Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§617b Authorization of appropriations
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12A— - BOULDER CANYON PROJECT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - BOULDER CANYON PROJECT ACT › § 617b
Summary
Up to $242,000,000 may be taken from the U.S. Treasury, as needed, to carry out this subchapter. Of that amount, $77,000,000 (October 1983 price levels) is for the uprating and visitor facilities programs and can be increased or decreased to reflect normal construction cost changes shown by the appropriate engineering cost indexes.
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Title 43, §617b
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There is authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums of money as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, not exceeding in the aggregate $242,000,000, of which $77,000,000 (October 1983 price levels) shall be adjusted plus or minus such amounts as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations of construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the type of construction involved herein. Said $77,000,000 represents the additional amount required for the uprating program and the visitor facilities program.
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1984—Pub. L. 98–381 substituted “$242,000,000, of which $77,000,000 (October 1983 price levels) shall be adjusted plus or minus such amounts as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations of
Construction
costs as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the type of
Construction
involved herein. Said $77,000,000 represents the additional amount required for the uprating program and the visitor facilities program” for “$165,000,000”.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 617b
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73