§ 509. — Authorization of appropriations; report to Congress.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC509]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER XI-A--RECLAMATION SAFETY OF DAMS
Sec. 509. Authorization of appropriations; report to Congress
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1979
and ensuing fiscal years such sums as may be necessary and, effective
October 1, 1983, not to exceed an additional $650,000,000 (October 1,
1983, price levels), and, effective October 1, 2000, not to exceed an
additional $95,000,000 (October 1, 2000, price levels), and, effective
October 1, 2001, not to exceed an additional $32,000,000 (October 1,
2001, price levels), plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be
justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as
indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of
construction involved herein, to carry out the provisions of this
subchapter to remain available until expended if so provided by the
appropriations Act: Provided, That no funds exceeding $750,000 shall be
obligated for carrying out actual construction to modify an existing dam
under authority of this subchapter prior to 30 calendar days from the
date that the Secretary has transmitted a report on such existing dam to
the Congress. The report required to be submitted by this section will
consist of a finding by the Secretary of the Interior to the effect that
modifications are required to be made to insure the safety of an
existing dam. Such finding shall be accompanied by a technical report
containing information on the need for structural modification, the
corrective action deemed to be required, alternative solutions to
structural modification that were considered, the estimated cost of
needed modifications, and environmental impacts if any resulting from
the implementation of the recommended plan of modification.
(Pub. L. 95-578, Sec. 5, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2471; Pub. L. 98-404,
Sec. 1(3), Aug. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1482; Pub. L. 106-377, Sec. 1(a)(2)
[title II], Oct. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 1441, 1441A-67; Pub. L. 107-117,
div. B, Sec. 503(2), Jan. 10, 2002, 115 Stat. 2308.)
Amendments
2002--Pub. L. 107-117 inserted ``and, effective October 1, 2001, not
to exceed an additional $32,000,000 (October 1, 2001, price levels),''
after ``(October 1, 2000, price levels),''.
2000--Pub. L. 106-377 inserted ``and, effective October 1, 2000, not
to exceed an additional $95,000,000 (October 1, 2000, price levels),''
after ``(October 1, 1983, price levels),'' and substituted ``30 calendar
days'' for ``sixty days (which sixty days shall not include days on
which either the House of Representatives or the Senate is not in
session because of an adjournment of more than three calendar days to a
day certain)''.
1984--Pub. L. 98-404 substituted ``and, effective October 1, 1983,
not to exceed an additional $650,000,000 (October 1, 1983, price
levels), plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by
reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by
engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of construction
involved herein, to carry out the provisions of this subchapter to
remain available until expended if so provided by the appropriations
Act: Provided, That no funds exceeding $750,000'' for ``, but not to
exceed $100,000,000, to carry out the provisions of this subchapter of
this title to remain available until expended if so provided by the
appropriations Act: Provided, That no funds''.
