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 PUBLIC LAW 94-102—OCT. 3, 1975

89 STAT. 485

Public Law 94-102 94th Congress An Act To expand coverage of the Rehabilitation and Betterment Act (Act of October 7, 1949, 63 Stat. 724).

Oct. 3, 1975 [H.R. 543]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first Federal sentence of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the return of reclamation rehabilitation betterment costs of Federal reclamation projects", projects. approved October 7, 1949, is amended to read as follows: "Expendi- Rehabilitation tures of funds hereafter specifically appropriated for rehabilitation and betterment loans. and betterment of any project constructed under authority of the 43 USC 504. Small Reclamation Projects Act (Act of August 6, 1956,70 Stat. 1044, 43 USC 422k. and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto) and of irrigation systems on projects governed by the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof 43 USC 391 note, or supplementary thereto), shall be made only after the organizations concerned shall have obligated themselves for the return thereof, in installments fixed in accordance with their ability to pay, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior in the light of their outstanding repayment obligations, and which shall, to the fullest practicable extent, be scheduled for return with their construction charge installments or otherwise scheduled as he shall determine: Provided, That repayment of such loans made for small reclamation projects shall include interest in accordance with the provisions of said Small Reclamation Projects Act,", Approved October 3, 1975.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-102 (Gomm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 94-380 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 121 (1975): Apr. 8, considered and passed House. Sept. 22, considered and passed Senate.

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