Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102

§618j Effect of Refusal to Modify Existing Contracts

Title 43 › CHAPTER 12A — BOULDER CANYON PROJECT › SUBCHAPTER II — BOULDER CANYON PROJECT ADJUSTMENT ACT › § 618j

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Contractors who refuse to change their contracts to follow this subchapter keep paying the rates and charges in their current contracts, with regular adjustments. Project Act rules stay in effect as needed to support those contracts, even if they conflict.

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Title 43, §618j

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Any contractor for energy from the project failing or refusing to execute a contract modifying its existing contract to conform to this subchapter shall continue to pay the rates and charges provided for in its existing contract, subject to such periodic readjustments as are therein provided, in all respects as if this subchapter had not been passed, and so far as necessary to support such existing contract all of the provisions of the Project Act [43 U.S.C. 617 et seq.] shall remain in effect, anything in this subchapter inconsistent therewith notwithstanding.

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The Project Act, referred to in text, is defined in section 618k of this title.

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43 U.S.C. § 618j

Title 43, Public Lands

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102