704

BOULDER CANYON PROJECT ADJUSTMENT ACT

and owned by the United States, exclusive of the main canal and appurtenances mentioned therein, now known as the All-American Canal;

"Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of the Interior of the United States; "Firm energy" and "allottees" shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in regulations heretofore promulgated by the Secretary and in effect at the time of the enactment of this Act;

"Replacements" shall mean such replacements as may be necessary to keep the project in good operating condition during the period from June 1, 1937, to May 31, 1987, inclusive, but shall not include (except where used in conjunction with word "emergency" or the words "however necessitated") replacements made necessary by any act of God, or of the public enemy, or by any major catastrophe; and

"Year of operation" shall mean the period from and including June 1 of any calendar year to and including May 31 of the following calendar year. (54 Stat. 778; 43 U.S.C. § 618k)

Sec. 13. [Secretary to submit to Congress each January financial statement and complete report of operations.]—Repealed.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Reporting Requirement Discontinued. The Act of August 30, 1954, 68 Stat. 966, repealed the requirement for the annual report and financial statement under section 13. The section read: "The Secretary of the Interior shall, in January of each year,

submit to the Congress a financial statement and a complete report of operations under this Act during the preceding year of operation as herein defined." The 1954 Act appears herein in chronological order.

Sec. 14. [Act shall not in anywise limit or prejudice any right of any State in or to waters of the Colorado River system under the Colorado River compact.]-Nothing herein shall be construed as interfering with such rights as the States now have either to the waters within their borders or to adopt such policies and enact such laws as they may deem necessary with respect to the appropriation, control, and use of waters within their borders, except as modified by the Colorado River compact or other interstate agreement. Neither the promulgation of charges, or the basis of charges, nor anything contained in this Act or done thereunder, shall in anywise affect, limit, or prejudice any right of any State in or to the waters of the Colorado River system under the Colorado River compact. Sections 13 (b), 13 (c), and 13 (d) of the Project Act and all other provisions of said Project Act not inconsistent with the terms of this Act shall remain in full force and effect. (54 Stat. 779; 43 U.S.C. § 618m)

Sec. 15. [Laborers and mechanics shall be paid not less than prevailing rate of wages.]—All laborers and mechanics employed in the construction of any part of the project, or in the operation, maintenance, or replacement of any part of the Boulder Dam, shall be paid not less than the prevailing rate of wages or compensation for work of a similar nature prevailing in the locality of the project. In the event any dispute arises as to what are the prevailing rates, the determination thereof shall be made by the Secretary of the Interior, and his decision, subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of Labor, shall be final. (54 Stat. 779; 43 U.S.C. § 618n)

Sec. 16. [Short title.]—This Act may be cited as "Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act". (54 Stat. 779; 43 U.S.C. § 6180)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

706

OVERHEAD CHARGES, STRAWBERRY WATER USERS'

ASSOCIATION

An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept payment of an annual equitable overhead charge in connection with the repayment contract between the United States and the Strawberry Water Users' Association of Payson, Utah, in full satisfaction of delinquent billings upon the basis of an annual fixed overhead charge, and for other purposes. (Act of August 27, 1940, ch. 692, 54 Stat. 862)

[Payment of an annual equitable overhead charge.]-In connection with any amendment heretofore or hereafter made to the repayment contract between the Strawberry Water Users' Association of Payson, Utah, and the United States, dated September 28, 1926, as amended, to pay construction charges under the provisions of the Federal reclamation laws providing for payment annually of an amount as is determined by the Secretary each year to be sufficient to cover the Strawberry Valley project's equitable portion of the expense of the Chief Engineer's office, the field legal office, and the other detached offices of the Bureau of Reclamation, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, subsequent to the effective date of such an amendment, to accept in full satisfaction for all flat overhead charges owing or allocable to the period up to the effective date of the amendment under the contract provisions in effect prior to such amendment a sum determined at the rate of $400 for each year. (54 Stat. 862) EXPLANATORY NOTES

Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code.

Legislative History. S. 4011, Public Law

773 in the 76th Congress. S. Rept. No. 1789. H.R. Rept. No. 2715 (on H.R. 10069).

707

FISH HATCHERIES ON GRAND COULEE DAM PROJECT An act to authorize the maintenance and operation of fish hatcheries in connection with the Grand Coulee Dam Project. (Act of October 9, 1940, ch. 794, 54 Stat. 1085) [Secretary authorized to contract with State of Washington.]-In connection with fish hatcheries built or to be built as a part of the fish-protection program required on the Grand Coulee Dam project, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to contract with the State of Washington for the maintenance and operation of any of them at the expense of said State. (54 Stat. 1085; 16 U.S.C. § 835i)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Legislative History. H.R. 9921, Public Law 826 in the 76th Congress. H.R. Rept.

No. 2849. S. Rept. No. 2073.

706

OVERHEAD CHARGES, STRAWBERRY WATER USERS'

ASSOCIATION

An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept payment of an annual equitable overhead charge in connection with the repayment contract between the United States and the Strawberry Water Users' Association of Payson, Utah, in full satisfaction of delinquent billings upon the basis of an annual fixed overhead charge, and for other purposes. (Act of August 27, 1940, ch. 692, 54 Stat. 862)

[Payment of an annual equitable overhead charge.]-In connection with any amendment heretofore or hereafter made to the repayment contract between the Strawberry Water Users' Association of Payson, Utah, and the United States, dated September 28, 1926, as amended, to pay construction charges under the provisions of the Federal reclamation laws providing for payment annually of an amount as is determined by the Secretary each year to be sufficient to cover the Strawberry Valley project's equitable portion of the expense of the Chief Engineer's office, the field legal office, and the other detached offices of the Bureau of Reclamation, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, subsequent to the effective date of such an amendment, to accept in full satisfaction for all flat overhead charges owing or allocable to the period up to the effective date of the amendment under the contract provisions in effect prior to such amendment a sum determined at the rate of $400 for each year. (54 Stat. 862) EXPLANATORY NOTES

Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code.

Legislative History. S. 4011, Public Law

773 in the 76th Congress. S. Rept. No. 1789. H.R. Rept. No. 2715 (on H.R. 10069).