§ 1600j. — Federal leases.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1600j]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 32B--COLORADO RIVER FLOODWAY
Sec. 1600j. Federal leases
(a) Lease of lands owned in whole or in part by United States within
Floodway; determination of consistency with operation and
maintenance
No lease of lands owned in whole or in part by the United States and
within the Colorado River Floodway shall be granted after October 8,
1986, unless the Secretary determines that such lease would be
consistent with the operation and maintenance of the Colorado River
Floodway.
(b) Extension of existing leases; minimization of inconsistency with
operation and maintenance of Floodway
No existing lease of lands owned in whole or in part by the United
States and within the Colorado River Floodway shall be extended beyond
October 8, 1986, or the stated expiration date of its current term,
whichever is later, unless the lessee agrees to take reasonable and
prudent steps determined to be necessary by the Secretary to minimize
the inconsistency of operation under such lease with the operation and
maintenance of the Colorado River Floodway.
(c) Lease of lands owned in whole or in part by United States between
Hoover Dam and Davis Dam
No lease of lands owned in whole or part by the United States
between Hoover Dam and Davis Dam below elevation 655.0 feet on Lake
Mohave shall be granted unless the Secretary determines that such lease
would be consistent with the operation of Lake Mohave.
(d) Lease operations on Indian lands
The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not
apply to lease operations on Indian lands pursuant to a lease providing
for activities which are exempted under section 1600e of this title.
(e) Lands held in trust by United States for benefit of Indian tribes or
individuals
Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to lands
held in trust by the United States for the benefit of any Indian tribe
or individual with respect to any lease where capital improvements, and
operation and maintenance costs are not provided for by Federal
financial assistance if the lessee, tribe, or individual has provided
insurance or other security for the benefit of the Secretary sufficient
to insure against all reasonably forseeable,\1\ direct, and
consequential damages to the property of the tribe, private persons, and
the United States, which may result from the proposed lease.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``foreseeable,''.
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(Pub. L. 99-450, Sec. 13, Oct. 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 1135.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1600l of this title.