§ 617n. — Projects for irrigation, generation of electric power, and other purposes; investigations and reports.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC617n]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12A--BOULDER CANYON PROJECT
SUBCHAPTER I--BOULDER CANYON PROJECT ACT
Sec. 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 section 617a of this
title, for such purposes.
(Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, Sec. 15, 45 Stat. 1065.)