§593a — Title 43 Public Lands | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior must build, operate, and maintain the Hungry Horse Dam on the South Fork of the Flathead River in Flathead County, Montana, as soon as possible. The dam will be for irrigation, land reclamation, flood control, navigation, flow regulation, power generation, and other benefits mainly in Montana and downstream areas. It must be able to hold at least one million acre-feet of water and the project must follow the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902). The Secretary may finish the dam later, when extra material is available, to give the reservoir the maximum usable and feasible storage.

Title 43, §593a

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For the purpose of irrigation and reclamation of arid lands, for controlling floods, improving navigation, regulating the flow of the South Fork of the Flathead River, for the generation of electric energy, and for other beneficial uses primarily in the State of Montana but also in downstream areas, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to proceed as soon as practicable with the construction, operation, and maintenance of the proposed Hungry Horse Dam (including facilities for generating electric energy) on the South Fork of the Flathead River, Flathead County, Montana, to such a height as may be necessary to impound not less than one million acre-feet of water. The Hungry Horse project shall be subject to the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto). The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to complete, as soon as the necessary additional material is available, the construction of the Hungry Horse Dam so as to provide a storage reservoir of the maximum usable and feasible capacity.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Act of June 17, 1902, referred to in text, is popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

1958—Pub. L. 85–428 provided that the Hungry Horse project shall be subject to the Federal reclamation laws.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Authorization of AppropriationsAct June 5, 1944, ch. 234, § 4, 58 Stat. 271, authorized appropriation of such sums as might be necessary to carry out the purpose of this section and section 593b of this title.

§593a Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of Hungry Horse Dam