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 PUBLIC LAW 97-41-AUG. 14, 1981

95 STAT. 945

Public Law 97-41 97th Congress A n Act To authorize the generation of electrical power at Palo Verde Irrigation District Diversion Dam, California.

Aug. 14, 1981 [S. 875]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of Palo Verde August 31, 1954 (68 Stat. 1045) is amended by striking subsection 2(c) Irrigation District and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Diversion Dam, "(c) to accept title to said dam, appurtenant works, lands, and Calif. interests in land upon payment by the district (which payment Electrical power shall be made over a period of not more than fifty years) of the generation. sum of $1,175,000, and upon repayment of any loan made 15 USC 714b. pursuant to section 4, clause (c), of this Act; "(d) notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 792 et seq.), to the contrary, the Palo Verde Irrigation District, California, shall have the exclusive right to utilize said dam, appurtenant works, lands, and interests in land for the development, generation, transmission, and disposal of electric power and e n e i ^ pursuant to a license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under part I of the Federal Power Act: Provided, That if the Palo Verae Irrigation District, California, after the date of enactment of this subsection shall notify the Secretary of the Interior that it relinquishes the right granted in this subsection there shall be and is hereby reserved to the United States or there shall be made available to it, as the case may require, the exclusive right to utilize, without cost to it, said dam, appurtenant works, lands, and interests in land for such development, generation, and transmission of electric power and energy as may hereafter be authorized by law: Provided further. That in the event it becomes practicable for the United States to develop hydroelectric energy at this site, the division of such energy between the United States and the district shall be a matter of negotiation prior to construction of any powerplant.". Approved August 14, 1981.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 875: HOUSE REPORT No. 97-209 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 97-60 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 127 (1981): May 14, considered and passed Senate. Aug. 4, considered and passed House.

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