§1002 Definitions

2018—Pub. L. 115–141 substituted “$25,000,000” for “$5,000,000” in concluding provisions relating to definition of “Works of improvement”. 1994—Pub. L. 103–437 in concluding provisions relating to definition of “Works of improvement” substituted “Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry” for “Committee on Agriculture and Forestry” and “Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House” for “Committee on Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Public Works of the House”. 1990—Pub. L. 101–624, which directed amendment of third sentence by substituting “Each project” for “Each such project submitted to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives after

July 1, 1987,” and inserting “, including rural communities,” after “agriculture”, was executed to third sentence of par. defining “Works of improvement” to reflect the probable intent of Congress. 1986—Pub. L. 99–662 inserted in definition of “Works of improvement” provision requiring that projects submitted after

July 1, 1987, contain benefits directly related to agriculture accounting for at least 20 percent of the total benefits of the project. 1981—Pub. L. 97–98 substituted “$5,000,000” for “$1,000,000” in definition of “Works of improvement” and expanded definition of “Local organization” to include any Indian tribe or tribal organization having authority under Federal, State, or Indian tribal law to carry out, maintain, and operate works of improvement. 1977—Pub. L. 95–113 substituted “$1,000,000” for “$250,000”. 1972—Pub. L. 92–419 defined “Works of improvement” to include any undertaking for the conservation and proper utilization of land. 1965—Pub. L. 89–337 substituted “more than twelve thousand five hundred acre-feet of floodwater detention capacity” for “more than five thousand acre-feet of floodwater detention capacity”. 1961—Pub. L. 87–170 included irrigation or reservoir companies, water users’ associations and similar organizations not operated for profit in the definition of local organization. 1956—Act Aug. 7, 1956, struck out provisions which limited works of improvement to agriculture phases of conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water, increased the limits of total capacity of any single structure from 5,000 acre-feet to 25,000 acre-feet, exclude single structures which provide more than 5,000 acre-feet of floodwater detention capacity, required approval of plans involving an estimated Federal contribution to