Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§600 Minidoka project, Idaho; sales of water from American Falls Reservoir
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XVII— - LEGISLATION APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR PROJECTS GENERALLY › § 600
Summary
Contractors may only get rights to use water from American Falls Reservoir if their contract requires them to pay interest of 6% per year, as part of construction costs, on their share of the U.S. money advanced to build the reservoir before the contract date. The Secretary of the Interior decides each contractor’s share.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §600
Public Lands — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
No contractor shall secure a right to the use of water from American Falls Reservoir, Minidoka project, except under a contract containing the provision that the contractor shall, as a part of the construction cost, pay interest at the rate of six per centum per annum upon the contractor’s proper proportionate share, as found by the Secretary of the Interior, of the moneys advanced by the United States on account of the construction of said reservoir prior to the date of the contract.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 600
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73