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16 USC 460/-12 note.

Interest rate.

68 Stat. 902. Appropriation.

PUBLIC LAW 92-514-OCT. 20, 1972

[86 STAT.

law. Construction costs allocated to irrigation beyond the ability of irrigators to repay shall be charged to and returned to the reclamation fund in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of June 14, 1966 (80 Stat. 200), as amended by section 6 of the Act of September 7, 1966 (80 Stat. 707). SEC. 304. The provision of lands, facilities, and project modifications which furnish fish and wildlife benefits in connection with the Salmon Falls division shall be in accordance with the Federal Water Project Recreation Act (79 Stat. 213). SEC. 305. Power and energy required for irrigation water pumping for the Salmon Falls division shall be made available by the Secretary from the Federal Columbia River power system at charges determined by him. gj,^ ^QQ -pj^g lutercst rate used for computing interest during construction and interest on the unpaid balance of the reimbursable costs of the Salmon Falls division shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which construction on the division 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. 307. For a period of ten years from the date of enactment of this Act, no water from the project authorized by this Act 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, 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; 7 U.S.C. 1301), as amended, unless the Secretary of Agriculture calls for an increase in production of such commodity in the interest of national security. g^Q, 308. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for construction of the works herein authorized and for the acquisition of the necessary land and rights the sum of $62,258,000 (January 1972 prices), plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be required by reason of changes in the cost of construction work of the types involved therein as shown by engineering cost indexes. There are also authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be required for the operation and maintenance of said division. TITLE IV O ' N E E L L U N I T, P I C K - S L O A N MISSOURI BASIN PROGRAM, NEBRASKA

43 USC 371 note

SEC. 401. The O'Neill unit, heretofore authorized as an intregal part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program by the Act of August 21, 1954 (68 Stat. 757), is hereby reauthorized as a unit of that project for the purposes of providing irrigation water for seventy-seven thousand acres of land, flood control, fish and wildlife conservation and development, public outdoor recreation, and for other purposes. The construction, operation, and maintenance of the O'Neill unit shall be subject to the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto). The principal features of the unit shall include Norden Dam and Reservoir, related canals, a pumping plant, distribution systems, and other necessary works needed to effect the aforesaid purposes.

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