Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-73not60

§620d–1 Reimbursement of Fund From Colorado River Development Fund; Operation of Hoover Dam

Title 43 › Chapter 12B— COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT › § 620d–1

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Money that the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund already spent or later spends to make up for reduced power at Hoover Dam while filling storage units under the Glen Canyon Reservoir filling rules (27 Fed. Reg. 6851, July 19, 1962) must be paid back from the Colorado River Development Fund. To do that, $500,000 each year of Hoover Dam operation, starting in fiscal year 1970, will be moved from the Colorado River Development Fund into the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund instead of being used for the purposes in section 618a(d), until the money is fully repaid. If any balance is still unpaid by June 1, 1987, the rest will be transferred from the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund as allowed by section 1543(g).

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §620d–1

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The Upper Colorado River Basin Fund established under section 620d of this title shall be reimbursed from the Colorado River Development Fund established by section 618a of this title for the money expended heretofore or hereafter from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund to meet deficiencies in generation at Hoover Dam during the filling period of storage units of the Colorado River storage project pursuant to the criteria for the filling of Glen Canyon Reservoir (27 Fed. Reg. 6851, July 19, 1962). For this purpose, $500,000 for each year of operation of Hoover Dam and powerplant, commencing with fiscal year 1970, shall be transferred from the Colorado River Development Fund to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund, in lieu of application of said amounts to the purposes stated in section 618a(d) of this title, until such reimbursement is accomplished. To the extent that any deficiency in such reimbursement remains as of June 1, 1987, the amount of the remaining deficiency shall then be transferred to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund from the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund, as provided in section 1543(g) of this title.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Colorado River Basin Project Act, and not as part of act Apr. 11, 1956, popularly known as the Colorado River Storage Project Act, which comprises this chapter.

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43 U.S.C. § 620d–1

Title 43, Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60