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§7276g Western Area Power Administration; Deposit and Availability of Funds Related to Falcon and Amistad Dams
Title 42 › CHAPTER 84 — DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › SUBCHAPTER VI — ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part C — General Administrative Provisions › § 7276g
Summary
Despite other laws, WAPA must deposit all money from sales at Falcon and Amistad Dams that repays annual hydroelectric costs in this and subsequent fiscal years into an account, treat it as budget credit for those costs, and keep it available until used. "Annual expenses" means costs recovered the same year.
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Title 42, §7276g
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Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of the Act of June 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255) as amended, and section 3302 of title 31, all funds collected by the Western Area Power Administration from the sale of power and related services from the Falcon and Amistad Dams that are applicable to the repayment of the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facilities of these Dams and associated Western Area Power Administration activities in this and subsequent fiscal years shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections for the sole purpose of funding such expenses, with such funds remaining available until expended: Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year that they are incurred.
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section 2 of the Act of
June 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255), referred to in text, probably means section 2 of act
June 18, 1954, ch. 310, 68 Stat. 256, which is not classified to the Code. “This account” and “this appropriation”, referred to in text, mean funds appropriated under the heading “Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund” of title III of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, Pub. L. 111–85. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, and not as part of the Department of Energy Organization Act which comprises this chapter.
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42 U.S.C. § 7276g
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
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