US Code
CHAPTER 12D— COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT
§ 835l. Congressional declaration of financial policy; limitations on assistance; analyses and studies; “net revenues” defined

It is declared to be the policy of the Congress that reclamation projects hereafter authorized in the Pacific Northwest to receive financial assistance from the Federal Columbia River power system shall receive such assistance only from the net revenues of that system as provided in this section, and that their construction shall be so scheduled that such assistance, together with similar assistance for previously authorized reclamation projects (including projects not now receiving such assistance for which the Congress may hereafter authorize financial assistance) will not cause increases in the rates and charges of the Bonneville Power Administration. It is further declared to be the policy of the Congress that the total assistance to all irrigation projects, both existing and future, in the Pacific Northwest shall not average more than $30,000,000 annually in any period of twenty consecutive years. Any analyses and studies authorized by the Congress for reclamation projects in the Pacific Northwest shall be prepared in accordance with the provisions of sections 835j to 835m of this title. As used in sections 835j to 835m of this title, the term “net revenues” means revenues as determined from time to time which are not required for the repayment of (1) all costs allocated to power at projects in the Pacific Northwest then existing or authorized, including the cost of acquiring power by purchase or exchange, and (2) presently authorized assistance from power to irrigation at projects in the Pacific Northwest existing and authorized prior to .

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Title 16— CONSERVATION

CHAPTER 12D— COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT

§ 835. Project authorized; laws applicable

§ 835–1. Laws governing

§§ 835a, 835b. Repealed. , ,

§ 835c. Duties of Secretary of the Interior

§ 835c–1. Taxation and assessments; applicability of State laws

§ 835c–2. Authorization of appropriations; establishment of Columbia Basin Land Development Account

§ 835c–3. Repealed. , ,

§ 835c–4. General powers of Secretary of the Interior; delegation to authorized representatives

§ 835c–5. Repealed. , ,

§ 835d. Acquisition of Indian lands, Spokane and Colville Reservations

§ 835e. Payment for lands acquired from Spokane and Colville Reservations

§ 835f. Use of funds deposited to allottees; land and improvements

§ 835g. Relocation of Indian cemeteries

§ 835h. Acts and regulations by Secretary of the Interior

§ 835i. Contracts with State of Washington for maintenance and operation of fish hatcheries

§ 835j. Projects marketing commercial power and energy; consolidated financial statement to President and Congress; adjustment of rates to assure return of reimbursable construction costs within prescribed period

§ 835k. Return of construction costs from marketing revenues in event of inability of irrigation water users to repay within repayment period and lack of other sources of revenue

§ 835l. Congressional declaration of financial policy; limitations on assistance; analyses and studies; “net revenues” defined

§ 835m. Recommendations for changes in limitations on financial assistance; time and frequency of submission