§ 564l. — Klamath irrigation works.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC564l]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XIII--KLAMATH TRIBE: TERMINATION OF FEDERAL SUPERVISION
Sec. 564l. Klamath irrigation works
(a) Transfer of operation and maintenance
That part of section 499 of title 43, which relates to the transfer
of the care, operation, and maintenance of reclamation works to water
users associations or irrigation districts shall be applicable to the
irrigation works on the Klamath Reservation.
(b) Termination of construction costs deferment; recordation of lien
Effective on the first day of the calendar year beginning after the
date of the proclamation provided for in section 564q of this title, the
deferment of the assessment and collection of construction costs
provided for in the first proviso of section 386a of this title, shall
terminate with respect to any lands within irrigation projects on the
Klamath Reservation. The Secretary shall cause the first lien against
such lands created by section 387 \1\ of this title, to be filed of
record in the appropriate county office.
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\1\ See References in Text note below.
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(c) Appropriation authorization
There is authorized to be appropriated out of any funds in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $89,212 for payment to
the Klamath Tribe with interest at 4 per centum annually as
reimbursement for tribal funds used for irrigation construction
operation and maintenance benefiting nontribal lands on the Klamath
Reservation, such interest being computed from the dates of disbursement
of such funds from the United States Treasury.
(d) Adjustment of reimbursable irrigation costs
The Secretary is authorized to adjust, eliminate, or cancel all or
any part of reimbursable irrigation operation and maintenance costs and
reimbursable irrigation construction costs chargeable against Indian
owned lands that are subject to the provisions of this subchapter, and
all or any part of assessments heretofore or hereafter imposed on
account of such costs, when he determines that the collection thereof
would be inequitable or would result in undue hardship on the Indian
owner of the land, or that the administrative costs of collection would
probably equal or exceed the amount collected.
(e) Applicable irrigation laws
Nothing contained in any other section of this subchapter shall
affect in any way the laws applicable to irrigation projects on the
Klamath Reservation.
(Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 732, Sec. 13, 68 Stat. 721.)
References in Text
Section 387 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was omitted
after not being repeated in the Interior Department Appropriation Act of
1947, July 1, 1946, ch. 529, 60 Stat. 348.
