Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102

§385c Appropriation and Disposition of Power Revenues

Title 25 › CHAPTER 11 — IRRIGATION OF ALLOTTED LANDS › § 385c

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows annual appropriation of power revenues collected after August 7, 1946 from Indian irrigation projects and credited to the Treasury under section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934 (48 Stat. 1227) or other law, equal to credited collections, to pay operation and maintenance; maintain reserve funds for repairs, replacements, emergencies, and continuous operation (reserve levels set by the Interior Secretary within OMB Director limits); amortize construction costs per repayment rules; and meet other lawful power obligations.

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Title 25, §385c

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Revenues collected after August 7, 1946, from power operations on each Indian irrigation project and deposited into the Treasury for credit to miscellaneous receipts pursuant to section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934 (48 Stat. 1227), or pursuant to other provisions of law, are authorized to be appropriated annually, in specific or in indefinite amounts, equal to the collections so credited, for the following purposes in connection with the respective projects from which such revenues are derived: (1) Payment of the expenses of operating and maintaining the power system; (2) creation and maintenance of reserve funds to be available for making repairs and replacements to, defraying emergency expenses for, and insuring continuous operation of the power system, the fund for each project to be maintained at such level, within limits set by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, as may from time to time be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior; (3) amortization, in accordance with the repayment provisions of the applicable statutes or contracts, of construction costs allocated to be returned from power revenues; and (4) payment of other expenses and obligations chargeable to power revenues to the extent required or permitted by law.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934, referred to in text, is section 4 of act June 26, 1934, ch. 756, 48 Stat. 1227, which was classified to section 725c of former Title 31, and was omitted from the Code in the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 725s–3 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

All functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in Bureau of the Budget or Director of Bureau of the Budget transferred to President by section 101 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085. section 102 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970, redesignated Bureau of the Budget as Office of Management and Budget.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 385c

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102