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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1982

PUBLIC LAW 97-275—OCT. 1, 1982

96 STAT. 1185

Public Law 97-275 97th Congress An Act To amend the Emergency Fund Act (Act of June 26, 1948, 62 Stat. 1052).

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to authorize an emergency fund for the Bureau of Reclamation to assure the continuous operation of its irrigation and power systems", approved June 26, 1948, is amended by striking the words "irrigation and power systems" in the title and substituting the words "project facilities" and by changing the first sentence of section 1 of the Act to read as follows: "In order to assure continuous operation of all projects and project facilities governed by the Federal reclamation law (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto), including any project and facilities constructed with funds provided by the Small Reclamation Projects Act (Act of August 6, 1956, 70 Stat. 1044, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) or with funds provided by the Distribution System Loans Act (Act of May 14, 1956, 69 Stat. 244, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the reclamation fund an emergency fund which shall be available for defraying expenses which the Commissioner of Reclamation determines are required to be incurred because of unusual or emergency conditions.". Approved October 1, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1628: HOUSE REPORT No. 97-769 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 97-363 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): May 10, considered and passed Senate. Sept. 20, considered and passed House.

Oct. 1, 1982 [S. 1628] Emergency Fund Act, amendment. 43 USC 502.

43 USC 371 note.

43 USC 422k.

43 USC 421c. Appropriation authorization.