§ 620k. — Authorization of appropriations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC620k]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12B--COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT
Sec. 620k. Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be required to
carry out the purposes of this chapter, but not to exceed $760,000,000.
(Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, Sec. 12, 70 Stat. 110.)
Change of Name
Pub. L. 96-375, Sec. 7, Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1507, provided that:
``The Curecanti Storage Unit of the Colorado River Storage Project
constructed under the authority of the Act of April 11, 1956 (70 Stat.
106) [this chapter] is hereby designated and hereafter shall be known as
the Wayne N. Aspinall Storage Unit of the Colorado River Storage
Project. Any law, regulation, record, map, or other document of the
United States referring to the Curecanti Storage Unit shall be held to
refer to the Wayne N. Aspinall Storage Unit.''
Termination of Authorization of Appropriations
Pub. L. 102-575, title II, Sec. 201(c), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat.
4607, provided that: ``Notwithstanding any provision of the Act of April
11, 1956 (70 Stat. 110; 43 U.S.C. 620k) [this chapter], the Act of
September 2, 1964 (78 Stat. 852) [Pub. L. 88-568, see Tables for
classification], the Act of September 30, 1968 (82 Stat. 885) [see Short
Title note set out under section 1501 of this title], the Act of August
10, 1972 (86 Stat. 525; 43 U.S.C. 620k note), and the Act of October 31,
1988 (102 Stat. 2826) [enacting section 79-1 of Title 16, Conservation,
and provisions set out as notes under this section and section 461 of
Title 16] to the contrary, the authorization of appropriations for
construction of any Colorado River Storage Project participating project
located in the State of Utah shall terminate five years after the date
of enactment of this Act [Oct. 30, 1992] unless: (1) the Secretary [of
the Interior] executes a cost-sharing agreement with the District
[Central Utah Water Conservancy District] for construction of such
project, and (2) the Secretary has requested, or the Congress has
appropriated, construction funds for such project.''
Authorization of Additional Amounts for Colorado River Storage Project
Pub. L. 102-575, title II, Sec. 201(a)(1), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat.
4606, provided that: ``In order to provide for the completion of the
Central Utah Project and other features described in this Act [see Short
Title of 1992 Amendment note set out under section 371 of this title],
the amount which section 12 of the Act of April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 110;
43 U.S.C. 620k), authorizes to be appropriated, which was increased by
the Act of August 10, 1972 (86 Stat. 525; 43 U.S.C. 620k note) and the
Act of October 31, 1988 (102 Stat. 2826) [43 U.S.C. 620k note], is
hereby further increased by $924,206,000 (January 1991) plus or minus
such amounts, if any, as may be required by reason of changes in
construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable
to the type of construction involved: Provided, however, That of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated by this section, the Secretary [of
the Interior] is not authorized to obligate or expend amounts in excess
of $214,352,000 for the features identified in the Report of the Senate
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources accompanying the bill H.R. 429
[S. Rept. No. 102-267, One Hundred Second Congress]. This additional sum
shall be available solely for design, engineering, and construction of
the facilities identified in title II of this Act [106 Stat. 4605] and
for the planning and implementation of the fish and wildlife and
recreation mitigation and conservation projects and studies authorized
in titles III and IV of this Act [106 Stat. 4625, 4648], and for the Ute
Indian Settlement authorized in title V of this Act [106 Stat. 4650].''
Pub. L. 100-563, Sec. 1, Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2826, provided
that: ``In order to provide for the continued construction of the
Colorado River Storage Project, and for the continued construction of
the municipal and industrial water features of the Bonneville Unit of
the Central Utah Project, the amount which section 12 of the Act of
April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 110; 43 U.S.C. 620k), authorizes to be
appropriated, which was increased by the Act of August 10, 1972 (86
Stat. 525; 43 U.S.C. 620k note), is hereby further increased by
$45,456,000 plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be required by
reason of changes in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost
indexes applicable to the type of construction involved. This additional
sum shall be available solely for continuing construction of the
previously authorized units and projects named in such Act of August 10,
1972.''
Additional Appropriations Authorized for Certain Projects in the Upper
Colorado River Basin
Pub. L. 92-370, Aug. 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 525, provided: ``That in
order to provide for completion of construction of the Curecanti,
Flaming Gorge, Glen Canyon, and Navajo units, and transmission division
of the Colorado River storage project, and for completion of
construction of the following participating projects: Central Utah
(initial phase--Bonneville, Jensen, Upalco, and Vernal units), Emery
County, Florida, Hammond, LaBarge, Lyman, Paonia, Seedskadee, Silt, and
Smith Fork; the amount which section 12 of the Act of April 11, 1956 (79
Stat. 105) [this section] authorizes to be appropriated is hereby
further increased by the sum of $610,000,000, plus or minus such
amounts, if any, as may be required, by reason of changes in
construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable
to the type of construction involved. This additional sum shall be
available solely for continuing construction of the previously
authorized units and projects named herein.''
Additional Appropriations Authorized for Construction of Animas-La
Plata, Dolores, Dallas Creek, West Divide, and San Miguel Projects
Pub. L. 90-537, title V, Sec. 501(a), Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 897,
provided in part that: ``The amount which section 12 of said Act [this
section] authorizes to be appropriated is hereby further increased by
the sum of $392,000,000 plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be
required, by reason of changes in construction costs as indicated by
engineering cost indices applicable to the type of construction
involved. This additional sum shall be available solely for the
construction of the Animas-La Plata, Dolores, Dallas Creek, West Divide,
and San Miguel projects herein authorized.''
