Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

16 U.S.C. § 835k

Return of construction costs from marketing revenues in event of inability of irrigation water users to repay within repayment period and lack of other sources of revenue

l32 Stat. 388section 837 of this titleSubject to the provisions of section 835 of this title, that portion of the construction cost of any project hereafter authorized to be constructed, operated, and maintained by the Secretary of the Interior under the Federal reclamation laws (Act of , , and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) within the Pacific Northwest which, though allocated to irrigation, is beyond the ability of the irrigation water users to repay within the repayment period prescribed by law for that project and cannot be returned within the same period from other project sources of revenue shall be charged to and returned within that period from net revenues derived from the marketing of commercial power and energy through the Federal Columbia River power system, unless otherwise provided by law. As used in this section, the term “Pacific Northwest” has the meaning ascribed to it in .

Pub. L. 89–448, § 2(a)80 Stat. 200Pub. L. 89–561, § 6(1)80 Stat. 714(, formerly § 2, , , renumbered and amended , (2), , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

act June 17, 1902, ch. 109332 Stat. 388section 371 of Title 43Act of , referred to in text, is , , popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 371 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.

Codification

section 2(a) of Pub. L. 89–448Pub. L. 89–561section 835j of this titlesection 832h(c) of this titlelSection is comprised of second par. of , as so designated by . First sentence of first par. of such section 2(a) is classified to ; second sentence of such first par. repealed ; subsecs. (b) and (c) of section 2 are classified to sections 835 and 835m of this title, respectively.

Amendments

Pub. L. 89–561, § 6(2)l1966—, substituted “Subject to the provisions of section 835 of this title, that” for “That”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Power marketing functions of Bureau of Reclamation, including construction, operation, and maintenance of transmission lines and attendant facilities, transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 7152(a)(1)(E), (3) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and are to be exercised by Secretary through a separate Administration within Department of Energy.