PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Future reclamation projects in the Pacific Northwest can only get financial help from the Federal Columbia River power system’s net revenues. Their construction must be timed so that this help, plus help for projects already approved or later approved by Congress, does not cause the Bonneville Power Administration to raise its rates and charges. Total help for all irrigation projects in the Pacific Northwest must not average more than $30,000,000 per year over any 20 consecutive years, and any studies or analyses must follow the rules in sections 835j to 835m. Net revenues — money left after paying (1) power costs for Pacific Northwest projects (including buying power) and (2) power-to-irrigation assistance already authorized before September 7, 1966.

Title 16, §835l

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It is declared to be the policy of the Congress that reclamation projects hereafter authorized in the Pacific Northwest to receive financial assistance from the Federal Columbia River power system shall receive such assistance only from the net revenues of that system as provided in this section, and that their construction shall be so scheduled that such assistance, together with similar assistance for previously authorized reclamation projects (including projects not now receiving such assistance for which the Congress may hereafter authorize financial assistance) will not cause increases in the rates and charges of the Bonneville Power Administration. It is further declared to be the policy of the Congress that the total assistance to all irrigation projects, both existing and future, in the Pacific Northwest shall not average more than $30,000,000 annually in any period of twenty consecutive years. Any analyses and studies authorized by the Congress for reclamation projects in the Pacific Northwest shall be prepared in accordance with the provisions of sections 835j to 835m of this title. As used in sections 835j to 835m of this title, the term “net revenues” means revenues as determined from time to time which are not required for the repayment of (1) all costs allocated to power at projects in the Pacific Northwest then existing or authorized, including the cost of acquiring power by purchase or exchange, and (2) presently authorized assistance from power to irrigation at projects in the Pacific Northwest existing and authorized prior to September 7, 1966.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is comprised of subsec. (b) of section 2 of Pub. L. 89–448, as added by Pub. L. 89–561. Subsecs. (a) and (c) of section 2 are classified to section 835j and 835k, and 835m of this title, respectively.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Functions of Secretary of the Interior with respect to Bonneville Power Administration transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 7152(a)(1)(D), (2) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, with Bonneville Power Administration to be preserved as a distinct organizational entity within Department of Energy and headed by an Administrator.

§835l Congressional Declaration of Financial Policy; Limitations on Assistance; Analyses and Studies; “net Revenues” Defined