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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . I. CH. 137 . 1928 . Restriction on use for irri gatio n di stric ts in arrears for charges . Lands in arrears . Examination of proj- ects operated by irriga- tion districts, etc. Opera tion of r eserv ed works. Yuma, Ariz .-Calif . Provided further, That no part of any sum provided for in this Act for operation and maintenance of any project or division of a project by the Bureau of Reclamation shall be used for the irrigation of any lands within the boundaries of an irrigation district which has con- tracted with the Bureau of Reclamation and which is in arrears for more than twelve mont hs in the pa yment of an y char ges du e the United States, and no part of any sum provided for in this Act for such purpose shall be used for the irrigation of any lands which have contracted with the Bureau of Reclamation and which are in arrears for more than twelve months in the payment of any charges due from said lands to the United States ; Examin ation and in spect ion of proje cts : For examination of accounts and inspection of the works of various projects and divi- sions of projects operated and maintained by irrigation districts or water-users' associations, the unexpended balance of the appropria- tion for these purposes for the fiscal year 1928 is reappropriated for the same purposes for the fiscal year 1929 ; For operation and maintenance of the reserved works of a project or division of a project when irrigation districts, water-users' asso- ciations, or Warren Act contractors have contracted to pay in advance but have failed to pay their proportionate share of the cost of such operation and maintenance, to be expende d under regula tions to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, $75,000 . Yuma project, Arizona-California : For operation and mainte- nance, $255,000 ; for c ontinu ation of co nstruc tion o f drai nage, Provisos.
$ 20,000 ; for continuation of construction of protective works at U nexpe nded bal ance Picacho and unnamed washes, $30,000 ; in all, $305,000 : Provided, available .
That of the unexpended balance of the appropriation of
for Vol.43,p. 1330.
$200 ,000 the Yuma auxiliary project, contained in the Second Deficiecy Act, Pose, p.903.
fiscal year 1925 (Forty-third Statutes at Large, page 1330), $35,000 is hereby made available for the same purposes for the fiscal year Use of powe r re ve- 1929 : Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 from the power nues .
revenues shall be available during the fiscal year 1929 for the opera- tion and maintenance of the commercial system ; Orland. Calif.
Orland project, California : For operation and maintenance, Proviso ex ped availnded balance $36,000 : Provided, That the unexpended balance of the appropria- Vol . 44, p. 958. tion of $605,000 for construction of Stony Gorge Reservoir, contained in the Act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 1928 (Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 934 ), shall remain available for the fiscal year 1929 for completion of construction ; Postnp 1590. , 0010'
Grand Valley project, Colorado : For operation and maintenance, Boise, Id aho .
$50,000 ; continuation of construction, $25,000 ; in a ll , $75,000 ; Proviso .
Boise project, Idaho : For continuation of construction, Payette Balance reappropri- di vis ion , $4 00,0 00 : Provi ded, That of the unexpended ba lance of the at Vol.44,p. 480.
appropriation for this project for the fiscal year 1927 there is reappro- Post, p .1590 .
priat ed for operat ion and mainte nance, Payett e division, $17,000 ; for investigations, examination and surveys, Payette division, $18,000 ; for continuation of construction, Arrowrock and Payette divisions, $75,000 ; Minidoka , Idaho .
Minidoka pro ject, Idaho
- For operation and maintenance, reserved
use Pr ovi so of ' power rev enue . -works, $29 > 000 >
continuation of construction, $1,075,000 : Provided That not to exceed $50,000 from the power evenues shall be avail- able during the fiscal' year 1929, for the operation of the commercial system ; in all, $1,104,000 ; Minidoka project, American Falls Reservoir, Idaho : For opera- tion and maintenance, American Falls water system, $12,000 ; for acquiring rights of way, $5,000 ; construction of power plant, $5 50,0 00 ; in al l, $567 ,000 : Pro vided , That th e unexpended b alance of $7 00,0 00 for construction of power plant, contained in the Act American Falls Res- ervoir, Idaho . Operation, plant, etc . Post, p.1590. Proviso. Balance available . Vol .44,p . 958. power
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