16 U.S.C. § 835a, 835b : US Code - Section 835A, 835B: Repealed. Pub. L. 87-728, Sec. 3, Oct. 1, 1962, 76 Stat. 678

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Section 835a, acts May 27, 1937, ch. 269, Sec. 2, 50 Stat. 210;
Mar. 10, 1943, ch. 14, 57 Stat. 14; Sept. 26, 1950, ch. 1048, Sec.
1(1), (2), 64 Stat. 1037; Sept. 2, 1957, Pub. L. 85-264, Sec. 1(a)-
(c), 71 Stat. 590, related to the use of project appropriations
for irrigation features; appraisals and reappraisals of lands;
contracts with subdivisions of state; irrigation blocks; boundaries
as determining right to water; temporary delivery to excess lands;
definition of owners, community property; necessity of execution of
recordable contract; contractual requirements; filing of
instruments.
Section 835b, acts May 27, 1937, ch. 269, Sec. 3, 50 Stat. 210;
Mar. 10, 1943, ch. 14, 57 Stat. 18; Sept. 26, 1950, ch. 1048, Sec.
1(3), 64 Stat. 1037, related to consideration for conveyance of
lands.
SAVINGS PROVISION
Section 5(b) of Pub. L. 87-728 provided that: "The rights of any
vendee or grantee as defined in section 3 of the Columbia Basin
Project Act of 1943 [section 835b of this title] are hereby
preserved as to any transactions that were consummated by contract
or deed prior to repeal of said section 3 by this Act."
AMENDATORY REPAYMENT CONTRACT
Sections 1 and 2 of Pub. L. 87-728 provided: "That the amendatory
repayment contract with the Quincy Columbia Basin Irrigation
District negotiated by the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to
subsection (a) of section 7 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939
(53 Stat. 1192; 43 U.S.C. 485f) [section 485f(a) of Title 43,
Public Lands], which contract was approved by the district electors
on February 13, 1962, is hereby approved and the Secretary is
hereby authorized to execute it on behalf of the United States and
to negotiate and execute on behalf of the United States amendatory
repayment contracts in substantially the same form or amendatory
repayment contracts containing substantially the same provisions
with the South and East Columbia Basin Irrigation Districts.
"Sec. 2. Upon any amendatory repayment contract with a Columbia
Basin Irrigation District approved or authorized by this Act
[enacting section 835-1 of this title, amending section 835c, 835c-
1, 835c-2, 835c-4 of this title, repealing sections 835a, 835b,
835c-3, and 835c-5 of this title, and enacting provisions set out
as notes under sections 835a, 835b, and 835c of the title] becoming
effective to bind the United States, that district's share of the
operation and maintenance funds expended or obligated for the
construction of drainage works including appropriate interest
thereon during calendar years 1960, 1961, and 1962 shall be
capitalized and charged as a part of the construction cost of the
project assigned directly to irrigation and the Secretary shall
either refund to it or give it credit for (as it may elect) all
operation and maintenance payments (including interest paid by it
in connection therewith) which it has made for the construction of
drainage works during those years, such credit, if so elected by
the district, to be applied against future development period
and/or construction charges of the district as they become due."
SALE OF PROJECT LANDS TO STATE OF WASHINGTON
Pub. L. 86-52, June 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 87, provided: "That
notwithstanding any provisions of sections 2(b)(iii), 2(b)(iv), and
4(b) of the Columbia Basin Project Act, as amended [former section
835a(b)(iii), (iv) of this title and section 835c(b) of this title]
(16 U.S.C., ch. 12D) [this chapter], conformed farm units, or
portions of farm units, comprising not more than six hundred and
forty acres of irrigable land on the Columbia Basin project may be
sold by the Secretary of the Interior and others to the State of
Washington for use by the State College of Washington for
agricultural research purposes, and water may be delivered from,
through, or by means of the project works to or for conformed farm
units comprising no more than that acreage, as nonexcess lands,
whether so acquired or already held by the State, as long as they
are used for those purposes. Except as otherwise provided in this
Act, any lands sold to the State under this Act shall be governed
by the provisions of the Columbia Basin Project Act, as amended
[sections 835, 835a to 835c-5 of this title] and regulations of the
Secretary issued pursuant thereto."
Pub. L. 86-52 was amended to permit delivery of water to State
owned lands, see section 7 of Pub. L. 87-728, set out as a note
below.
DELIVERY OF WATER TO STATE OWNED LAND
Section 7 of Pub. L. 87-728 provided that: "The Act of June 23,
1959 (73 Stat. 87) [set out as a note above] is hereby amended to
permit delivery of water to not to exceed six hundred and forty
acres of irrigable lands whether or not said lands are in conformed
farm units, owned by the State of Washington for use by the
Washington State University for agricultural research purposes."
DELIVERY OF WATER TO FARMS PLATTED PRIOR TO OCTOBER 1, 1962,
EXCEEDING 160 ACRES
Section 5(a) of Pub. L. 87-728 provided that: "Notwithstanding
the provisions of the Federal reclamation laws, water may be
delivered to farm unit platted before the enactment of this Act
[Oct. 1, 1962] that contains a nominal quarter section of land
exceeding one hundred and sixty irrigable acres insofar as those
provisions limit the delivery of water to irrigable lands in excess
of one hundred and sixty irrigable acres."