Title 43Public LandsRelease 119-73

§1578 Authorization of appropriations

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 32A— - COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - PROGRAMS DOWNSTREAM FROM IMPERIAL DAM › § 1578

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Summary

Congress allows up to $356,400,000 to be spent to build the projects and meet the goals named elsewhere in the law. Of that, $3,579,000 is for fish and wildlife mitigation tied to replacing the Coachella Canal in California, and $6,960,000 is for mitigation tied to the Desalting Complex Unit and the Protective and Regulatory Pumping Unit in Arizona. These amounts use January 1979 prices and can be adjusted for normal changes in construction costs. Money is also allowed to operate, maintain, and make specified changes to the works. The Secretary must check for cheaper, better desalting technology found since the earlier review and put cost-saving improvements into use. No more than five percent of the authorized funds can be spent on these evaluations and improvements. Additional funds may be provided as needed to pay condemnation awards above appraised values and to cover costs required by the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.).

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §1578

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There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $356,400,000 for the construction of the works and accomplishment of the purposes authorized in section 1571, 1572, 1573, and 1579 of this title, of which $3,579,000 is authorized for mitigation of fish and wildlife losses associated with replacement of the Coachella Canal in California, and $6,960,000 is authorized for mitigation of fish and wildlife losses associated with the Desalting Complex Unit and the Protective and Regulatory Pumping Unit in Arizona, based on January 1979, prices plus or minus such amounts as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuation in construction costs involved therein, and such sums as may be required to operate and maintain such works and to provide for such modifications as may be made pursuant to section 1574 of this title. In order to provide for the utilization of significant improvements in desal­inization technologies which may have been developed since the Bureau’s evaluation, the Secretary is directed to evaluate such cost effective improvements and implement such improved designs into the plant operations when the evaluation indicates that cost savings will result: Provided, however, That no more than five percent of the amount authorized to be appropriated is used for these purposes. There is further authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to pay condemnation awards in excess of appraised values and to cover costs required in connection with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 [42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.].

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 91–646, Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1894, which is classified principally to chapter 61 (§ 4601 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 4601 of Title 42 and Tables.

Amendments

1980—Pub. L. 96–336, § 5, substituted appropriations authorization of $356,400,000 to carry out section 1571, 1572, 1573, and 1579 of this title for prior authorizations of $121,500,000 and $34,000,000 for purposes of section 1571 and 1572, and 1573 of this title, and use of January 1979 for April 1973 price basis, authorized sums of $3,579,000 and $6,960,000 for mitigation of fish and wildlife losses in California and Arizona, and provided for cost savings desalinization plant operations limited to five percent of appropriations authorization.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1980 Amendment Pub. L. 96–336, § 5, Sept. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1064, provided that the amendment made by section 5 is effective Oct. 1, 1979.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

43 U.S.C. § 1578

Title 43Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73