Amendments
1943--Act July 16, 1943, raised amount of expenditures for dams and
reservoirs on any one project from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000.
1942--Act Mar. 7, 1942, amended last proviso.
1940--Act Oct. 14, 1940, reenacted section.
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.
1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ``Title 10,
Armed Forces'' which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military
Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of
the Army.
Angostura Project
Act Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 630, 69 Stat. 552, provided: ``That the
provisions of sections 41(g), 43, and 51 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm
Tenant Act, as amended [sections 1015(g), 1017, and 1025 of Title 7,
Agriculture], are hereby extended to apply on the obligations of
settlers on the Angostura project in South Dakota developed under the
Act of August 11, 1939, as amended [this section].''
