§ 619. — Increase in capacity of existing generating equipment at Hoover Powerplant; construction of Colorado River bridge crossing.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC619]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12A--BOULDER CANYON PROJECT
SUBCHAPTER III--HOOVER DAM CONTRACTS AND FACILITIES
Sec. 619. Increase in capacity of existing generating equipment
at Hoover Powerplant; construction of Colorado River bridge
crossing
(a) Hoover Powerplant generating equipment; increase in capacity;
improvement of appurtenances; authorization of Secretary
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to increase the capacity
of existing generating equipment and appurtenances at Hoover Powerplant
(hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as ``uprating program'');
and to improve parking, visitor facilities, and roadways and to provide
additional elevators, and other facilities that will contribute to the
safety and sufficiency of visitor access to Hoover Dam and Powerplant
(hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as ``visitor facilities
program'').
(b) Construction of Colorado River bridge crossing; authorization of
Secretary
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct a Colorado
River bridge crossing, including suitable approach spans, immediately
downstream from Hoover Dam for the purpose of alleviating traffic
congestion and reducing safety hazards. This bridge shall not be a part
of the Boulder Canyon project and shall neither be funded nor repaid
from the Colorado River Dam Fund or the Lower Colorado River Basin
Development Fund.
(Pub. L. 98-381, title I, Sec. 101, Aug. 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 1333.)
References in Text
This subchapter, was in the original ``this Act'', meaning Pub. L.
98-381, Aug. 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 1333, which enacted this subchapter and
sections 7274 and 7275 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and
amended sections 617a, 617b, 618, 618a, 618e, 618k, and 1543 of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note below and Tables.
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 98-381 provided that: ``This Act [enacting this
subchapter, provisions set out as notes under sections 617 and 618 of
this title and section 839b of Title 16, Conservation, sections 7274 and
7275 and provisions set out as a note under section 7133 of Title 42,
The Public Health and Welfare, and amending sections 617a, 617b, 618,
618a, 618e, 618k, and 1543 of this title] may be cited as the `Hoover
Power Plant Act of 1984'.''
Hoover Dam Miscellaneous Sales
Pub. L. 106-461, Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 1989, provided that:
``SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
``This Act may be cited as the `Hoover Dam Miscellaneous Sales Act'.
``SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
``Congress finds that--
``(1) the sale and distribution of general public information
about the use of public land and water areas for recreation, fish,
wildlife, and other purposes serve significant public benefits;
``(2) publications and other materials educate the public and
provide general information about Bureau of Reclamation programs and
projects;
``(3) in 1997, more than 1,000,000 visitors, including 300,000
from foreign countries, toured the Hoover Dam;
``(4) hundreds of thousands of additional visitors stopped to
view the dam;
``(5) visitors often ask to purchase maps, publications, and
other items to enhance their experience or serve educational
purposes;
``(6) in many cases the Bureau of Reclamation is the sole source
of those items;
``(7) the Bureau is in a unique position to fulfill public
requests for those items; and
``(8) as a public agency, the Bureau should be responsive to the
public by having appropriate items available for sale.
``SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
``The purposes of this Act are--
``(1) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to offer for
sale to members of the public that visit the Hoover Dam Visitor
Center educational materials and memorabilia; and
``(2) to use revenue from those sales to repay the costs
relating to construction of the Hoover Dam Visitor Center.
``SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT SALES.
``With respect to the Hoover Dam, the Secretary of the Interior,
acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, may--
``(1) conduct sales of--
``(A) materials generated by the Bureau of Reclamation such
as posters, maps, brochures, photographs, and similar
publications, videotapes, and computer information discs that
are related to programs or projects of the Bureau; and
``(B) memorabilia and other commemorative items that depict
programs or projects of the Bureau;
``(2) convert unneeded property or scrap material into Bureau
memorabilia for sale purposes; and
``(3) enter into agreements with nonprofit organizations, other
Federal agencies, State and local governments, and commercial
entities for--
``(A) the production or sale of items described in
paragraphs (1) and (2); and
``(B) the sale of publications described in paragraph (1).
``SEC. 5. COSTS AND REVENUES.
``(a) Costs.--All costs incurred by the Bureau of Reclamation under
this Act shall be paid from the Colorado River Dam fund established by
section 2 of the Act of December 21, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 617a).
``(b) Revenues.--
``(1) Use for repayment of sales costs.--All revenues collected
by the Bureau of Reclamation under this Act shall be credited to the
Colorado River Dam fund to remain available, without further Act of
appropriation, to pay costs associated with the production and sale
of items in accordance with section 4.
``(2) Use for repayment of construction costs.--All revenues
collected by the Bureau of Reclamation under this Act that are not
needed to pay costs described in paragraph (1) shall be transferred
annually to the general fund of the Treasury in repayment of costs
relating to construction of the Hoover Dam Visitor Center.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 618e, 619a, 619b of this
title.
