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§835 Project authorized; laws applicable

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 12D— - COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT › § 835

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Summary

Makes Grand Coulee Dam, the Columbia Basin project, a project under the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 and the Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1028), and makes those two Acts and this Act control repayment and works.

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Title 16, §835

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In addition to the primary purposes for which the Grand Coulee Dam project (hereafter to be known as the Columbia Basin project and herein called the “project”) was authorized under the provisions of the Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1028), the project is authorized and reauthorized as a project subject to the Reclamation Project Act of 1939; and the provisions of each of those two Acts together with the provisions of this Act shall govern the repayment of expenditures and the construction, operation, and maintenance of the works constructed as a part of the project.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1028), referred to in text, is act Aug. 30, 1935, ch. 831, 49 Stat. 1028, which act, by section 2, authorized the

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of the Grand Coulee Dam. The Reclamation Project Act of 1939, referred to in text, is act Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 418, 53 Stat. 1187, which is classified generally to section 375a, 387 to 389, 485 to 485h, and 485i to 485k of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 485k of Title 43 and Tables. Those two Acts, referred to in text, refer to the act of Aug. 30, 1935, and to the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. See notes above. This Act, referred to in text, is act May 27, 1937, ch. 269, as amended generally by act Mar. 10, 1943, ch. 14, 57 Stat. 14, known as The Columbia Basin Project Act, which enacted this section, sections 835a to 835c–5 of this title, and provisions set out as a note under this section. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under this section and Tables.

Amendments

1943—Act Mar. 10, 1943, amended section generally.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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Act
May 27, 1937, ch. 269, § 11, as added by Mar. 10, 1943, ch. 14, 57 Stat. 20, provided that: “This Act [enacting this section, sections 835a to 835c–5 of this title, and provisions set out as a note below] may be cited as ‘The Columbia Basin Project Act’.” SeparabilityAct
May 27, 1937, ch. 269, § 10, as added by Mar. 10, 1943, ch. 14, 57 Stat. 20, provided that: “If any provision of this Act [see

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note above] or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.”

Transfer of Functions

Power marketing functions of Bureau of Reclamation, including

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, 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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 835

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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