PUBLIC LAW 94-423—SEPT. 28, 1976
90 STAT. 1325
SEC. 104. For a period of ten years from the date of enactment of this title, no water from the unit authorized by this title shall be delivered to any water user for the production on newly irrigated lands of any basic agricultural commodity, as defined in the Agricultural Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 1051; 7 U.S.C. 1421), or any amendment thereof, 7 USC 1421 note if the total supply of such commodity for the marketing year in which the bulk of the crop would normally be marketed is in excess of the normal supply as defined in section 301(b) (10) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (62 Stat. 1251), as amended, unless the Sec- 7 USC 1301. retary of Agriculture calls for an increase in production of such commodity in the interest of national security. SEC. 105. The interest rate used for computing interest during con- Interest rate. struction and interest on the unpaid balance of the reimbursable costs of the Kanopolis unit shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which construction of the unit is commenced, on the basis of the computed average interest rate payable by the Treasury upon its outstanding marketable public obligations which are neither due nor callable for fifteen years from date of issue. SEC. 106. The provisions of the third sentence of section 46 of the Lands eligible to Act of May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 649, 650), and any other similar pro- receive water, visions of Federal reclamation laws as applied to the Kanopolis unit, limitation. Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program, are hereby modified to provide 43 USC 423e. that lands held in a single ownership which may be eligible to receive water from, through, or by means of, unit works shall be limited to one hundred and sixty acres of class I land or the equivalent thereof in other land classes, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 107. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1978 and thereafter, for construction of the Kanopolis unit, the sum of $30,900,000 (January 1976 price levels) plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of changes in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of construction involved. Of the funds authorized to be appro- Transfer of funds. priated by this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall transfer to the Secretary of the Army all except those required for postauthorization planning, design, and construction of the single use irrigation facilities of the unit, and the Secretary of the Army shall utilize such transferred funds for implementation of all other aspects of the authorized unit. There are also authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be required for operation and maintenance of the works of said unit. TITLE II OROVILLE-TONASKET
UNIT,
WASHINGTON
SEC. 201. For purposes of supplying water to approximately ten thousand acres of land and for enhancement of the fish resource of the Similkameen, Okanogan, and Columbia Rivers and the Pacific Ocean, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain the OrovilleTonasket unit extension, Okanogan-Similkameen division, Chief Joseph Dam project, Washington, in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902,32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto). The principal works of the Oroville-Tonasket unit extension (hereinafter referred to as the project) shall consist of pumping plants, distribution systems; necessary works incidental to the rehabilitation or enlargement of portions
43 USC 391 note.
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