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§ 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.



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