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§695d Development of water supplies for waterfowl management in California; reauthorization of Central Valley Project

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 6— - GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 695d

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Reauthorizes the entire Central Valley Project (authorized August 26, 1937; reauthorized October 17, 1940; October 14, 1949; September 26, 1950), keeps original purposes, and permits water for fish and wildlife under the same priority rules.

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Title 16, §695d

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The entire Central Valley project, California, heretofore authorized under the Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 844, 850), and reauthorized under the Act of October 17, 1940 (54 Stat. 1198, 1199), the Act of October 14, 1949 (63 Stat. 852), and the Act of September 26, 1950 (64 Stat. 1036), is reauthorized and declared to be for the purposes set forth in said Acts, and also for the use of the waters thereof for fish and wildlife purposes, subject to such priorities as are applicable under said Acts.

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Act of
August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 844, 850), Act of
October 17, 1940 (54 Stat. 1198, 1199), Act of
October 14, 1949 (63 Stat. 852), and Act of
September 26, 1950 (64 Stat. 1036), referred to in text, are acts Aug. 26, 1937, ch. 832, 50 Stat. 844; Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 895, 54 Stat. 1198; Oct. 14, 1949, ch. 690, 63 Stat. 852; Sept. 26, 1950, ch. 1047, 64 Stat. 1036, which were not classified to the Code.

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16 U.S.C. § 695d

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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