Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73

§597a Easements for Bull Lake Dam and Reservoir

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XVII— - LEGISLATION APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR PROJECTS GENERALLY › § 597a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The United States and future operators of the Riverton reclamation project, Wyoming, are given the right to use tribal and allotted lands on the Wind River (Shoshone) Reservation to build, site, operate, and flood land for the Bull Lake Dam and Reservoir. This covers the dam site, a flowage area, and other rights needed to hold approximately 155,000 acre-feet of water, including a ten-foot freeboard. As payment for the use of tribal lands, $6,500 must be deposited in the U.S. Treasury for the credit of the Shoshone and Arapaho Indians of the Wind River Reservation under section 155 of title 25. That sum will come from money set aside to build the dam and will earn interest at 4 percent per year.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §597a

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There is granted to the United States and its assigns, including its successors in control of the operation and maintenance of the Riverton reclamation project, Wyoming, a flowage easement and an easement for a dam site, together with all rights and privileges incident to the use and enjoyment of said easements, over tribal and allotted lands of the Wind River or Shoshone Indian Reservation within that part of said reservation required for the construction of the Bull Lake Dam and Reservoir on Bull Lake Creek, a tributary of the Wind River, in connection with the Riverton reclamation project, Wyoming, and for the impounding of approximately one hundred and fifty-five thousand acre-feet of water, including a ten-foot freeboard: Provided, That in consideration of the said rights insofar as they affect tribal lands there shall be deposited into the Treasury of the United States pursuant to the provisions of section 155 of title 25, for credit to the Shoshone and Arapaho Indians of the Wind River Reservation the sum of $6,500, from moneys appropriated for the construction of the said Bull Lake Dam and Reservoir, and the said sum when so credited shall draw interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 597a

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73