43 U.S.C. § 2245

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 2245 - Excess storage and carrying capacity

The Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts with municipalities, public water districts and agencies, other Federal agencies, State agencies, and private entities, pursuant to the Act of February 21, 1911 ( 43 U.S.C. 523 ), for the impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject water for domestic, municipal, fish and wildlife, industrial, and other beneficial purposes using any facilities associated with the Central Valley Project, Cachuma Project, and the Ventura River Project, California, the Truckee Storage Project, and the Washoe Project, California and Nevada. The Secretary is further authorized to enter into contracts for the exchange of water for the aforementioned purposes using facilities associated with the Cachuma Project, California.

43 U.S.C. § 2245

Pub. L. 102-250, title III, §305, Mar. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 59.

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXTAct of February 21, 1911, referred to in text, is act Feb. 21, 1911, ch. 141, 36 Stat. 925, popularly known as the Warren Act, which enacted sections 523 to 525 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 523 of this title and Tables.

Secretary

The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior.