§ 835. — Project authorized; laws applicable.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC835]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12D--COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT
Sec. 835. Project authorized; laws applicable
In addition to the primary purposes for which the Grand Coulee Dam
project (hereafter to be known as the Columbia Basin project and herein
called the ``project'') was authorized under the provisions of the Act
of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1028), the project is authorized and
reauthorized as a project subject to the Reclamation Project Act of
1939; and the provisions of each of those two Acts together with the
provisions of this Act shall govern the repayment of expenditures and
the construction, operation, and maintenance of the works constructed as
a part of the project.
(May 27, 1937, ch. 269, Sec. 1, 50 Stat. 208; Mar. 10, 1943, ch. 14, 57
Stat. 14.)
References in Text
Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1028), referred to in text, is act
Aug. 30, 1935, ch. 831, 49 Stat. 1028, as amended, which act, by section
2, authorized the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam.
The Reclamation Project Act of 1939, referred to in text, is act
Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 418, 53 Stat. 1187, as amended, which is classified
generally to sections 375a, 387 to 389, 485 to 485h, and 485i to 485k of
Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see section 485k of Title 43 and Tables.
Those two Acts, referred to in text, refer to the act of Aug. 30,
1935, and to the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. See notes above.
This Act, referred to in text, is act May 27, 1937, ch. 269, as
amended generally by act Mar. 10, 1943, ch. 14, 57 Stat. 14, known as
The Columbia Basin Project Act, which enacted this section, sections
835a to 835c-5 of this title, and provisions set out as a note under
this section. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under this section and Tables.
Amendments
1943--Act Mar. 10, 1943, amended section generally.
Short Title
Act May 27, 1937, ch. 269, Sec. 11, as added by Mar. 10, 1943, ch.
14, 57 Stat. 20, provided that: ``This Act [enacting this section,
sections 835a to 835c-5 of this title, and provisions set out as a note
below] may be cited as `The Columbia Basin Project Act'.''
Separability
Act May 27, 1937, ch. 269, Sec. 10, as added by Mar. 10, 1943, ch.
14, 57 Stat. 20, provided that: ``If any provision of this Act [see
Short Title note above] or the application of such provision to any
person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act
and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other
than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected
thereby.''
Transfer of Functions
Power marketing functions of Bureau of Reclamation, including
construction, operation, and maintenance of transmission lines and
attendant facilities, transferred to Secretary of Energy by section
7152(a)(1)(E), (3) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and are
to be exercised by Secretary through a separate Administration within
Department of Energy.
