§ 618k. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC618k]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12A--BOULDER CANYON PROJECT
SUBCHAPTER II--BOULDER CANYON PROJECT ADJUSTMENT ACT
Sec. 618k. Definitions
The following terms wherever used in this subchapter shall have the
following respective meanings:
``Project Act'' shall mean the Boulder Canyon Project Act [43 U.S.C.
617 et seq.];
``Project'' shall mean the works authorized by the Project Act to be
constructed and owned by the United States, exclusive of the main canal
and appurtenances mentioned therein, now known as the All-American
Canal;
``Secretary'' shall mean the Secretary of the Interior of the United
States;
``Firm energy'' and ``allottees'' shall have the meaning assigned to
such terms in regulations promulgated before July 19, 1940, by the
Secretary and in effect on July 19, 1940;
``Replacements'' shall mean such replacements as may be necessary to
keep the project in good operating condition beginning June 1, 1937, but
shall not include (except where used in conjunction with the word
``emergency'' or the words ``however necessitated'') replacements made
necessary by any act of God, or of the public enemy, or by any major
catastrophe; and
``Year of operation'' shall mean the period from and including June
1 of any calendar year to and including May 31 of the following calendar
year.
(July 19, 1940, ch. 643, Sec. 12, 54 Stat. 778; Pub. L. 98-381, title I,
Sec. 104(a)(6), Aug. 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1335.)
References in Text
The Boulder Canyon Project Act, referred to in text, is act Dec. 21,
1928, ch. 42, 45 Stat. 1057, as amended, which is classified generally
to subchapter I (Sec. 617 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see section 617t of this title
and Tables.
Amendments
1984--Pub. L. 98-381 substituted ``beginning June 1, 1937'' for
``during the period from June 1, 1937, to May 31, 1987, inclusive'' in
definition of ``Replacements''.
