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[CITE: 16USC590y]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                     CHAPTER 3C--WATER CONSERVATION
 
          SUBCHAPTER II--CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION PROJECTS
 
Sec. 590y. Authorization and purpose of investigation, 
        construction, and maintenance of projects; title to projects; 
        limitation on costs
        
    For the purpose of stabilizing water supply and thereby 
rehabilitating farmers on the land and providing opportunities for 
permanent settlement of farm families, the Secretary of the Interior 
(hereinafter referred to as ``the Secretary'') is authorized to 
investigate and, upon compliance with the provisions of this subchapter, 
to construct water conservation and utilization projects in the Great 
Plains and arid and semiarid areas of the United States, and to operate 
and maintain each such project in accordance with the provisions of this 
subchapter; Provided, That the United States shall retain title to the 
dams, reservoirs, irrigation, and other project works until Congress 
otherwise provides: And provided further, That expenditures from 
appropriations made directly pursuant to the authority contained in 
section 590z-10(1) of this title to meet reimbursable construction costs 
allocated to irrigation as defined in section 590z-2(b) of this title 
shall not exceed $2,000,000 for dams and reservoirs in any one project, 
and that expenditures from appropriations made directly pursuant to the 
authority contained in section 590z-10(1) of this title to meet costs 
allocated to flood control by the Secretary after consultation with the 
Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, shall not exceed $500,000 on 
any one project.

(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 717, Sec. 1, 53 Stat. 1418; Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 861, 
54 Stat. 1119; Mar. 7, 1942, ch. 164, 56 Stat. 142; July 16, 1943, ch. 
242, Sec. 1, 57 Stat. 566; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 
Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)


                               Amendments

    1943--Act July 16, 1943, raised amount of expenditures for dams and 
reservoirs on any one project from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000.
    1942--Act Mar. 7, 1942, amended last proviso.
    1940--Act Oct. 14, 1940, reenacted section.

                         Change of Name

    Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of 
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of 
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of 
act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 
1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ``Title 10, 
Armed Forces'' which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military 
Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of 
the Army.


                            Angostura Project

    Act Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 630, 69 Stat. 552, provided: ``That the 
provisions of sections 41(g), 43, and 51 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm 
Tenant Act, as amended [sections 1015(g), 1017, and 1025 of Title 7, 
Agriculture], are hereby extended to apply on the obligations of 
settlers on the Angostura project in South Dakota developed under the 
Act of August 11, 1939, as amended [this section].''
